ORDINANCE NO. 9074

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, AMENDING CHAPTER I, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 1-108 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2015 EDITION, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, PERTAINING TO MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNING BODY, AND REPEALING EXISTING SECTION 1-108.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter I, Article 1, Section 1-108 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-108               MEETINGS.

(A)       Regular meetings of the Governing Body shall be held on Tuesday of each week. Meetings will be held at 6:35 p.m. in the City Commission room in City Hall. When such meeting day shall be on a legal holiday (or any other day observed as a holiday by the City) or the day before Christmas, the Governing Body may fix the succeeding day not observed as a holiday as a regular meeting day. The Governing Body shall meet on Tuesday of each week -- except that there shall be no meeting on the fifth Tuesday of any calendar month -- to conduct the business of the City. Meetings shall be conducted in the City Commission Room at City Hall, shall be open to the public, and shall commence at 5:45 p.m. When such meeting shall fall on a legal holiday or on a date when a majority of the Commissioners shall be absent, or at the discretion of Governing Body, the Governing Body may, by a vote of a majority of the Commissioners at any preceding public meeting, suspend said meeting, change its date or time, or move its location.

(B)       Special meetings of the Commission may be called by the Mayor or any two Commissioners. When any special meeting of the Commission is called, the object thereof shall be submitted to the Commission in writing, and the call and the object, as well as any action taken thereon, shall be entered upon the journal by the Clerk and no other business shall be transacted except that mentioned in the call. A written notice of any such special meeting shall be served personally upon each Commissioner or left at his or her usual place of residence at least two hours before the time of such meeting. A call signed by a majority of the Governing Body shall be sufficient warrant for a special meeting. Special meetings shall be open to the public.

SECTION 2. Existing Section 1-108 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby repealed, it being the intent of the Governing Body that Section 1 of this Ordinance supersede it.

SECTION 3. If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is found to be unconstitutional or is otherwise held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect the validity of any remaining part of this ordinance.

SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.

PASSED by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, this _____ day of February, 2015.

 APPROVED:

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Mike Amyx

Mayor

ATTEST:

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Diane Trybom

Acting City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:                   

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Toni R. Wheeler

City Attorney

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NOTICE TO PUBLISHER

Publish one time and return Proof of Publication to the City Clerk and to the City Attorney.