Charter
of the City of Stillwater
State of Oklahoma
ORDINANCE NO. 2811
“AN ORDINANCE
PROPOSING AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3-6 OF ARTICLE III OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY
OF STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA; PROVIDING FOR SUBMISSION THEREOF TO THE QUALIFIED
VOTERS OF SAID CITY AT THE NEXT CITY GENERAL ELECTION."
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND
CITY COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA THAT:
Section 1:
That
the following amendment to the Charter of the City of Stillwater, Oklahoma,
is hereby proposed by the Board of Commissioners of said City and shall be
submitted to the qualified voters of said City at the next City General
Election, to-wit: April 6, 2004, in accordance with the Stillwater City
Charter and applicable state laws. It
is the purpose and intention of this Commission to enact this Ordinance for
the purpose of calling and holding said election in order that said proposed
amendment shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the City of
Stillwater on that date and same shall be effective if they are approved by a
majority of the votes cast thereon by the qualified voters of the City of
Stillwater voting at said election.
Section 2:
That
the proposed amendment to the Charter of the City of Stillwater, Oklahoma,
shall read as follows, to-wit:
PROPOSED
CHARTER AMENDMENT
(1)
That Section 3-6 of Article III of the Charter of the City of
Stillwater, Oklahoma, be amended to read as follows:
Section 3-6. Library board.
There
shall be a library board, which shall be the head of the library
department. It shall consist of seven
(7) members appointed by the Board of Commissioners for overlapping terms of
three (3) years and to serve two full consecutive terms or until their
respective successors have been appointed and qualify. The terms of members shall begin at 7:30
o’clock p.m. on the first Monday in May every year. The Board of Commissioners may remove a
member for the good of the service, and it may fill vacancies for unexpired
terms. Members shall serve without
compensation.
Every
year, at the time prescribed for the beginning of the terms of new members or
as soon thereafter as practicable, the library board shall elect a chairman,
a vice chairman and a secretary; and the secretary need not be a member of
the board. It shall determine the time
and place of its regular meetings; and the chairman or any four (4) members
may call special meetings of the board.
The
library board shall have supervision and control of the public library or
libraries of the city, and shall appoint the librarian or librarians and all
other subordinates; provided that the board may authorize a librarian to
appoint subordinates. The library
board may adopt regulations for the administration and operation of the
library or libraries, subject to ordinances which the commission may enact.
Section 3:
That
in compliance with Title 11, Oklahoma Statutes, Section 13-111, said proposed
Charter amendment, as above set forth, shall be filed with the City Clerk of
the City of Stillwater, Oklahoma. Said
proposed Charter amendment and an announcement of the date for the charter
election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in said
City of Stillwater for at least twenty-one (21) days. The election shall be held no less than
twenty (20) days nor more than thirty (30) days after the last publication
thereof.
PROPOSITION NO. 1
(Proposed Charter Amendment-
Article III, Section 3-6)
This
amendment will change the size of the Library Board from six (6) to seven (7)
members and will give the Board of Commissioners the power to choose members
of the Library Board.
_____ YES, FOR THE AMENDMENT
_____ NO, AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
Section 4:
If a majority of the
registered qualified voters of the City of Stillwater voting on the questions
vote in the affirmative, the proposed Charter amendment shall be properly
certified and presented to the Governor of the State of Oklahoma for
approval.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND
ADOPTED THIS 2nd DAY OF February, 2004.
___________________________________
BUD
LACY, MAYOR
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
__________________________________
MARCY ALEXANDER, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
THIS 2nd DAY OF February, 2004.
___________________________________
JOHN
E. DORMAN, CITY ATTORNEY
First Reading:
1/26/04
Second Reading: 2/2/04
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