701~~
ORDINANCE NO. 701
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE
NO. 688 OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 688, amending Section 5 of
Ordinance 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 thereafter.
The Commissioners appointed;hereunder shall have power and authority to manage,
control, operate, improve, maintain, extend and enlarge the municipal utility
systems in said City and 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 Commissioners and shall
have full charge of said plants or systems including the right to employ or remove
and/or discharge any and all assistants, supervisor, foremen, clerks, bookkeepers
and employees and to fix and regulate their salaries, provided, that effective as
of the date of passage of this Ordinance, all salary increases and/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 Commissioners
shall have authority and power to employ engineers, auditors, and accountants when
the need and occasion arises. Said Commissioners shall not have any authority to
sell, mortgage or incumber said utilities, plants or systems. "
T r
i
Section 2. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances 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are hereby repealed.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 688 of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, in the
interest of the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants 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 21St day of October 1971.
~-
MAYOR
ATTEST;
..-
_~ .-
~..y.......--~ ~::~.
_._--..
CITY CLERK