HomeMy Public PortalAbout1976_06_09_O010 Amending Chap 2 of the TC re Council ProceduresORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE:
TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
PRESENTED May 26, 1976
76-0-10 ADOPTED June 9, 1976
AMENDING SECTION 2-28 AND ADDING A NEW SECTION
2-31 TO THE TOWN CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg as
follows:
SECTION I. That Section 2-28 of the Town Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-28. Order of business.
(a) The order of business at regular meetings shall
be as follows:
Invocation
Salute to the flag
Roll call
Approval of minutes
Petitioners and Communications
Public Hearing
Legislation
Ordinances
Resolutions
Manager's report
Mayor's report
Committee reports
Old business
New business
Adjournment
(b) Whenever practicable, the agenda, communications, re-
ports, recommendations, proposed ordinances and proposed reso-
lutions shall be distributed to members of council five (5)
days before regular meetings and twelve (12) hours before
special meetings.
(c) If One member~ object~ Council shall not take up
for consideration any item of business which has not been
presented at a council workshop. Such items shall be pre-
sented as new business in the order of business.
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SECTION II.
as follows:
Sec. 2-31.
That a new section is added to the Town Code
Adoption of resolutions.
Every proposed resolution shall be fully and dis-
tinctly read upon introduction unless each member has
been furnished a copy thereof at least twelve hours
previously, in which case it may be read by title only.
SECTION III. That an emergency exists and this ordinance
shall be in full force and effect from its passage without ~a~im
publication, hearing or time interval between introduction and
passage.
PASSED this 9th day of June , 1976.
ATTEST:
Town of Leesburg
Clerk o f~ouncil