HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd.3781.01-22-2007 BILL NO. 07-4 ORDINANCE NO. 3
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15-426 (b) OF
CHAPTER 15 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE
BOARD OF EXAMINERS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE
GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1 . Section 15-426 (b) of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, relating to "Term,
appointment, qualifications" , reading as follows :
Section 15-426 . Board of examiners .
(b) Term, appointment, qualifications. The city
council shall appoint the eight (8) members of
the board of examiners by formal motion and
majority action. Except as otherwise provided in
section 2-98, members of the board of examiners
shall serve for terms of three (3) years . All
members ' terms shall be staggered so that three
(3) members ' terms expire each year, but every
third year only two (2) members ' terms shall
expire .
Four (4) of the eight (8) members of the board
shall have at least six (6) years practical
experience in one (1) of the construction trades,
and be licensed hereunder and be actually engaged
in or working at their construction trade at the
time of their appointment . These four (4) regular
members of the board must include not more than
one (1) of each of the following: plumber,
mechanical installer, electrician, construction
contractor, master drainlayer and plumber fixture
installer.
Three (3) members of the board shall all be
licensed pursuant to this article as either a
plumber, a mechanical installer, an electrician,
a construction contractor, a master drainlayer or
a plumbing fixture installer and must be actually
engaged in or working at their trade at the time
of their appointment .
One (1) of the eight (8) members of the board
need not be a licensed practitioner of one (1) of
the construction trades .
is hereby repealed in its entirety, and a new Section 15-426 (b) ,
relating to "Term, appointment, qualifications" , is hereby
enacted in lieu, in words and figures, to read as follows :
Section 15-426 . Board of examiners .
(b) Term, appointment, qualifications. The city
council shall appoint the eight (8) members of
the board of examiners by formal motion and
majority action. Except as otherwise provided in
section 2-98, members of the board of examiners
shall serve for terms of three (3) years . All
members ' terms shall be staggered so that three
(3) members ' terms expire each year, but every
third year only two (2) members ' terms shall
expire.
Four (4) of the eight (8) members of the board
shall have at least six (6) years practical
experience in one (1) of the construction trades,
and be licensed hereunder and be actually engaged
in or working at their construction trade at the
time of their appointment . These four (4) regular
members of the board must include not more than
one (1) of each of the following: plumber,
mechanical installer, electrician, construction
contractor, master drainlayer and plumber fixture
installer.
Three (3) members of the board shall all be
licensed pursuant to this article as either a
plumber, a mechanical installer, an electrician,
a construction contractor, a master drainlayer or
a plumbing fixture installer and must be actually
engaged in or working at their trade at the time
of their appointment .
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One (1) of the eight (8) members of the board
need not be a licensed practitioner of one (1) of
the construction trades .
Up to two (2) of the eight (8) members of the
board of examiners may be residents of Cape
Girardeau County, as long as they hold a valid
construction trades license under the terms of
this Chapter. The remaining members must be
residents of the City.
Article 2 . If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held
invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct
and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions hereof .
Article 3 . It is the intention of the governing body and
it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance
shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the sections of this Code
may be renumbered to accomplish such intention.
Article 4 . This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect ten days after its passage and approval .
PASSED AND APPROVED this &a day of utku
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p! \ Ja B. Knudtson, Mayor
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Gayle Conrad, City Clerk
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