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Council adopts emergency clause and adopts camping ordinance to take effect on passage
Summary
The council added an emergency finding and adopted Ordinance 888 amending municipal camping regulations to be effective upon adoption, after the city attorney advised the council it could enact the emergency clause under the charter and code.
Council discussed whether to advance an emergency adoption so the camping ordinance would become effective immediately rather than after the usual 30‑day period. City attorney Joanna Lyons Antley advised the council that, under the charter and council procedures, "you can make it effective upon passage, with an emergency clause," and recommended reading specific emergency language into the record.
After staff read the suggested emergency language—finding that the ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and morals—the council moved, seconded and voted to add the emergency clause and then to adopt Ordinance 888 by roll call. The ordinance amends Umatilla Municipal Code section 5‑1‑5 (camping regulations) and was approved with the emergency clause making it effective immediately upon adoption.
