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A. Subject to the general policies which may be promulgated by the assembly for the preparation and publication of the cumulative supplements to the code of ordinances of the Kodiak Island Borough, the clerk shall revise for consolidation into the code of ordinances of the Kodiak Island Borough all ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted by the assembly.

B. The clerk shall edit and revise the ordinances for consolidation without changing the meaning of any ordinance in the following manner:

1. Number or renumber sections, parts of sections, articles, chapters, and titles;

2. Change the wording of section or subsection titles, or delete subsection titles, and change or provide new titles for articles, chapters, and titles;

3. Change capitalization for purpose of uniformity;

4. Substitute the proper calendar date for “effective date of this ordinance,” “date of passage of this ordinance,” and other phrases of similar import;

5. Substitute the proper designation for the terms “the preceding section,” “this ordinance,” and like terms;

6. Strike out figures if they are merely a repetition of written words or vice versa for the purpose of uniformity;

7. Correct manifest errors which are clerical, typographical, errors in spelling, or errors by way of additions or omissions;

8. Correct manifest errors in reference to ordinances;

9. Rearrange sections, combine sections or parts of sections with other sections or parts of sections, divide a long section into two or more sections, and rearrange the order of sections to conform to a logical arrangement of subject matter as may most generally be followed in the code of ordinances;

10. Change all sections, when possible, to read in the present tense, indicative mood, active voice, third person, and singular number, or any other necessary grammatical change in the manner generally followed in the code of ordinances;

11. Delete or change sections or parts of sections if a deletion or change is necessary because of other ordinance amendments which did not specifically amend or repeal them; and

12. Omit all temporary ordinances, all titles to ordinances, all enacting and repealing clauses, all declarations of emergency and all purpose, validity, and construction clauses unless, from their nature, it may be necessary to retain some of them to preserve the full meaning and intent of the ordinance.

C. The clerk shall edit and revise the laws as they are enacted by the assembly, without changing the meaning of any law, so as to avoid the use of pronouns denoting masculine or feminine gender.

D. The clerk shall make recommendations to the assembly concerning deficiencies, conflicts, or obsolete provisions in the code and at the direction of the assembly, the clerk shall draft ordinances for consideration by the assembly to correct and remove deficiencies, conflicts, or obsolete provisions in ordinances of the borough. [Ord. FY2011-03 §2, 2010; Ord. 85-32-O §2, 1985. Formerly §1.02.010].