1364ORDINANCE N0. -3~~"
AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE SALARY OF THE WEST
MEMPHIS CITY ATTORNEY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE HIRING AND
COMPENSATION OF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEYS, ESTABLISHING AN
EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, Arkansas Code 14-43-407 provides that the City
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Attorney shall have the power to appoint one (1) or more
deputies for whose official acts the City Attorney shall be
responsible and who shall serve at the will of the City
Attorney, and that the salary or compensation for any
deputy city attorney shall be paid by the City Attorney
from his own compensation, unless otherwise provided by
ordinance of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the present deputy city attorney, Gerald
Coleman, has announced his intention to resign his position
effective January 1, 1989; and
WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the City Attorney
that the present salaries budgeted for the positions of
City Attorney and deputy city attorney be combined and that
he be permitted to appoint one (1) or more deputy city
attorneys as set out in Arkansas Code 14-43-407;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF'
THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The annual salary for the West Memphis City
Attorney is hereby set at $42,000.00.
SECTION 2. The West Memphis City Attorney shall have
the power to appoint one (1) or more deputies for whose
official acts the West Memphis City Attorney shall be
responsible.
SECTION 3. Any deputy city attorney appointed pursuant
to the provisions of this ordinance shall serve at the will
of the West Memphis City Attorney.
SECTION 4. The salary or other compensation of any
deputy city attorney appointed pursuant to the provisions
of this ordinance shall be paid by the West Memphis City
Attorney from his own compensation.
SECTION 5. Ordinance 1204 and Ordinance 1205 and all
other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 6. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It having been found and
determined by the City Council of the City of West Memphis,
Arkansas, that there is an urgent need for the authority
granted by this ordinance to insure the continued
effectiveness of the City Attorney's office after the
resignation of the deputy city attorney, an emergency is
hereby declared to exist, and this ordinance being
necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health,
safety and welfare of the Citizens of West Memphis,
Arkansas, shall be in full force and effect from and after
January 1, 1989.
PASSED AND APPROVED this ?O day of December, 1988.
KE TH M. INGRAM, Mayo
ATTEST: ~
DAN CRAFT, C y C e