HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD16000BILL NO. 2019-093
SPONSORED BY Councilwoman Wiseman
ORDINANCE NO. 1(0000
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, SUBMITTING AN
AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON RELATING TO
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS TO A VOTE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF
JEFFERSON.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Article III (The Council) of the Charter of the City of Jefferson, Section
3.11 (Legislative Proceedings) subsection (e) shall by amended as follows:
(e) Procedure.
1. No ordinance shall be passed except by bill, and all bills shall be numbered consecutively. Each
bill shall have a single primary bill sponsor. An unlimited amount of councilmembers may
be designated as co-sponsors, but co-sponsors shall not have the rights of the primary bill
sponsor. All bills shall be read three times. The reading of a bill by its title shall be deemed
sufficient reading unless further reading is called for ll at least one member of the council. If
further reading is called for, and no objection made, the bill shall be read at length. If, however,
objection be made, the question shall be determined by the majority of the council. The first
reading of the bill shall be for introduction and information. Copies of the bill shall then be made
and delivered to all members of the council and this shall be deemed to be the second reading of
the bill. After introduction, copies of such proposed ordinances shall be provided for public
inspection in the office of the city clerk until it is finally adopted ef-or fails of adoption. Persons
interested in a proposed ordinance shall be given an opportunity to be heard before the council in
accordance with such rules and regulations as the council may adopt.
2. The vote on the final passage of a bill shall be taken after the third reading. The final vote on a bill
shall not be taken at the same meeting at which the bill is introduced unless suspension of this
rule is requested l at least one member of the council. Absent the suspension of this rule,
Aat least ninety-six hours shall intervene between the convening of a council meeting at which a
bill is first introduced and the convening of a subsequent meeting at which the bill shall be
considered for final passage. This rule shall not be suspended if at least two council members
object to its suspension.
3. When a bill is reached in its order to be agreed to and read a third time and placed upon its final
passage, it may, upon the request of the primary sponsor thereof, be laid over informally and
placed immediately on the informal calendar, and thereafter called up by the primary bill
sponsor or a majority vote of the council at any time when otherwise in order.
4. All bills laid over informally and not taken up and disposed of at the same meeting shall appear in
order upon the agenda for the next following regular council meeting.
5. If a bill laid over informally is not taken up for further consideration within three regular council
meetings after being so laid over, it shall lie pon the table and be dropped from the agenda of the
council without further action of the council.
Section 2. The amendments as set forth in Section 1 shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, for their approval, at the election to be
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held on the 7th day of April, 2020, at the places designated by the Election Authority for
said election and the ballot shall be in substantially the following form:
PROPOSITION C
Shall the legislative procedures stated in the Charter of the City of
Jefferson be amended to provide for a single primary bill sponsor and
unlimited co-sponsors, allowing primary bill sponsors to place bills on the
informal calendar, allowing primary bill sponsors or a majority of the
council to remove bills from the informal calendar, and providing further
clarifications regarding procedures for reading of bills, suspension of rules,
and the informal calendar, as provided in Ordinance No. //poop passed
and approved by the City Council on January 21, 2020.
[ ] YES
[] NO
If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "Yes".
If you are opposed to the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "No".
Section 3. The Mayor and City Clerk shall prepare and execute the form of the
Notice of said Election and shall transmit the same to the Election Authority for the City
of Jefferson, Missouri and request said election be conducted by law.
Section 4. If a majority of the qualified voters voting at said election shall vote in
favor of the approval of this ordinance, then the same shall be binding in full force and
effect from and after such approval.
Section 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this
ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision, as such holdings shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion thereof.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date
of its passage and approval.
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Presiding Officer
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