Post in IRV

May 10 17:02 UTC

While the staff of the City Clerk's office is very competent and efficient
:-), an ordinance does not immediately appear in the accessible version of
the code upon ratification.  The ordinance was passed April 18th, 2008, by
the Council, and was then ratified by the mayor early the next week.  An
ordinance is considered officially enacted upon its publication as part of
the Council proceedings, which occurs both in Finance and Commerce (the
official paper of the city for legal publications) and on the city website
the following Saturday, or in this case April 26th.

From there, the Council Information Division of the Clerk's office works
with a third party vendor who maintains the code to supply new ordinances
for inclusion in the code.  I don't personally know all the ins and outs of
that process, but I do know the CID staff does an excellent job processing
all the many ordinances passed during any given Council meeting in as timely
a manner as possible.  The fact that the particular ordinance in question is
not yet in the online database for the code accessible to public just 14
(calendar) days after it was officially enacted makes it no less valid or
official.  The proceedings are the official record of council actions and
are available to anyone to see what has been enacted until such time as all
updates post to the online version of the code.

Anissa Hollingshead
Hawthorne