COUNCIL MEETING DATES

Memphis Home Rule Amendments, Ord. No. 2490

in effect

ORDINANCE NO. 2490 (COUNCIL MEETING DATES] Adopted ..... | Sept. 7, 1976 Referendum Election ..... | Nov. 2, 1976 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS, SAME BEING CHAPTER 11 OF THE ACTS OF 1879, AS AMENDED, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 11, SECTION 9 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE (HOME RULE AMENDMENT), SO AS TO CHANGE MEETING DATE OF PUBLIC SESSIONS OF CITY COUNCIL, AND TO SUBMIT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS AT THE FIRST GENERAL STATE ELECTION TO BE HELD 11-2-76. WHEREAS, the City of Memphis through its City Council under Charter Section 43, holds a regular meeting every Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon and may hold such special meetings as may be called by said Council; and WHEREAS, it is now desired to change said hours to better benefit segments of the population and citizens of Memphis. Section 1. Proposed amendment. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS, That pursuant to Section 9, Article 11 of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee, as amended, the following proposal shall be published and submitted to the qualified voters at the first election which shall be held in the City of Memphis, Tennessee, on November 2, 1976, and which shall be held at least sixty (60) days after such publication, by amending City Charter Section 43 to read as follows: "Sec. 43. Meetings. The City Council shall hold a regular meeting every Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, or at such other time each Tuesday as it so designates by resolution; provided, however, that no meeting shall be held at other than 2:30 o'clock p.m. except upon fourteen (14) days' public notice. If the business of any regular or special meeting be not concluded on the day when the same convenes, the Council may adjourn such meeting to any subsequent day of that week. All such regular meetings or special called meetings, as hereinabove described, of the City Council shall be public, and shall be held at the place provided for such meetings, and said place cannot be changed, except by ordinance." Section 2. Nonconflicting, conflicting laws. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that all laws constituting the present Charter of the City of Memphis, not in conflict with this amendatory Home Rule Ordinance, be and the same are continued in full force and effect, and all laws in conflict therewith are hereby repealed. Section 3. Severability. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that if any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this ordinance shall be held or declared to be unconstitutional or void, it shall not affect the remaining parts of this ordinance, it being hereby declared to be the legislative intent to have passed the remainder of this ordinance notwithstanding the parts so held to be invalid if any. Section 4. Publication of home rule amendment. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Comptroller be and he is hereby directed to cause this proposal (Ordinance) to be published pursuant to the provisions of Article XI, Section 9, of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee. Section 5. Proposal and preference. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Comptroller be and he is hereby directed to deliver a copy of this ordinance to the Shelby County Election Commission, together with a suggested proposal and the following form of preference to be placed on the ballot in an election to be held on the 2nd day of November, 1976: REFERENDUM ON HOME RULE AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR CHANGE OF TIME ON PUBLIC MEETING DATE. An Ordinance of the City of Memphis was adopted on the ____________ day of ____________ / ____________ / ____________ , 19 ____________ , providing for a referendum on a Home Rule Amendment to the Charter of the City of Memphis so as to authorize change of regular City Council meetings to each Tuesday at 7:00 o'clock p.m., and, further, to provide for any special called meetings of the City Council. FOR | (YES) _____ AGAINST | (NO) _____ Section 6. Effective date. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this ordinance shall take effect for the purposes set forth herein sixty (60) days after approval by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon, in an election to be held on the 2nd day of November, 1976, the public welfare requiring it. Section 7. Enactment of city ordinance. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this ordinance shall take effect from and after the date it shall have been passed by the Council, signed by the Chairman of the Council, certified and delivered to the Office of the Mayor in writing by the Comptroller, and become effective as otherwise provided by law. OSCAR H. EDMONDS, JR. Chairman of Council ATTEST: PAUL ARNETT, City Comptroller.

Source: City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/memphis/codes/charter?nodeId=PTIIHORUAM_ORDINANCE_NO._2490_COUNCIL_MEETING_DATESFetched: 10/28/2026