Ordinance 2017-10: Amend Ordinance 2016-36 to Establish Time Place of Regular Council Meetings

ORDINANCE NO. 2017-10

 

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2016-36 TO ESTABLISH TIME AND PLACE OF REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE VILLAGE OF ANTWERP, PAULDING COUNTY, OHIO, FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2017, AND DECLARING THE SAME AN EMERGENCY

 

WHEREAS, on December 19, 2016, the Council of the Village of Antwerp, Paulding County, Ohio, passed Ordinance No. 2016-36 to establish the time and place of regular council meetings for the Village of Antwerp, Ohio, for calendar year 2017; and

WHEREAS, due to a conflict in the meeting date for April 2017, the Council is desirous of  re-scheduling the April 2017 council meeting from the third Monday of April to the second Monday of April and for said meeting to be conducted at 7:45 a.m.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Village of Antwerp, Paulding County, Ohio, as follows:

Section 1.  Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2016-36 is amended to read as follows:

Section 2.  Regular meetings of the Council shall be held on the third (3rd) Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m., except for those third (3rd) Mondays that are deemed a holiday under the personnel manual of the Village of Antwerp, then the regular council meeting shall be the third (3rd) Tuesday of that month at 8:00 a.m., which includes the regular meeting of the Council for January 2017 and February 2017.  The regular meeting of the Council for January 2017 will be held on January 17, 2017 at 8:00 a.m., and the regular meeting of the Council for February 2017 will be held on February 21, 2017 at 8:00 a.m.  The regular meeting of Council for April 2017 will be held on April 10, 2017, at 7:45 a.m.

Section 2.  It is found and determined that all formal action of the Council concerning or relating to the passage of this Ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of the Council, and that all deliberations of the Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements including all lawful ordinances and any applicable provisions of section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.

Section 3.  This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and for the further reason that the time and place of regular Council meetings be established.  This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately after its passage; otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law.

 

Passed this _____ day of March, 2017.

 

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Ray DeLong, Mayor

Village of Antwerp

Attest:

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Aimee Lichty, Fiscal Officer