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Stephens City Council adopts emergency ordinance to continue pandemic-era meeting changes
Summary
Stephens City Council unanimously adopted an emergency ordinance maintaining temporary changes to meeting deadlines and public meeting/hearing practices tied to pandemic continuity of operations; the ordinance passed both readings by roll call.
Stephens City Council on June 2 adopted an emergency ordinance intended to continue temporary changes in certain deadlines and to modify public meeting and public hearing practices to preserve continuity of operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Clerk read the ordinance title in full before council members voted.
The ordinance passed both its first and second readings on roll call votes. Councilman Joseph Hollis moved the first reading; Councilwoman Regina Swygert-Smith moved the second. The recorded roll call for both readings was: Councilman Bowers — Aye; Councilman Linden A. Fravel Jr. — Aye; Councilman Joseph Hollis — Aye; Councilwoman Regina Swygert-Smith — Aye; Councilman Jason Nauman — Absent; Councilor Tina Stevens — Absent.
The ordinance’s title as read by the Clerk was: "Emergency Ordinance To Continue Temporary Changes In Certain Deadlines And To Modify Public Meeting And Public Hearing Practices And Procedures To Address Continuity Of Operations Associated With Pandemic Disaster." Council members did not attach an effective date in the meeting minutes; the ordinance was adopted as read and recorded in the official minutes. The council took no additional public comment on the item at the meeting.
The council’s action preserves the temporary procedural changes the town has used during the public-health emergency and keeps in place the altered deadlines and meeting procedures until further council action.
