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ORDINANCE 96- 8
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2
OF THE PLYMOUTH CITY CODE CONCERNING
REQUIRED ATTENDANCE AT COUNCIL MEETINGS
THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 200.23 of the Plymouth City Code is amended to read as
follows:
200.23. Required Attendance at Council Meetings. Subdivision 1. Rule. The Mayor
and each Council member shall attend not less than onemeeting of the Council
each calendar month. T " l regular t F » 1pan,
Subd. 2. Penalty fer Non -Attendance. If the Mayor or any Council member
fails to attend at least one regular meeting of the Council in any month, the Mayor or
Council member shall forfeit his/her full salary for one month. This forfeiture does not
avnly if the Mayor or Council member notifies the City Manager that they are on
vacation or sick.
Subd. 3. Clerk: Procedure. The Clerk, in the event of a forfeit as provided in
Subdivision 2, shall certify the fact of such forfeit in writing, together with the
applicable dates of absence of the Mayor or Council member, to the Manager and
Finance Director. The Finance Director shall, at the time of the issuance of salary
checks to the Mayor and Council member next following the month ef s , b abse„ee,
not issue a check payable to the absent Mayor or Council member in the amount of his
the monthly salary, bort shale immedWely eaneE4 stieh eheek b w6fing aefoss the fae
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Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage.
ADOPTED this 1st day of May, 1996, by the City Council of the City of
Plymouth.
Mayor F
Attest:cZ2ce- �no�
City Clerk