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D is tr ib u tio n o lE e w ^ ^ T ^ X ^ m u n ic ip a l
S e c tio n 6 .
IM PORTANT NOTICE
B ^ tte F a lls , a ll p o w ers o f
p re scrib es o th erw ise a n d a s th e
le g isla tiv e p o w er to th e v o te rs o f th e T o
O n A pril 11 th there w ill be an im p o rtan t public h earin g to
th e T o w n o f B u tte F a lls a re v e sted in th e c o u n cil.
discuss the p ro p o sed M unicipal C h arter. C opies o f th e C h arter
w ill be m ade available at this m eeting. T h e general election fo r
C h a p te r III
this C h arter w ill be o n M ay 16 th . It is im p o rtan t fo r y o u to
know w h at is in this revision o f th e T o w n C h arter. A dessert
FORM O F G OV ERN M ENT
S e c tio n 7 .
potluck w ill be held follow ing this m eeting.
C o u n cil.
T h e c o u n cil c o n s is ts o f six c o u n c ilo rs
n o m in a te d a n d e lec ted fro m th e T o w n o f B u tte F a lls a t-la rg e o r, in c ase
o f o n e o r m o re v a c an c ies in th e c o u n cil, th e c o u n c il m e m
Falls
T o w n o f B u tte
o ffic es a re n o t v a c an t.
S e c tio n 8 . C o u n cilo rs .
e rs w
T h e term o f o ffic e o f a c o u n c ilo r in
o ffic e w h e n th is C h a rte r is a d o p te d is th e te rm o f o ffic e fo r w h ic
M u n ic ip al C k a rte r
o se
t e
c o u n cilo r h a s b e e n e lec ted b e fo re a d o p tio n o f th e C h a rter (o r is e le cte d
A t e a ch
a t th e tim e o f th e a d o p tio n .)
PR E A M B L E
g e n e ra l e lec tio n a fte r th e
a d o p tio n , th re e c o u n c ilo rs sh a ll b e e lec ted , e a ch fo r a fo u r-y ea r term .
S e c tio n 9 -
W e , th e p e o p le o f th e T o w n o f B u tte F a lls, O re g o n , in o rd e r to in sp ire
a n d sh a p e c o m m u n ity g o v e rn m e n t a m o n g o u rselv e s, c o n sid e r a n d a c t
of individ u a 1 liberty w ith
fo r th e c o m m o n g o o d , p ro m o te th e p rin c ip le
to le ra n ce fo r o th e rs, a n d to a v a il o u rselv e s o f se lf d e term in a tio n in
h e n th is C h a rte r is a d o p ted c o n tin u e s u n til th e b e g in n in g o f th e first
wl
> d d -n u m b e re d y e a r a fte r th a t tim e .
A t e a ch s u b s e q u e n t g e n e ra l
Oi
el le c tio n ,
m u n icip a l a ffa irs to th e fu lle st e x ten t p o ssib le , d o o rd a in a n d e sta b lish
th is C h a rte r fo r th e T o w n o f B u tte F a lls.
T e rm s o f Q ffic e .
T h e te rm o f o ffic e o f a n
lec tiv e o ffic e r w h o is e le cted a t a g e n e ra l e lec tio n b e g in s a t th e first
el
c o u n c il : m e etin g o f th e y e a r im m ed iate ly a fte r th e e le c tio n a n d c o n tin u e s
C h ap ter I
until th ie
su c c e sso r to th e o ffic e a ssu m e s th e o ffic e.
S e c tio n 1 1 .
S e ctio n 1 . T itle o f C h a rter. T h is c h a rte r m a y bi ie re ferre i d to
A p p o in tiv e O ffice s . A m a jo rity o f th e council
m ay:
d com bi: .n e a p p o in tiv e T o w n o f B u tte F a lls
a s th e 2 0 0 0 T o w n o f B u tte F a lls C h a rter.
(1 ) C re a te, a b o lish , an t
N a m e o f T o w n . . T h e T o w n o f B u tte F a lls,
O reg o n , c o n tin u e s u n d e r th is C h a rte r to b e a m u n ic ip al c o rp o ra tio n
w ith the
a m ay o r sh a ll b e e lec ted fo r a tw o -y e a r te rm .
S e c tio n 1 0 .
