[R.O. 2012 §110.010; CC 1975 §2-13; Ord. No. 282 §2]
The Governing Body of the City shall be a City Council consisting of a Mayor and eight (8) Councilmembers, to be elected as provided for in Chapter 105 of this Code, and each member of the Council shall serve for a term of two (2) years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified. The Mayor shall be elected for a term of four (4) years.
[R.O. 2012 §110.020]
The Mayor shall be President of the Council and shall preside
over same, but shall not vote except in case of a tie in said Council,
when he/she shall cast the deciding vote; but provided, however, that
he/she shall have no such power to vote in cases when he/she is an
interested party. He/she shall have the superintending control of
all the officers and affairs of the City, and shall take care that
the ordinances of the City and the State laws relating to such City
are complied with.
[R.O. 2012 §110.030]
The Mayor and Council shall have the care, management and control
of the City and its finances, and shall have power to enact and ordain
any and all ordinances not repugnant to the constitution and laws
of this State, and such as they shall deem expedient for the good
government of the City, the preservation of peace and good order,
the benefit of trade and commerce, and the health of the inhabitants
thereof, and such other ordinances, rules and regulations as may be
deemed necessary to carry such powers into effect, and to alter, modify
or repeal the same.
[R.O. 2012 §110.040; CC 1975 §2-15; Ord. No. 3 §§1 — 2; Ord. No. 4 §1;
Ord. No. 291 §1; Ord. No. 307 §§1 — 2; Ord. No.
424 §1; Ord. No. 5 §1, 7-5-1977; Ord. No. 29 §1, 12-5-1977; Ord. No. 442 §1, 10-15-1999; Ord.
No. 753, 12-7-2021; Ord. No. 764, 9-6-2022]
A.
Regular Meeting. Regular meetings of the Council of the
City of Normandy shall be held on the second Tuesday of each month
at the hour of 6:30 P.M. at the Normandy City Hall.
B.
Special Meetings. Special meetings may be convened by the
Mayor or three (3) members of the City Council at any time on notice
to the City Council at least twenty-four (24) in advance of the meeting
date unless for good cause such notice is impossible or impractical,
in which case as much notice as is reasonably possible shall be given.
C.
Members Required to Attend — Enforcement. Each member of the Council shall be required to attend all regular
and special meetings of the Council, unless leave of absence is granted
by the Council, or unless excused by the Mayor for illness or other
special reason. Any member of Council declared absent from a regular
meeting held on the second Tuesday of the month shall forfeit his
or her pay for the month(s) in which he or she was declared absent.
This penalty shall not apply to special meetings, workshops, or if
the monthly meeting has been cancelled or rescheduled.
At the first (1st) regular meeting of the City Council after
the election in each year, which meeting shall occur at the time fixed
by ordinance, but shall not be later than the fourth (4th) Tuesday
in April, the Council shall elect one of its members President Pro
Tem, who shall hold his/her office for the term of one (1) year, and
who, in the absence of the Mayor, shall preside at the meetings of
the Council; provided, that in the absence of the Mayor and President
Pro Tem the Council may select one of its members present to preside
at such meetings, who shall be styled "acting president pro
tem".
[R.O. 2012 §110.060; CC 1975 §2-17; Ord. No. 5 §2, 7-5-1977; Ord. No. 289 §2, 8-9-1988; Ord. No. 482 §1, 2-6-2001]
A.
At
the hour appointed, the Mayor, or in his/her absence the President
Pro Tempore of the Council, or in his/her absence any member of the
City Council, shall call the meeting to order and the Clerk shall
call the role of members and announce whether a quorum is present.
Five (5) of the eight (8) members of the City Council shall constitute
a quorum. If a quorum is not present, a smaller number may lawfully
adjourn the meeting from day to day, until a quorum is present.
B.
The
City Council, by majority vote of the members present, may change
the order of business or revise the agenda. The agenda shall be established
by the Mayor; provided however, that any item requested by two (2)
or more members of the City Council shall be included on the agenda.
At the time of establishing the agenda, the Mayor may include one
(1) or more of the following items of business on the consent agenda:
1.
Minutes.
2.
Resolutions and proclamations.
3.
Written reports of officers and committees.
4.
Closed meeting if notice is given as required by law.
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At the request of the Mayor or any one (1) or more members of
the City Council, an item of business shall be removed from the consent
agenda and considered on the regular agenda. The City Council, by
a majority vote of the members present, may approve and adopt the
consent agenda by a single motion. Upon approval of the consent agenda,
each item thereon shall be deemed passed, approved and adopted, as
if considered individually.
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C.
Robert's
Rules of Order shall govern the proceedings of the City Council, except
when otherwise provided by ordinance or resolution, and any questions
arising thereunder shall be decided by the Presiding Officer subject
to the appeal to the City Council by any member. Any parliamentary
rule may be suspended by unanimous consent of the members of the City
Council present at any meeting.
D.
The
Chief of Police, or his/her designee, shall be Sergeant-At-Arms of
the City Council and shall attend each regular and adjourned meeting
thereof and, when so directed in the call for any special meeting
and given timely notice thereof by the City Administrator, he/she
shall attend such special meetings. The Sergeant-At-Arms shall maintain
order at meetings of the Council and execute orders of the Council
given him/her by the Presiding Officer.
E.
Style Of Ordinances — Procedure To Enact. The style
of the ordinances of the City shall be: "Be it ordained by the Council
of the City of Normandy, as follows:" No ordinance shall be passed
except by bill, and no bill shall become an ordinance unless on its
final passage a majority of the members elected to the Council shall
vote therefor, and the "ayes" and "nays" shall be entered on the journal.
Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced to the Council in writing
and shall be read by title or in full two (2) times prior to passage,
both readings may occur at a single meeting of the Council. If the
proposed ordinance is read by title only, copies of the proposed ordinance
shall be made available for public inspection prior to the time the
bill is under consideration by the Council. A motion for two (2) readings
of a bill at a single meeting shall require the unanimous consent
of the members of the Council voting on such motion. No bill shall
become an ordinance until it shall have been signed by the officer
presiding at the meeting of the Council at which it shall have been
passed. When so signed, it shall be delivered to the Mayor for his/her
approval and signature, or veto.
The budget or any authorization to expend funds shall be approved
by an ordinance, motion, or resolution that is approved by a majority
of all the members elected to the City Council.
[R.O. 2012 §110.080; CC 1975 §2-23]
All ordinances which shall become laws shall, as soon as practicable
after their adoption, be recorded in a book to be kept by the City
Clerk and known as the "Record of Ordinances".
The Council shall publish a full and detailed statement of the
receipts and expenditures and indebtedness of the City at the end
of each fiscal year and six (6) months after the end of each fiscal
year in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. Each such
statement shall be for the six (6) month period preceding the date
of the statement.
A.
Required
Attendance. All Council board members shall be required to faithfully
attend the regularly scheduled Council board meeting held on the second
Tuesday of each month without failure or excuse. Any absence from
the aforesaid meeting will subject the member(s) to penalties as set
forth herein.
B.
Penalties.
If a member of the Council is declared absent from a regularly scheduled
Council board meeting for any reason or excuse, said member shall
forfeit his or her pay for the month(s) in which he or she was declared
absent.
C.
Exceptions.
This Section shall not apply to special meetings, workshops, or if
the monthly meeting has been cancelled.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 764 set the regular Council meeting
to be on the second Tuesday, so the required attendance set out in
this Section was also changed by implication.
