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ORDINANCE 2009-6 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 2.042 OF THE CITY CODE TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS; INCLUDING PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. RECITALS: 1. The City Council wishes to revise City Code Section 2.042 pertaining to the order of business for regular City Council meetings. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2.042 of the City Code is amended as follows (underlining indicates added text; ale indicates deleted text): Sec. 2.042. Order of Business. The order of business for regular city council meetings is as follows: (1) Call to order. (2) Roll call. (3) Pre-Consent 1 (includes Workshops; Presentations; Executive Session) (4) Invocation. (5) Pledge of Allegiance. (6) Citizen Comments (limited to 30 minutes). (7) Pre-Consent 2 (includes Staff and Council Reports) (8) Consent Agenda - items pulled from consent agenda. (9) Public Hearings. (10) Non-Consent Agenda (Board Appointments et al) (11) Question and answer session. (12) Adjournment. SECTION 2. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this ordinance will continue in force if they can be given effect without the invalid portion. SECTION 3. All ordinances and resolution or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict with this ordinance are repealed. SECTION 4. The importance of this Ordinance creates an emergency and an imperative • public necessity, and the provisions of the Charter requiring that ordinances be presented at three separate meetings, and that ordinances do not take effect until ten days after the date of its final passage are suspended, and this Ordinance will take effect upon publication of notice of its adoption in a newspaper of general circulation within the City.