897 City Code City Council MeetingsORDINANCE NO. 897
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN AMENDING TITLE 1
CHAPTER 7 SECTION 5 A OF THE MERIDIAN CITY CODE, COUNCIL
MEETINGS, TIME AND PLACE OF REGULAR MEETINGS; PROVIDING THAT
THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS SHALL BE AT 6:30
P.M. ON THE NIGHT OF ANY REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND
THE REGULAR MEETING SHALL BE HELD ON THE FIRST, THIRD AND
FOURTH TUESDAYS AND THE FOURTH TUESDAY SHALL CONTAIN NO
HEARINGS OR ACTION ON LAND USE APPLICATIONS, AND THE SECOND
TUESDAY SHALL BE A CITY COUNCIL WORICSHOP OF EACH MONTH, AND
IN THE EVENT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING FALLS ON A HOLIDAY OR
TUESDAY ON WHICH A CITY OR GENERAL ELECTION IS HELD, THE
MEETING SHALL NOT BE HELD ON THAT TUESDAY BUT SHALL BE HELD
ON THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Meridian, State of
Idaho, have concluded that it is in the best interest of the said City to amend the
Meridian City Code to provide that the fourth Tuesday shall contain no hearings or
action on land use applications, additionally, the second Tuesday shall be the City
Council workshop, and to provide that where a City Council meeting is scheduled on
a Tuesday that is a City Council primary, or general election day, the Council
meeting shall not be held on that Tuesday but shall be held on the following
Wednesday.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO:
SECTION 1: That Title 1, Chapter 7, Section 5 A of the Meridian City Code
of the City of Meridian is hereby amended and shall read as follows:
1-7-5 COUNCIL MEETINGS:
Time And Place Of Regular Meetings: The regular meetings
of the City Council shall be held at the Meridian City Hall at 33
East Idaho Street, by the Mayor and City Council on the first,
and third, and fourth Tuesdays of each month, and that the
fourth meeting shall be a general meeting with no hearings or
action on land use applications, and the second Tuesday shall be
the City Council workshop, at $c-~'cv, six thirty o'clock (-Tfi :30)
P.M. of said days. If a Tuesday of any month is a holiday, City
election, primary or general election, the meeting shall be held
the Wednesday evening following at the same hour and place.
SECTION 2: All ordinances, resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed, rescinded and annulled.
SECTION 3: VALIDITY: The Meridian City Council hereby declares that
any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance as adopted and amended
herein be declared for any reason to be invalid it is the intent of the Meridian City
Council that it would have passed all other portions of this Ordinance independent of
the elimination herefrom of any portion as may be declared invalid.
SECTION 4: SAVINGS CLAUSE: This Ordinance does not affect an action
or proceeding commenced or right accrued before this Ordinance takes effect.
SECTION 5: DATE OF EFFECT: This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect after its passage, approval and publication, according to law.
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PASSED BY THE CI~COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO,
this ,5-e'A~ day of ~C¢¢/~-¢~-- , 2000.
APPROVED BYXTHE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
~- aay of ge~ ' ,2000.
Mayor Robert D. Corrie
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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