Ordinance 15-35 Amending HCC 1.08.020 to Authorize City Clerk to Introduce Ordinances

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA

City Manager

ORDINANCE 15-35

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING HOMER CITY CODE 1.08.020, ENACTMENT PROCEDURES, TO AUTHORIZE THE INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES BY THE CITY CLERK.

THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS:

Section 1.  Homer City Code 1.08.020, Enactment procedures, is amended to read as follows:

1.08.020 Enactment procedures.

The following procedure governs the enactment of all ordinances except emergency ordinances:

a. Introduction and First Reading. An ordinance may be introduced by a member or committee of the Council, by the Mayor, or by the City Manager or City Clerk. An introduction of an ordinance shall be considered the first reading of that ordinance, and that ordinance shall be set for hearing by the affirmative vote of the majority of the votes authorized on the question.

b. Publication and Posting. After hearing date is set a summary of the ordinance and its amendments is published together with a notice of time and place for the public hearing. The hearing follows publication by at least five days. Copies of the ordinance shall be posted in at least two public places, one of which is the office of the City Clerk.

c. Public Hearing and Final Reading. The Council shall hear all interested persons wishing to be heard on an ordinance. After the hearing or hearings the Council shall consider the ordinance on second reading and may adopt it with or without amendment. Second reading may occur at the same meeting as the public hearing immediately following public testimony. Final reading may occur at the public hearing or at a subsequent Council meeting. Council may postpone action on the ordinance to the next regular or special meeting. An additional public hearing or additional public hearings may be scheduled as the City Council deems necessary and shall be noticed according to subsection (b) of this section. Copies of the ordinance must be available to all persons present or the ordinance must be read in full.

Section 2.  This Ordinance is of a permanent and general character and shall be included in the City Code.

ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOMER, ALASKA, this 12th day of October, 2015.

CITY OF HOMER

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MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR

ATTEST:

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JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

First Reading:

Public Reading:

Second Reading:

Effective Date:

Reviewed and approved as to form:

                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Mary K. Koester, City Manager                                                          Thomas F. Klinkner, City Attorney

Date: _________________________                                              Date: _________________________