This charter shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of the City of Creve Coeur at a special election to be held on the 10th day of February, 1976. The election shall be administered by the officials now charged with the responsibility for the conduct of city elections.
[Ord. No. 1129, §1(Prop. 7), 12-16-1985]
This charter shall be in full effect for all purposes on and after the date and time of the first meeting of the newly elected city council on the 12th day of April, 1976.
[Ord. No. 1129 §1(Prop. 7), 12-16-1985]
All council members and the mayor in office on the date this charter is adopted shall continue in office for the duration of the term to which they were elected.
[Ord. No. 1129 §1(Prop. 7), 12-16-1985]
At its first meeting or at any meeting held within sixty (60) days thereafter, the city council may adopt temporary ordinances to deal with cases in which there is an urgent need for prompt action in connection with the transition of government and in which the delay incident to the appropriate ordinance procedure would probably cause serious hardships or impairment of effective city government. Every temporary ordinance shall be plainly labeled as such but shall be introduced in the form and manner prescribed for ordinance generally. A temporary ordinance may be considered and may be adopted with or without amendment or rejected at the meeting at which it is introduced. A temporary ordinance shall become effective upon adoption or at such later time preceding automatic repeal under this subsection as it may specify, and the referendum power shall not extend to any such ordinance. Every temporary ordinance, including any amendments made thereto after adoption, shall automatically stand repealed as of the ninety-first (91st) day following the date on which it was adopted, and it shall not be readopted, renewed or otherwise continued except by adoption in the manner prescribed in Section 3.11 for ordinances of the kind concerned.
The purpose of the foregoing provisions is to provide a transition from the present government of the City of Creve Coeur, Missouri, to the new government provided for in this charter and to inaugurate the new government under the provisions of this charter. They shall constitute a part of this charter only to the extent and for the time required to accomplish that aim.