ADOPTING ORDINANCES

ORDINANCE NO. 432-1-98

Commissioner Russell moved, supported by Commissioner Rose, the adoption of the following ordinance.

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE 1997 CODIFICATION OF THE BIG RAPIDS CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES.

   WHEREAS, the Big Rapids City Charter requires the City Commission to provide for the compilation or codification and publication of all City ordinances then in force at least once every ten years, (Charter § 7.2), and

   WHEREAS, the codification of current City ordinances is helpful to the public and City staff in providing a single publication in which all City Ordinances are arranged, indexed, and made available to all interested persons, and

   WHEREAS, the City Commission has authorized and approved the budgetary expenditure necessary for the codification process, and

   WHEREAS, the City Clerk has worked with the codifier in assembling, reviewing, and proofreading all of the City's ordinances currently in force, and

   WHEREAS, the City Attorney has reviewed and approved the proposed codification,

NOW, THEREFORE, The City of Big Rapids ordains:

Section 1. The 1997 codification prepared by American Legal Publishing Corporation is approved and adopted as the codification of the Big Rapids City Code of Ordinances.

Section 2. Copies of the codification shall be kept in the City Clerk's office and made available to the general public for review, inspection, and obtaining copies of the City Charter and Code of Ordinances.

Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to publish this ordinance in the Pioneer.

Section 4. The ordinance shall become effective upon publication.

Yeas: Hansen, Kienitz, Rose, Russell, Farrow

Nays: None

The Mayor declared the Ordinance adopted.

Dated: January 5, 1998

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