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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING
AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMPENSATION
PLAN FOR ALL POSITIONS IN THE CITY SERVICE; REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE", AND BEING
ORDINANCE NO. 3656, PASSED AND APPROVED 6Y THE CITY COUNCIL.
ON THE 10TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 0548 AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING
SUBSECTION (E) OF SECTION 1 SO AS TO CHANGE THE WAGE CLASSI-
FICATION OF THE CORPORATION COURT JUDGE FROMI SALARY GRADE
37 TO SALARY GRADE 36; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 2 BY ADDING
A NEW SECTION THERETO TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION (G) SO AS TO
PROVIDE FOR SALARY GRADES IN INSTANCES WHERE OFFICERS ARE
RERPPOIIllTED TO THE_SAHE OFFICE FOR A NEW TERM; PROVIDING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND
DECLARING AN LHERGENCY.
SE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT ORCINANCE N0. 3656 ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING
AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR ALL POSI-
TIONS 1N THE CITY SERVICE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ", PASSED
AND APPROVED ON THE 10TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1954, AS AMENDED, BE AMENDED BY
AMENDING SUBSECTION (E) OF SECTION 1 SO AS TO CHANGE THE CLASSIFICATION OF
CORPORATION COURT JUDGE FROM GRADE 37 TO GRADE 36.
SECTION 2. THAT SAID ORDINANCE NO. 36j6, AS AMENDED, BE FURTHER
AMENDED BY AMENDING SECTION 2 BY ADDING SECTION (G) THERETO, TO READ AS
FOLLOWS:
(G) REAPPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. SALARIES FOR APPOINTED
OFFICERS HAVING A DEFINITE TERM SHALL BE SUBJECT TO REDUCTION OR
INCREASE BY AMENDMENT TO THIS ORDINANCE. UNLESS OTHERWISE
PROVIDED, REAPPOINTMENT SHALL. HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS A
CONTINUATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND THE OFFICER SHALL RECEIVE
SALARY AT THE SAME STEP RATE AT WHICH HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
ENTITLED HAD HIS EMPLOYMENT BEEN CONTINUOUS.
SECTION 3. IF ANY SECTION, SENTENCE, CLAUSE OR PHRASE OF THIS ORDI-
NANCE SHALL BE HELD, FOR ANY REASON, TO BE INOPERATIVE, VOID OR INVALID, THE
VALIDITY OF THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED
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THEREBY, IT BEING THE INTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN ADOPTING THIS ORDIN-
ANCE, THAT NO PORTION THEREOF, OR PROVISION HEREIN, SHALL BECOME INOPERA-
TIVE OR FAIL BY REASON OF THE INVALIDITY OF ANY OTHER PORTION OR PROVISION
AMD THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, DOES HEREBY DE-
CLARE THAT IT WOULD HAVE SEVERALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED THE PROVISIONS CON-
TAINED HEREIN, SEPARATELY AND APART ONE FROM THE OTHER.
SECTION 4. THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON ITS PASSAGE BY
THE CITY COUNCIL.
SECTION j. THE NECESSITY FOR MAKING AMENDMENTS TO THE ADMINI5TRA-
TION OF THE COMPENSATION PLAN EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY CREATES A PUBLIC EMER-
GENCY AND PUBLIC IMPERATIVE NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE
CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PA55ED FINALLY ON
THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.SHALL
BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MELTINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR
HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NEC-
ESSITY EXISTS, AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED,
AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION
AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE,
IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE / DAY of MAY, 1955.
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENTLEMEN:
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 C TY COUNCIL; I, THEREFORE,
HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS
THIS ORDINANCE 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:J
FARRELL Do SMITH
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MINOR CULLI
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W. J. ROBERTS
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MAL`JONADO
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
FARRELL D. SMITH
MINOR CULLI
W. J. ROBERTS
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO '