2022-085 - Directing the City Attorney to Revise the Home Rule Charter in Accordance With Proposition X Approved by Voters on November 8, 2022

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ORDINANCE NO. 2022-085 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REVISE THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PARIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROPOSITION X, APPROVED BY VOTERS ON NOVEMBER 8, 2022; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Paris, Texas is a home rule municipal corporation governed by a Home Rule Charter (the "Charter"); and WHEREAS, said Charter was adopted by the qualified registered voters of the city in 1948, and the voters have revised the Charter many times thereafter, including a substantial revision in 2007 and a minor revision in 2011; and WHEREAS, the City Council appointed a charter review commission in 2015 which proposed no new amendments the Charter; and WHEREAS, on August 9, 2021, by Ordinance No. 2021-024, the City Council appointed a charter review commission (the "Commission") to conduct a comprehensive review of the existing Charter and to make recommendations as to any amendments deemed necessary thereto; and WHEREAS, said Commission met several times during the months of September, October, and November of 2021 and presented its report to the City Council on December 13, 2021 recommending substantial changes to the Charter; and WHEREAS, pursuant to state law and Sec. 149 of the Charter, and as ordered by the City Council by Ordinance No. 2022-049, amendments to the Charter set forth in Propositions A -X were submitted to the qualified voters in a city-wide election; and WHEREAS, in conformance with the Texas Election Code, said election was conducted at one of the uniform election dates set out in the Election Code, being November 8,2022, with early voting being Monday October 31,2022 through Friday November4,2022; and, WHEREAS, on this date, November 14, 2022, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 2022-084 canvassing the results of said election at which, among others, Proposition X was passed by the voters to wit: "Shall Sec. 151 of the Charter be amended to specify how its language is to be interpreted with regard to gender, arrangement or articles, sections and subsections, and to eliminate references to particular state statues, as appropriate?" ; and WHEREAS, upon the passage of said Proposition X, Sec. 151 of the Charter will now read as follows: