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Committee clarifies emergency-ordinance timing and moves the section into a new ordinances article
Summary
Members clarified Section 3.18 to state emergency ordinances run for a maximum of 60 days and automatically expire on the 61st day, then voted to move 3.18 (and related ordinance sections) into a new Ordinances article for organization and future edits.
The Charter Review Committee revised the charter language governing emergency ordinances to remove ambiguity about their duration and voted to move ordinance-related sections into a newly designated Ordinances article.
Chair read proposed clarifying language: “the emergency ordinance shall be effective for a maximum period of 60 calendar days from enactment and shall automatically expire on the 61st day following enactment.” Members exchanged views about whether the phrasing added useful clarity or merely wordiness; several committee members said the additional phrase made the provision “a little bit clear” and agreed to adopt it.
S3 moved to accept the clarified Section 3.18 and to move that section into a new ordinances article; the motion was seconded and the chair announced it carried unanimously among those present. The committee also agreed to move Sections 3.19 and 3.2 (and similar ordinance/order provisions) into the new article to keep ordinance rules together for easier council review.
Next steps: the secretary will incorporate the clarified language into the draft charter and relocate ordinance-related sections into the Ordinances article for the clean draft to be presented to council.
