09/24/2013 Ordinances 9454 ORDINANCE NO. 9454
An ordinance to amend Chapter 2 of Grand Island City Code ; to add Section 2-
12; to clarify and/or make general corrections to various code sections, to repeal any ordinance
or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and to provide for publication and the effective date
of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 2-12 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby added to
Chapter 2 to read as follows:
§2-12. Method of Publicizing Meetings
(1) For all Regular, Special, and Study Session meetings of the City Council, City
staff shall make all reasonable attempts to publish notice of such meeting at least
twenty-four(24) hours prior to the scheduled starting time of such meeting by taking
the following action:
a. Publication in The Grand Island Independent;
b. Publication on the City's website;
c. Electronic Mail notification to news media outlets who previously requested
such notice; and
d. Paper copies of meeting documents and materials accessible to the public in
the lobby of City Hall.
(2) If after all reasonable efforts, City staff is not able to meet the terms of§2-12(1),
it may publicize notice of meetings of the City Council by taking the following
action:
a. Posting notice of such meeting in areas accessible to the public in the
following buildings:
i. Grand Island City Hall;
ii. Hall County Courthouse;
iii. Grand Island Public Library; and
iv. The offices of The Grand Island Independent.
b. Publication on the City's website;
c. Electronic Mail notification to news media outlets who previously requested
such notice; and
Approved as to Form 0 AK
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ORDINANCE NO. 9454 (Cont.)
d. Paper copies of meeting documents and materials accessible to the public in
the lobby of City Hall.
SECTION 2. Any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and
hereby are, repealed.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its
passage and publication pursuant to law.
Enacted: September 24, 2013.
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