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HomeMy WebLinkAbout76-10-1329257 v- ORDINANCE NO. 76-10-1329 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-106 OF ARTICLE V "MEETINGS OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS!' AND ..SECTION. 2-128 OF ARTICLE VI "LEGAL DEPARTMENT" OF, THE CODE OF- ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUGAH, .KENTUCKY BE -IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF .COMMISSIONERS OF THE, CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That Section 2-106 of Article V "Meetings of Board of. Commissioners" of the -Code of •Ordinances of the City of Paducah,. Kentucky, be amended and reordained so that said section as amended. and reordained shall here- after read as follows: "Sec . 2-106. .Reading of- motions,. resolutions and ordinances;. declaration of result of vote; failure of presiding officer to act on question . No motion, resolution or ordinance shall be placed upon its passage until it has first been read at length or by a summary as .provided. by law;. After a vote has been taken, the presiding officer shall declare the result and if he should fail or refuse to put a question to a vote, or declare the result of a vote, as provided in these rules, prescribed in this article, the mover of such question may rise in his place and put the question and announce the result of the vote thereon , and the failure or refusal of the presiding officer to put such. question, or to declare the result of the vote shall be. noted in the minutes ." -. SECTION 2. That Section 2-128 of Article VI "Legal Department" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, be amended and reordained so that said section as amended and reordained shall hereafter read as follows: "Sec. 2-128. Duties. The corporation counsel shall attend all regular and special meetings of the board of commissioners, as well as any other meetings or conferences when his services are requested. He shall prepare all motions, resolutions and ordinances for the board of commissioners, all contracts in which the city is a party, and such other writings or documents as may be required by the mayor and board of commissioners or by the city manager . He shall have the responsibility of advising with and giving opinions to the mayor, the members of the board of commissioners, the city treasurer, and all other officials and employees of the city, with the exception of those designated in section 2-130. In the absence of the assistant corporation counsel assigned to the handling of civil matters , or when he is not available , the corporation counsel shall perform all of the 258 duties imposed upon such assistant. It shall also be the duty of the corporation counsel to represent the city as attorney in litigation in suits in all state and federal courts wherein the city is party complainant or a defendant, or a party in interest, if such suit involves the question as to the validity of any motion, ordinance, resolution or other measure adopted by the mayor and the board of commissioners, including any other suit which is ordered to be filed by the mayor and the board of commissioners, but he shall have the right to call upon and to be assisted by the assistant corporation counsel or by the special counsel in the prosecution or the defense of any such suit." SECTION 3. Section 1 amends Section 10 of an ordinance adopted by the Board of Commissioners on December 4, 1951, and Section 2 amends Section 2 of an ordinance adopted on April 24, 1951. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its adoption . Mayor ~ w Passed by'the Board of Commissioners October 12,' 1976 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, October 12, 1976.