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Sedona amends city code to update mayor's powers, emergency-declaration review and gender-neutral language
Summary
The council unanimously adopted amendments to Sedona City Code section 2.10.040 to update mayoral duties, remove outdated emergency closure authority, add a vice-mayor emergency-declaration provision and permit council to terminate mayoral emergency proclamations by majority vote; the ordinance also modernizes language to be gender-neutral.
The Sedona City Council voted unanimously on May 13 to adopt amendments to Sedona City Code section 2.10.040, updating the powers and duties of the mayor, clarifying emergency-declaration procedures, removing a mayoral authority to order business closures (a state law change), and making language gender-neutral.
City staff (Curtis) explained the amendments came from an earlier review of council…
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