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Home My WebLink About12370 ORD - 11/27/1974JRR:jkh:11- 27 -74; 1st AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE "GOOD GOVERNMENT LEAGUE" CHARTER AMENDMENT PETITION PROPOSITION, CERTIFIED AS VALIDATED BY THE CITY SECRETARY TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 20, 1974, ON THE BALLOT AS "PROPOSITION NUMBER ONE ", BEING A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO INSTITUTE THE "MAYOR- COUNCIL GOVERNMENT" FORM IN THE CITY, FOR THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION CALLED FOR SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1975, BY ORDINANCE PASSED ON FIRST READING NOVEMBER 13, 1974, SECOND READING NOVEMBER 20, 1974, AND AGENDAED FOR THIRD READING FOR NOVEMBER 27, 1974; PROVIDING FOR POLLING PLACES AND CERTAIN OFFICIALS TO CONDUCT SUCH ELECTION; SETTING FORTH THE PROPOSITION FOR PLACEMENT ON SAID BALLOT FOR SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1975 ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR ADDITION TO NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION; AND PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the City Council finds that a petition for Charter amendment, commonly called the "Good Government League Petition ", filed with the City Secretary on October 16, 1974, has been certified as validated to the City Council by the City Secretary on November 20, 1974 and that such petitioned Charter amendment must be incorporated on the ballot for the election of Saturday, January 18, 1975: TEXAS: NOW, THEREFORE, • RE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SECTION 1. The official ballot prescribed for the election ordered for Saturday, January 18, 1975 by ordinance passed by the City Council on first reading November 13, 1974, second reading November 20, 1974, and agendaed for third reading for November 27, 1974, shall include thereon, for the registering of the "Yes" or "No" vote of the voters voting at said election, on the proposition herein set out, the following petitioned proposition: PROPOSITION NUMBER 1 Shall Article I, Section 3; Article II, Section 7; Article III; and Article III, Section 1 of the City Charter be amended to read as follows: ARTICLE I Section 3. Form of Government and Council. The municipal government provided by this Charter shall be known as the "Mayor- Council Government ". Pursuant to its provisions and 12370 • subject only to the limitations imposed by the State Constitution and by this charter, all powers of the city shall be vested in an elective council, hereinafter referred to as "The Council ", which, with the Mayor as presiding officer, shall enact local legislation, determine policies, and shall execute the law and administer the government of the city. ARTICLE II Section 7. Powers of the Mayor. The Mayor shall act as chairman of the council and shall vote only in case of a tie. The Mayor shall act as chief administrative and executive officer of the city, with authority to appoint two (2) adminis- trative assistants at a pay, scale comparable to department heads. ARTICLE III shall be titled Duties of the Mayor and all references to "City Manager" shall be revised to read "Mayor ", except in the amended Section 1, the present language to be deleted and revised to read: ARTICLE III Section 1. Compensation for the Mayor. The Mayor, as chief executive officer, shall be compensated at the amount received by the City Manager, as of January, 1974, each month; and included in the blanket cost -of- living increases whenever they are granted city employees. If any part or parts of this Charter amendment shall be held unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this Charter amendment. All provisions of the City Charter, ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed. SECTION 2. The ballots for said election shall be in such form as those voters intending to vote "Yes" shall show on their ballot a vote "FOR" the aforesaid proposition, and those intending to vote "No" shall show on their ballot "AGAINST ". The said proposition shall appear on said ballot as follows: PROPOSITION NUMBER 1 FOR changing the present form of City Government to "Mayor- Council Government ", by amending Article I, -2- • n Section 3; Article II, Section 7; Article III; and Article III, Section 1 of the City Charter, to -wit: ARTICLE I Section 3. Form of Government and Council. The municipal government provided by this Charter shall be known as the "Mayor - Council Government." Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the State Constitution and by this charter, all powers of the city shall be vested in an elective council, hereinafter referred to as "The Council ", which, with the Mayor as presid- ing officer, shall enact local legislation, determine policies, and shall execute the law and administer the government of the city. ARTICLE II Section 7. Powers of the Mayor. The Mayor shall act as chairman of the council and shall vote only in case of a tie. The Mayor shall act as chief administrative and executive officer of the city, with authority to appoint two (2) administrative assistants at a pay scale comparable to department heads. ARTICLE III shall be titled Duties of the Mayor and all references to "City Manager" shall be revised to read "Mayor ", except in the amended Section 1, the present language to be deleted and revised to read: ARTICLE III Section 1. Compensation for the Mayor. The Mayor, as chief executive officer, shall be compensated at the amount received by the City Manager, as of January, 1974, each month; and included in the blanket cost -of- living increases whenever they are granted city employees. AGAINST changing the present form of City Government to "Mayor- Council Government ", by amending Article I, -3- Section 3; Article II, Section 7; Article III; and Article III, Section 1 of the City Charter, to -wit: ARTICLE I Section 3. Form of Government and Council. The municipal government provided by this Charter shall be known as the "Mayor- Council Government." Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the State Constitution and by this charter, all powers of the city shall be vested in an elective council, hereinafter referred to as "The Council ", which, with the Mayor as presid- ing officer, shall enact local legislation, determine policies, and shall execute the law and administer the government of the city. ARTICLE II Section 7. Powers of the Mayor. The Mayor shall act as chairman of the council and shall vote only in case of a tie. The Mayor shall act as chief administrative and executive officer of the city, with authority to appoint two (2) administrative assistants at a pay scale comparable to department heads. ARTICLE III shall be titled Duties of the Mayor and all references to "City Manager" shall be revised to read "Mayor ", except in the amended Section 1, the present language to be deleted and revised to read: ARTICLE III Section 1. Compensation for the.Mayor. The Mayor, as chief executive officer, shall be compensated at the amount received by the City Manager, as of January, 1974, each month; and included in the blanket cost -of- living increases whenever they are granted city employees. -4- SECTION 3. The provisions of Sections 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the ordinance of the City Council calling the Charter Amendment Election of Saturday, January 18, 1975, as finally passed, are, by this reference incorporated herein as though fully set forth verbatim herein for providing polling places and certain election officials and for giving notice of said election, and otherwise regulating the same, to the end that the petition proposition provided herein shall be incorporated as hereinbefore stated on the ballot for said Charter Amendment Election. SECTION 4. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 5. The fact that the City Council desires to place this ordinance on first and final reading to meet the imperative public necessity of completing special Charter Amendment election, January 18, 1975, preparations as soon as possible, requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several emetings of the City Council, and the Mayor. having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED this the 27th day of November, 1974. ATTEST: Ci .ecre ar; MAYO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED: 27111 DAY OF NOV R, 1 es R. Riggs City Attorney �S�t�n -- pR7111Et1i The'Msrnreaearuve.alncer, ""Inre'+Y n e`�OYu� JeeoaN. 1971, each mant0,ur�np u�iolroe�sesmiq meYerinaY ar�a�� dlYanolorees AGM list cbali9bra tit aefmll lam a S1a1e �'--' M artl IM mb dwbt, (gyylppen py 4lOQB 1. SsfkoJ� ArYtN 11, 1: Artkb III; a>d M#di l(1, l athe[pY CNrOer, iRTICLE 1- Se[tlan 1 4orm ac 6arernment W' 'Moral', etch in i eenHea tectlas 1, the Fresel!r Mreueoe 1a be kCtIm am rerlrzd to rtad: ARTICLE 111 Sedlm 1. Cpnoenietlon fel' ale Mnv. fh MegY, as Nbl exeadive OfOm. MINI he ealloenYtad et'ihe mmiml raNrM bl' tha CRY MaM9er, as of /anu b ' 197J, etch memh] aM bd4drd in Ilb Wgnket wriahliWre Increases srbllRYer 148v ere Rallttd SE 3. CTION 3. The NoYLSIaM1S a Ssttlwa 1, i 6. a1M 7 of tM av�rorce of IMOIY El I I cu 1419 the Cher0et 4me1tl111e11t 6 f111111Y OassM.are.frv�Nle lieferm[a hs:ero9reted Mtdn as theiBh /ellY ael Icrth Yet0etlm Mreln fa awlGlre Wllire olaaE and tertnb electlsn ORldab and la ylHre ratite of fell elactlal. Ded olhere'I.sa reeulallre the same, to th cad that tlfe aeWan peL�,TRae MEMBERS OF TN8 �M (9) DJatla1 LubY IY: MAYOR THE 'CITY OF [Oa WS 9i1 e seN flewetlC lTl XEAS ToC�rtM bY iti +n0W JtlpILWY - . Aq lather. VA Aq pr.fWeN><+Maatr• Aq i Corpus Christi, Texas .,27 �day of , 19 T" TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen- sion of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordi- nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark The above ordinance was passed by the fol owing vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev.'Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark • Wue UxxYYw�e A A. A. IwrerQSUrk ' j 7u..eevs aa�ww va ww.anr w 1 Jm T.Ar A te M A nev Ns Trnnln v. A. w m , . Aro 4x J. NOr�rd SUrk AY° -1 m nCtll1 M 1/s h' • PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT STATE OF TEXAS, 3s: County of Nueces. I Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came........._..._...— ..._._ E_ who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the C 1 ass. �na of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times, Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Teals, in said County and State, and that the publication of EUa1L ...All ORDIIWICE NO. 12370,__the bg_Ug& er a of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in on the day of_Dcumb e 19..214, and once each...__da_y____thereafter consecutive ... 2 2 __,nmes. R. Baker Subscribed and sworn to before me this _day Betty Myers A _-7 Ly �PbNueces qunty, Texas T------ `--_----__'