Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Ordinance Codification topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council adopts recodification/revision of ordinances; reporter says revisions were not posted for public comment
Summary
The Albertville City Council voted to adopt a recodification (referred to in the meeting as a "revision") of city ordinances, and the reporter said she had not seen the revisions posted for public review as she understood was required by law; the meeting remarks did not cite a statute or provide a posting timeline.
The Albertville City Council voted June 2 to adopt a recodification (described in the meeting as a "revision") of the city's ordinances, the meeting report said.
Reporter Bonnie Callahan told listeners she had not seen the revisions posted for public review or comment and said the meeting speaker stated such posting is required by law; the meeting transcript did not identify which statute or rule requires pre-adoption posting or when the revisions will be made available online. Callahan said the items had been discussed at a pre-council meeting and that the revised material might be posted later.
Why it matters: codification and recodification of ordinances reorganizes the city's body of law and can change how ordinances are read and enforced; public review and comment are commonly part of such processes and statutes or local rules sometimes set posting requirements.
What was said: the meeting record indicated the council adopted the recodification/revision. The reporter said, "it's required to be posted by law and uh available for public comment even before it's adopted," but the transcript did not identify the specific legal citation or provide a posting schedule.
Next steps: the city clerk's office should post the recodified/revised ordinance text and cite the governing authority for any public-notice requirement; those items were not present in the meeting remarks.
