1467 ORD CALLING SPECIAL ELECTION FOR PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING THREE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER OF COP

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URDINs11CE NU. 1467 0 AN ORDINIaNCE CALLING q SPECIAL ELECTION ROR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING THREE PROPOSED AMENDNIENTS TO THE CHARTEk OF THE CITY OF PARIS, WHICH AMENDMENTS IN EFFECT HRE: aMENDMENT NUMF3ER ONEv ABOLISHING THE CITY MANAGEh 91D ObUNCIL FOr2Iv1 (_:F GCUEfNMENT AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A MAYOR-ALDERMEN FORM OF GOVERNMENT; AMENDMENT NUMBER TWOv CREtiTING THE UFFICE OF MAYORv PRO- VIUING FGR H1S ,.;UHLIFICaTIUA?S2 ELECTIGN~ PGLNERSv DUTIES9 AND CO&iPENSATIUN, AND PROVIDING FGR A Mt=iYUk PRO TEM9 AND PROVIDING FOR DIRECTGRS OF DEPARTMENTS i;ND FOR DEPARTMENTAL DIVISIGNS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT; HNiENDMENT NUh9BER THREE, PROVIDING FGR rIVE ALDERMEN FOR THE CITY OF PaRIS, ONE FROM EACH OF TI-E FOUR u1LARDS AND ONE HLDEBMAN-r'kT-LARGE, FIXING THE QUALIFICATIOhS OF ALDERMENg AND FIXING THE CGNiPENSATION FOR ALDERMEN; SAID ELECTIGN TG BE HELD BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 O#CLC;CK A. M. AND 7:00 0'CLOCK P. M. ON APRIL 7, A. D., 1959; AND IF SAID ;aMFNDMENTS ARE HDOPTED, FOR THE ELECTION OF A NIAYOR r1ND FIVE ALDE1&EN AS PROVIDED IN SAID AMEi1DhAENTS. WHEREAS, there has been filed with the City Council of the City of Paris a petition -for amendrnents to the Charter of the City of Paris and con- taining the names of t he required anc necessary ten per cent (10)6) of the qualified voters of the City o~ Paris; and, WHEREASO the City Council has caused the prooer noti-ce of its in- tention to pass an crdinance calling an election to submit said amendments, which notice has been given for twenty (20) days prior to the introduction or passage of this ordinance, by publication for ten (10) days in the offi- cial newspaper published in t he City of Paris; NOiN, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDaINED BY T HE CITY CUU11CIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TcXaS: Section No. 1. That a special election be held by the qualified voters of the City of Paris, Texas, between the hours of 8:00 oic.tock A. M. and 7:00 o'clock P. M., on the 7th day of April, A. D., 19599 and at such special election there shall be submitted three (3) proposed amendments to the e;cisting Ckiarter of the City or Paris, which amendments are set out in detail in Section No. 2 hereof; and on a separate ballot the voters of the City-rlt-Large shall elect a mayor and one alderman from each of the four wards of the City of Pari;, and one aldexman-at-iarge, all to be selected by majority vote of the City-At-Large, irrespective of wards, to serve for the coming ttvo (2) years, in the event a majority of the voters of the City o-1.2 Paris vote to adopt the three amendments nereinafter described. Section No. 2. The amendments to be submitted to the voters of the City of Paris are as follows: AMENDMENT NUh'tBER I.,NE; That Artilcle I of the Charter of the City of Paris be amended by adding new Section 2-A thereto providing the municipal government shall be known as ",Mayor-Al.dermen Government" and rernoving all reference to a city manager, and by adding Sections 4-Ag 4-B, 4-C and 4-D thereto, repealing Section 2 of said article I, leaving all other sections of Article I unchanged, repealing all portions of the charter in conflict and providing when effective, the said new Sections to rPad as follows: "rorm of Government Section 2-A. The municipal governrnent provided for by this Charter shall be known as the"Mayor-Aldermen Government." Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the lirnitations imposed by the State constitution and by this Charter, all powers of the city shall be rested in an elective council, here- inafter referred to as "the council," which shall enact local legislation, adopt budgets and deterrnine policies. All powers of tne city shall be exer- cised in the manner prescribed by tinis charter, or if the manner be not pre- scribed, then in such manner as nay be prescribed by ordinance. Section 4-A. Repeal of Section 2 under .yrticle I. Section 2 under Article I of the Charter of the City City of Paris is hereby expressly re- pealed.