N A M E S A N D B O U N D A R IE S
S e c tio n 2 .
T h e te rm o f o ffic e o f th e m a y o r in o ffic e
M a y o r.
n a m e T o w n o f B u tte F a lls.
ces a n d ,
(2 ) E x c ep t a s th e m a jo rity p re scrib e s o th erw ise , fill su c h o ffic es
b y aj p p o in tm e n t a n d v a c ate th e m b y rem o v a l.
JI
S e c tio n 3 . B o u n d a rie s . T h e T o w n o f B u tte F a lls in c lu d e s al
territo ry w ith in
its b o u n d arie s a s th ey n o w
e x ist o r h e re after a re
C h a p te r IV
m o d ifie d p u rs u a n t to sta te law . T h e c u sto d ia n o f th e T o w n o f B u tte
F a lls s rec o rd s sh a ll k e e p
an
a c cu rate ,
c u rre n t d e sc rip tio n
o f th e
b o u n d a ries a n d m a k e a c o p y o f it a v a ila b le fo r p u b lic in sp e c tio n in th e
T o w n o f B u tte F a lls d u rin g re g u lar T o w n o ffic e h o u rs.
C O U N C IL
S e c tio n 1 2 . R u le s . T h e c o u n c il sh a ll, b y o rd in a n c e, p re sc rib e
ru l les to g o v e rn its m e etin g s a n d p ro c e e d in g s.
S e c tio n 1 3 .
T h e c o u n c il sh a ll m e et in th e T o w n
M e etin g s .
o f B u tte F a lls re g u la rly , a t lea st o n c e a m o n th , a t a tim e a n d p la ce
C h ap ter II
d e sig n a te d
POW ERS
P o w e rs o f th e T o w n .
S e c tio n 4 .
U n ited S ta te s a n d o f th is state n o w o r h e rea : .fte r e x p re ssly o r im p lie d ly
g ran t o r allo w th e T o w n o f B u tte F a lls, a s fu ll ly
1 as th o u g h th is C h a rte r
sp e c ific a lly e n u m erated e a c h o f th o se p o w ers.
ru les,
and
m ay
at
m ee t
o th e r
tim e s
C o n s tru c tio n o f P o w e rs .
In th is C h a rte r n o
o f B u tte F a lls w o u ld h a v e if th e p o w e r w ere n o t sp e c ifie d . T h e C h a rte r
sh a ll b e lib e rally c o n stru ed so th a t th e T o w n o f B u tte F a lls m ay e x e rc ise
fu lly a ll its p o w ers p o ssib le u n d e r th is C h a rte r a n d u n d e r U n ite d S ta te s
S e ctio n 1 4 .
Q u o ru m , A m ajo rity o f th e c o u m .o il c o n s titu tes
S e ctio n 1 5 .
R e co rd O f P ro c e e d in g s .
A re co rd o f
c o u n c il
m a n n e r p re scrib ed b y
th e c o u n c il.
S e c tio n 1 6 .
M a y o r ’ s F u n c tio n s a t C o u n c il M e e tin g s .
(1 ) W h en p re sen t a t c o u n c il m e etin g s th e m ay o r sh a ll:
(a) P resid e o v e r d e lib e ra tio n s o f th e c o u n c il,
(b) P re se rv e o rd e r,
A ll p o w ers a re c o n tin u in g u n less a sp e cific g ran t o f
(c) D eterm in e th e o rd e r o f b u sin ess
p o w er c le arly in d ica tes th e c o n tra ry .
in
a q u o ru m fo r its b u sin e ss b u t a sm a ller n u m b e r o f th e c o u n c il m a y m ee t
a n d c o m p el a tte n d an c e o f a b se n t c o u n c ilo rs a s p resc rib e d b y c o u n cil.
p ro ce e d in g s sh a ll b e k e p t a n d a u th en tica ted in a
sp e c ifica tio n o f a p o w e r is e x clu siv e o r restricts a u th o rity th a t th e T o w n
a n d O re g o n law .
c o u n cil's
a c c o rd a n c e w ith th e ru le s.
T h e T o w n o f B u tte F a lls
h a s a ll p o w ers th a t th e c o n stitu tio n s, sta tu tes, a n d c o m m o n la w o f th e
S e c tio n 5 .
by
u n d e r tb e ru le s.