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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 106-A1 ORDINANCE NUMBER 106-A1 A.N ORDINANCE AMENDING RULE ONE (a) OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 97 AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 106 CONCERNING TIME OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, REPEALING ORDINANCES OR 5ECTIONS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT AND PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Friendswood, Texas has ascertained that weekly meetings of the said Council are no longer necessary, and WHEREAS, the Council believes that twice monthly meetings would be in the best interest of the city, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS. Section I. Rule 1, (a), entitled "Meetings, Regular and Special" found under Section I of Page 1 of Ordinance 106 reads as follows: (indicated by brackets) � " The City Council shall meet in the Council Chambers � of the City Hall {or such other place as Council may ' decide and publicly announce) on Monday of each week, commencing at 7:30 o'clock p, m. In the event Monday falls on a holiday the meeting for that day shall be at � 7:30 p. m. the next day. Any such regular meeting may be recessed from hour to hour or adjourned from day to day by a majority vote of the members of Council pre- sent at such meeting, and such recessed or adjourned meeting shall be held without further notice to any mem- ber, as provided in the motion ordering the specific time and place. Provided, however, that no recess to a time longer than twenty-four hours from the hour � when the 'recessed` meeting commenced shall be valid, � � and provided further that, while any meeting may be � adjourned from day to day, any such meeting shall be � automatically finally adjourned upon the commencement ; of the next regular meeting or upon the commencement g of any duly called special meeting prior to the next regu- E lar meeting. " � � �, is hereby amended to read as follows: (indicated by underscoring) The City Council shall meet in the Council Chambers of the City Hall (or such other place as Council may decide and publicly announce) on the first and third Mondays of each month, commencing at 7:30 p. m. In the event Mon- day falls on a holiday the meeting for that day sha11 be at . � �,. . 7:30 p, m, the next day. Any such regular meeting may be recessed from hour to hour or adjourned from day to day by a majority vote of the members of Council present at such meeting, and such recessed or adjourned meeting shall be held without further notice to any member, as provided in the motion ordering the specific time and place. Provided, however, that no recess to a time longer than twenty-four hours from the hour when the 'recessed' meet- ing commenced shall be valid, and provided further, that while any meeting may be adjourned from day to day, any such meeting shall be automatically finally adjourned up- on the commencement of the next regular meeting or upon the commencement of any duly called special meeting prior to the next regular meeting. Section II. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are here- by expressly repealed to the extent of such conflict only. Section III. If any provision, section, sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of circum- stances is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, void, or invalid (or for any reason unenforceable), the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to the other persons or sets of circumstances shall not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the City Council in adopt- ing this ordinance that no portion thereof or provision or regulation contained therein shall become inoperative or fail by reason of any unconstitutionality or invalidity of any other portion, provisions, or regulations, and to this end, all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. _ ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Friendswood and placed in the office of the City Secretary of such city on the 15thday of April , 1968. PASSED AND APPROVED ON FIRST READING 29 day of Apri 1. , 1968. PASSED AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING 13thday of May , 1968. � PASSED AND FINALLY APPROVED ON THIRD READING 27th day f May , 1968. �'� ����`' APPROVED: �%� `'�'•. ,�!"' �y •• �,� ...i "y`y }$ 'C!"', ���IG' �, 1..�' /s rrL.'�i�-... h'� .� , ��, �```\ Ralph Som rs - Mayor 'M � ��� L]�•�1��1��: .� �•�'. '�• �s✓ ��'�'�����1���� v'��` . t � -`r� . % Secretary