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ORDINANCE NO. 2017-0 1-03
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING RULES OF PROCEDURES FOR THE TRANSACTION
OF BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF BATESVILLE,ARKANSAS
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE,
ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The Batesville City Council shall meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Batesville Municipal
Building on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month for its regular scheduled meetings.
SECTION 2. Special meetings of the City Council of the City of Batesville, Arkansas may be
held upon the call of the Mayor, whenever in his opinion it shall be necessary, or by three (3)
members of the Council by giving notice in writing which notice shall be served personally or
through U.S. mail or email to all members of the Council, which notice shall state the date and
time of the meeting and purpose thereof.
SECTION 3. All meeting of the City Council of the City of Batesville, Arkansas, shall be
public meetings. Notice of the time, place and date of all special meetings shall be given by
phone or email to representatives of the newspapers and radio stations located in Batesville,
Arkansas, which have requested to be notified at least two (2)hours before the special meeting
takes place.
SECTION 4. At all meetings of the Council the following shall be the order of business unless
the Council by a majority vote shall order otherwise.
1. Call to order
2. Invocation
3. Roll call by City Clerk
4. Approval of minutes
5. Approval of agenda
6. Comments from Citizens
SECTION 8. The City Council may at any regular or special meeting, revise or modify these
rules or adopt new rules by a majority vote of the full Council.
SECTION 9. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 10. If any provision of this ordinance is held invalid,such invalidity shall not effect
other provisions of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision, and to
this end the provisions of the ordinance are declared to be severable.
Adopted this 91h day of January, 2017.
Rick Elumba*g4, "
Attest:
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