This Charter shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of
the City of Raymore at the election on November 4, 1997. The election
shall be administered by the officials now charged with the responsibility
for the conduct of municipal elections.
After its adoption by the voters, this Charter shall be in effect
at the first (1st) meeting after certification of those election results,
with the Mayor and Aldermen in office at the date this Charter is
adopted operating within the Charter as Mayor and Councilmembers.
At its first (1st) 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 likely would cause serious hardship 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 ordinances 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 Every temporary ordinance, including any amendments made thereto after adoption, shall automatically stand repealed as of the ninety-first (91st) day following the date on which it was adopted, and it shall not be readopted, renewed or otherwise continued except by adoption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
3.13, 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 Raymore, 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.