2016-003 - RULES OF ORDER FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS

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ORDINANCE NO. 2016 -003 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER TWO OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, BY AMENDING SECTION 2 -1, RULES OF ORDER FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, TO PROVIDE THAT IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES ORDINANCES MAY BE APPROVED ON THE FIRST READING; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2012 -002 amending Chapter 2, Article I, Sec. 2 -1, 'Rules of order for Council Meetings," in 2012 to reflect its desire to conduct City Council meetings in a more cordial and informal fashion; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council have since adopted revised policies and practices to further streamline City Council meetings which include a policy and practice under which an ordinance may be adopted on first reading or by placement on and adoption of the Consent Agenda; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris hereby finds and determines that such changes to the rules of order for City Council meetings are in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens and should be adopted; and WHEREAS, best practice dictates that Chapter 2, Article I, Sec. 2 -1 be amended to reflect current policy and practice; 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 Sec. 2 -1 of Article I of Chapter Two of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: " Sec. 2 -1. Rules of order for Council meetings. The following rules shall govern the conduct of meetings of the City Council. Rule 1. The mayor, or in his absence, the mayor pro tem, shall preside at all meetings of the Council. In the absence or disability of both, the Council shall designate a member as temporary presiding officer. Rule 2. All meetings shall be either regular or special. -1-