Subject:CURRENT VERSION: Sec. 2-119. - Action on ordinances. (a) All requests for amendments to the Code of Ordinances, including new ordinances, shall be in writing, made by the mayor or of the alderman, and shall be delivered to the clerk. The clerk forthwith shall direct such request to the city attorney. (b) The city attorney shall draft proposed amendments to the Code of Ordinances, in consultation with the requesting official. Alternatively, the requesting official may draft a proposed amendment to the Code of Ordinances, or request another city department draft a proposed amendment to the Code of Ordinances, to be forward to the city attorney for legal review and further drafting as necessary to comply with relevant law. When the requesting official is satisfied with the proposed amendments to the Code of Ordinances as drafted, the city attorney forthwith shall so notify the clerk. (c) Based upon the guidance provided in section 2-77 and elsewhere within this Code of Ordinances, within 14 days of notification by the city attorney to the clerk, the clerk, in consultation with the mayor, shall determine the most-appropriate standing committee to which such proposed amendment to the Code of Ordinances should be directed and shall place the proposed ordinance amendment on such committee agenda. (d) The standing committee shall consider such proposed ordinance amendment and report its recommendation to the common council for final action. PROPOSED VERSION: Sec. 2-119. - Action on ordinances. (a) All requests for amendments to the Code of Ordinances, including new ordinances, shall be in writing, made by the mayor or of the alderman, and shall be delivered to the clerk. The clerk shall direct such request to the appropriate standing committee based upon the guidance provided in section 2-77 and elsewhere within this Code of Ordinances. The common council shall retain authority to modify committee referrals. (b) The standing committee shall review the request. If the standing committee approves proceeding with the amendment, the clerk shall forward the committee's recommendations to the city attorney. (c) The city attorney shall draft proposed amendments to the Code of Ordinances based on the standing committee's recommendations, in consultation with the requesting official as needed. The city attorney shall draft such amendments as necessary to comply with relevant law. When the proposed amendments are drafted, the city attorney shall so notify the clerk. (d) The clerk shall return the drafted amendments to the standing committee for review. The standing committee shall consider such proposed ordinance amendment and report its recommendation to the common council for final action. If revisions are needed, the committee shall return the draft to the city attorney with specific requested changes.

Committee

City Attorney's Office

Introduced

February 18, 2025