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Vinita council approves Ordinance 20 20 six-three 893 after changing effective date to 30 days
Summary
The Vinita City Council approved Ordinance 20 20 six-three 893 after a legal-counsel-requested amendment that moved the ordinance’s effective date from 10 days to 30 days; the measure passed on a unanimous roll call.
The Vinita City Council voted to adopt Ordinance 20 20 six-three 893 after first approving an amendment to the ordinance’s effective date.
Legal counsel advised the council that section 9 of the ordinance mistakenly set the effective date at 10 days after passage and recommended amending that text to read "30 days after its passage." "We would need to amend that to 30 days," the attorney said, prompting a motion to change the effective date and a subsequent voice vote in favor of the amendment.
With the amendment approved, a council member moved to adopt the ordinance "as it's written" with the amendment attached. The council then conducted a roll-call vote; the Chair announced the ordinance would be approved following affirmative votes by the listed members.
Why it matters: Changing the effective date gives the city additional time between passage and enforcement, which the council’s legal counsel said was necessary to correct a drafting error and, if needed, allow implementation steps to begin in an orderly way.
Vote and procedure: The council amended the ordinance’s effective date from 10 days to 30 days and then adopted Ordinance 20 20 six-three 893 with that amendment. The Chair conducted a roll call and announced the ordinance was approved.
