30 - Adoption of Voter-Approved Amendments to the City's Home Rule Charter

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ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ADOPTING REVISIONS TO THE CITY'S HOME RULE CHARTER IN CONFORMANCE WITH ORDINANCE NO. 2022-084 AND ORDINANCE NO. 2022-085; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS RELATED TO THE SAME; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on August 9, 2021, by Ordinance No. 2021-024, the City Council appointed a Charter Review Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of the existing Charter and to make recommendations as to any amendments deemed necessary with the Commission meeting several times and presented recommended amendments to the Charter; and, WHEREAS, on August 8, 2022 by Ordinance No. 2022-049, City Council ordered a special election for the purpose of voters to consider the twenty-four propositions amending the City Charter attached hereto as Exhibit A; and, WHEREAS, on November 8, 2022, the voters of the City of Paris voted on Propositions A -X and all of the propositions passed, with the exception of proposition E; and, WHEREAS, on November 14, 2022, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2022-084 canvassing the results of the special election; and WHEREAS, on that same date, the City Council enacted Ordinance No. 2022-085 directing the city attorney to make such revisions necessary to renumber charter provisions, remove references to specific state statutes where appropriate, and revise gender specific language to gender neutral language; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the City Council hereby adopts the revisions to the Home Rule Charter of the City of Paris, Texas set forth in Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein. Section 3. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.