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ORDINANCE NO.
A N ORDINA NC E TO AMEND SECTION 5 OF ORDINA NC E
NO. 292 OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS; DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE TI' ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. Section 5 of Ordi.na.nce No. 292 of the City of West
Memphis, Arkansas is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 5. The West Memphis Utility Commission shall prepare
an annual budget which must be submitted to the West Memphis City Council
for approval beginning December 1, 1971 and each successive year there-
after. The Commissioners appointed hereunder shall have power a.nd
authority to manage, control, operate, improve, maintain, extend and e.n-
large the municipal utility systems in said City a.nd territory in vicinity
thereof and a majority of the Board of Commissioners shall constitute a
quorum for transacting all business but it shall require the approval of a
majority of the entire Board for any action of any meeting to become the
action of the Board of Utility Commissirn ers a.nd shall have full charge of said
plants or systems including the right to employ or remove a.nd Jor discharge
any and all assistants, supervisor, foremen, clerks, bookkeepers and em-
ployees and to fix and regulate their salaries, provided, that effective as
of the date of passage of this Ordi.na.nce, all salary increases a.nd/or the employ-
ment of any person whose salary, including travel expense, exceeds $10, 000.00
annually, must be approved by the West Memphis City Council. The "Com-
missio.ners shall have authority and power to employ engineers, auditors, and
accountants when the .need a.nd occasion arises. Said Commissioners shall
.not have a.ny authority to sell, mortgage or incumber said utilities, plants
or systems, but may, with the approval of the City Council, issue bonds,
.notes, pledges, orders, or any type of indebtedness necessary to operate
and/or enlarge said plant or systems".
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordi.na.nces in conflict with
are hereby repealed.
Section 3. It being found and determined by the City Council of
the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, that certain modifications .need to
be made immediately to Ordinance 292 of the City of West Memphis,
Arkansas, in the interest of the health, safety a.nd welfare of the inhabi-
tants of the City of West Memphis, 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.
Adopted this j day o ~' - ~ 1971.
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CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,, ARKANSAS
APPROVED; Q~~ti
- Mayor
VETOED:
Mayor
ATTEST;
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CITY CLERK