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ORDINANCE N0. ~ `'` /
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 2 AND SECTION 3
OF ORDINANCE N0. 859, AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING
ANYONE WHO IS A REGULAR EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY
OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS TO ESTABLISH RESIDENCE
r"~ WITHIN NINETY (g0) DAYS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,
ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 859 shall be amended
to read as follows:
"It shall be the established policy of the City of West Memphis,
Arkansas that anyone who is regularly employed by the City of
West Memphis, Arkansas must establish residence within the City
Limits of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, within ninety (90)
days after such employment, provided that the City Council by
majority vote of its members may waive the rule of residency
requirement where there is a need of a,n employee or Department Head
with special skill and qualifications not found in the City Limits
of West Memphis, Arkansas."
SECTION 2. Section 3 of Ordinance No. 859 shall be amended
to read as follows:
"This policy shall not apply to those employees of the City
of West Memphis, Arkansas who are now regularly employed by the
City of West Memphis, Arkansas, provided further that employees
of the City of West Memphis now regularly employed and residing
within the City shall continue to reside within the City Limits
and Boundaries of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas."
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SECTION 3. Emergency Clause. It having been found and
determined by the City Council of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas
that there is an immediate need to amend Ordinance No. 859, dated
March ~I-, 1976, of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, and to waive
residency rules a.nd regulations in special circumstances and to
assure that present City employees regularly employed shall continue
to reside within the City Limits and Boundaries of the City Limits
of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist and this Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after the date of its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this _~ day of ,~~~,~ ~' ,
1976.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
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