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ORDINANCE NO. 16,469
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3 AN ,ORDINANCE TO DESIGNATE THE PROCEDURE FOR
4 FILLING THE ELEVEN POSITIONS ON THE BOARD OF
5 DIREC'T'ORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS, CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE ELECTION
6 HELD ON JULY 27, 1993; DECLARING , AN
7 EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors, pursuant to Little
10 Rock, Ark., Ord. No. 16,435 (June 1, 1993), referred to the
voters the question of whether to reorganize the city
11 manager government in the City to permit the election of an
12 eleven member Board of Directors with three members elected
13 at- large, a separate directly elected Mayor, and seven
14 members elected from wards; and
15 WHEREAS, at an election held on July 27, 1993, the
public voted overwhelmingly to adopt this form of
16 government; and
17 WHEREAS, state law permits the Board of Directors,
18 by majority vote, to designate the method of filling the
19 new positions and the.successors to be elected for sitting
20 Board members; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Little Rock, Ark., Res. No.
21 8,954 (July 6, 1993), the Board of Directors stated its
22 intent on the filling of these positions.
23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED THE BOARD OF
24 DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
25 SECTION 1: The Board has determined that the
members of the Board of Directors, as constituted after the
26 July 27, 1993, election the number of Directors, shall be
27 elected as follows:
28 (a) On November 16, 1993, four new positions will be
29 elected; these positions shall be elected to represent one
30 district each;
(b) In November, 1994, the four district
31 representatives elected in 1993 will stand again for
32 reelection pursuant to state statute; in addition, the
33 successors of two of the three positions whose terms expire
34 on December 31, 1994, shall be elected to represent one
35 district each; the successor of the third position whose
36 term expires on December 31, 1994,- shall be elected
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at -large and shall be designated the directly elected Mayor
of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) In November, 1996, the successors of three of
the four positions whose terms expire on December 31, 1996,
shall be elected at- large; the successor of the fourth
position whose term expires December 31, 1996, shall be
elected to represent one district.
SECTION 2: The Board of Directors readopts its
statement of intent contained in Section 1(a) of Little
Rock, Ark., Res. No. 8,954 (July 6, 1993), concerning the
area of the City to be represented by three of the initial
four ward elections set forth in this ordinance.
SECTION 3: The ability of the Board of Directors to
fulfill the election mandate of the July 27, 1993, election
as soon as possible is essential to preserve the public
health, safety and welfare; an emergency is therefore
declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after the date of its adoption.
PASSED: August 3, 1993
ATTEST:
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