Ord. 2559 - Repealing Ord. 2032 Municipal Offenses COUNCIL BILL NO. 3070
ORDINANCE NO. 2559
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE 2032 (MUNICIPAL OFFENSES) AS PART
OF THE ORDINANCE REVIEW/REVISION PROJECT AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, under Oregon state Iaw, municipal courts that conduct trials
in criminal cases are required to pay for extensive judge time, court appointed
attorney expenses and prisoner transport and administration; and
WHEREAS, the City of Woodburn determined in 1990 that if was no
longer cost efficient to conduct criminal frials in the Woodburn Munlcipal
Court and that these cases should be processed through the state court
system; and
WHEREAS, through the Ordinance Review/Revision Project, if has come
to the City Council's attention that Ordinance 2032 (which is still in force)
adopts the 1989 Oregon Criminal Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds, after an operational review by the
involved deparfmenf(s) and upon legal advice by the City Attorney's Office,
there is no longer a need for Ordinance 2032; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF WOODBURN ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council finds there is no longer a need for Ordinance
2032.
Section 2. Ordinance 2032 is repealed.
Section 3. This Ordinance being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety (so that the modifications
made by the City Council in the course of the Ordinance Review/Revision
Project may be implemented without delay) an emergency is declared to
exist and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage by the
Council and approved by the Mayor.
Approved as to form:
City Attorney Dat4
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Approved: a
K fhr Figley, Pv1 yor-
Passed by the Council 1
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Submitted to the Mayor
Approved by the Mayor 1
Filed in the Office of th ecorder ILXU 9,
ATTEST:
Heather Pierson, Eity Recorder
City of Woodburn, Oregon
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