18754I ORDINANCE NO. 18,754
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK, ARK., REV. CODE § 2 -321
4 (1988), TO PERMIT ALL MEMBERS OF THE RACIAL AND CULTURAL
s DIVERSITY COMMISSION TO BE SELECTED AT- LARGE; AND FOR
6 OTHER PURPOSES.
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8 WHEREAS, as a result of the Future- Little Rock process the City created a Racial &
9 Cultural Diversity Commission to promote equal opportunity and the full exercise of civil
10 rights by all citizens in the community, as well as to dismantle racism and reduce
11 prejudice, and
12 WHEREAS, the Commission has determined that to facilitate the selection of the
13 nineteen (19) members of the Commission it would be better to permit all members to be
14 selected at -large as long as each ward of the City is represented on the Commission by at
15 least one member, and
16 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, believes that
17 this suggestion should be accepted,
18 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
19 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
20 Section 1. Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code § 2 -321 is hereby amended to read as
21 follows:
22 The commission shall consist of nineteen (19) members selected at -large and
23 shall reflect to the extent possible the diversity of the community. Each ward of
24 the city should be represented on the commission by at least one (1) person who
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1 resides within the boundaries of the ward. Members of the commission shall be
2 selected by majority vote of the board of directors.
3 Section 2. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item,
4 sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or
5 unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions
6 of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or
7 adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the ordinance.
8 Section 3. Repeater. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same
9 that are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent
10 of such inconsistency including, but not limited to, Little Rock, Ark., Ordinance No. 16,722,
11 § 3 (August 2, 1994), Little Rock Ark., Ordinance No. 17,665, § 2 Qanuary 20, 1998), and
12 Little Rock, Ark., Ordinance No. 17,296, § 1 Qanuary 19, 1999).
13 PASSED: October 1, 2002
14 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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17 Nan Woo , City Clerk Jim Vailey, Mayor
is APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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21 Thomas M. Carpenter, Ci y Attorney
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