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Page 3 January 8, 1998 4. Amend subsection (d) of Section 3.11 regarding public hearings on proposed ordinances as follows: (d) All proposed ordinances requiring a public hearing or hearings shall be finally acted upon by the city council within ninety (90) days of the most recent public hearing. If final action does not occur i3 not had within the Stteft ninety (90) day period following the Stteh public hearing, then another public hearing shall be held before final action on the ordinance. Unless notice requirements are provided by other law, the city secretary shall publish a notice of each public hearing by the city council on an ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation in the city before the public hearing. ********** Rationale: The changes to the existing text modernize the wording. The added sentence will establish a baseline requirement for notice of all public hearings on ordinances. Presently, notice is required only of public hearings on certain ordinances, such as rezonings, setting of the tax rate, and adoption of the budget. 5. Amend Section 3.13 regarding the compiling and publishing of a code of ordinances as follows: Sec. 3;13. Code of ordinances. The council shall cause all general ordinances of the city to be compiled and printed in code form. Every general ordinance enacted subsequent to such codification shall be enacted as an amendment to the code. For the purposes ofthis section general ordinances shall be deemed to be those ordinances of a permanent or continuing nature which affect the residents of the city at large. When adopted by the council, the printed codes of general ordinances contemplated by this section shall be in full force and effect without the necessity of such code or any part thereof being published in any newspaper. The caption, descriptive clause, and other formal parts of the ordinances of the city may be omitted without affecting the validity of such ordinances when they are published as a code. Copies of the code shall be furnished to city officers, placed in libraries and public offices for free public reference and made available through electronic media and for purchase by the public at a reasonable price fixed by the council. ********** Rationale: This change will keep the purpose of this Charter provision up to date with changes in technology.