[CC 1989 §2-7; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
A. 
The City Council may by resolution adopt and enforce such rules not inconsistent with this Code or State law as may be necessary to assure the expedition of its business. Parliamentary proceedings of the City Council not provided for in such rules shall be regulated by Robert's Rules of Order except where contrary to the manner and form provided for by this Code or State Statutes.
B. 
Rules adopted pursuant to Subsection (A) of this Section may be temporarily suspended by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the members elected to the City Council but shall not be repealed, altered or amended except by ordinance.
[CC 1989 §2-12; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995; Ord. No. 09-7329 §1, 1-12-2009]
The City Council of the City shall convene promptly at 5:30 P.M. on each second (2nd) and fourth (4th) Monday in the calendar month, unless otherwise provided. Whenever any such day shall fall on a City holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day, unless otherwise provided.
[CC 1989 §2-14; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
Whenever the Mayor shall deem it necessary to call a special meeting of the City Council for the transaction of any business, or whenever any two (2) members of the Council shall petition him/her in writing or in any other satisfactory way to do so, he/she shall issue a call for such special meeting, which shall be in writing and state the purpose for which such meeting is called and the time and place of the meeting, and file such call with the City Clerk. The City Clerk shall notify each member of the Council and post and deliver such other notice as required by law. No business other than that clearly specified in such call and written notice shall be transacted at such special meeting.
[CC 1989 §2-15; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
A. 
It shall be the duty of each member of the City Council to be present at each meeting of the Council, unless leave of absence be granted, or he/she be sick and unable to attend.
B. 
Upon a roll call of the City Council, the names of the members shall be called by wards, the absentees noted, and those who do not appear may be sent for by the Mayor upon an order to the Chief of Police or other messenger who may take the absentees into custody wherever found and compel their attendance at the session of the Council.
C. 
In the event a Council member or appointee of any City Board does not attend three (3) consecutive Council or Board meetings or does not attend at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the Council or Board meetings scheduled during any six (6) month period of time, and such absences are not approved by resolution of the Council or Board upon request of the member who is absent from such meetings, then the City Clerk must notify the Mayor of such fact in writing.
D. 
Upon receiving such written notice as is required under Subsection (C), the Mayor shall notify the individual Council or Board member that a public hearing will be held at which time the Council will determine whether said individual shall be removed from office.
E. 
At the public hearing required under Subsection (D), the Mayor shall make the facts of the case known and shall put the following question to a vote of the Council: "Shall the [named individual] be removed from office for violating attendance requirements of the City Code?"
[CC 1989 §2-17; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The Mayor may temporarily excuse any member of the City Council, but no member shall be permitted to leave the meeting of the Council without permission of a majority of all members present.
[CC 1989 §2-18; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995; Ord. No. 6785 §1, 5-22-1995]
A. 
A City Police Officer shall attend all meetings.
B. 
Any person desiring to speak to the Council on business not included on the agenda shall so notify the Mayor or the City Clerk no later than five (5) minutes prior to the Council meeting. Such visitor shall be assigned to the "Visitor's" place on the agenda.
C. 
Any person desiring to speak to the Council on any item of business on the agenda or on a report known to be forthcoming from a committee shall sign a list provided by the City Clerk for such purpose any time prior to the Council meeting. The list must include the person's name, address and item of business on the agenda. Such visitor shall be allowed to address the Council immediately prior to the Council's deliberations on the item of business. After all such persons shall have spoken, the Council shall proceed to consider the particular matter of business without further interruption. This Section shall not apply to any subject of business scheduled for a public hearing.
D. 
Time Limit Of Person Speaking.
1. 
Any person requesting time to speak to the Council in any single meeting shall be limited to not more than five (5) minutes speaking per item of business. Should the speaker yield to a question from a Council member, the time yielded shall not be included in the five (5) minutes.
2. 
Upon request of any individual Council member, the time may be extended for five (5) minutes. Upon request of a majority of the Council, the time may be extended indefinitely.
3. 
After the person has yielded the floor, he/she may not be recognized again to speak on the same matter unless requested or questioned by a Council member.
4. 
The aggregate time limit for persons speaking to the Council on any one (1) issue shall be one (1) hour.
E. 
This Section shall not apply to any subject of business scheduled for a public hearing.
[CC 1989 §2-19; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
A. 
The City Clerk shall keep a journal of the proceedings of the City Council and the "ayes" and "nays" of the members shall be entered on any question at the desire of any two (2) members or at the sole discretion of the Mayor.
B. 
On taking the "ayes" and "nays" of any question, the names of the members shall be called and each member shall answer from his/her seat, and the absentees shall be noted.
C. 
In tallying all roll call votes taken by the City Council for action on approval of ordinances, bills, resolutions, mayoral appointments or otherwise, a Council member who is present but who abstains or who otherwise fails to vote "yes" or "no" shall be considered to have not voted on the proposed ordinance, bill, resolution, mayoral appointment, or other request for council action, and such vote shall not be counted as a vote cast either "yes" or "no".
[CC 1989 §2-20; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The consent of the City Council to appointments by the Mayor or City Administrator of City Officers shall be by roll call and shall be entered on the journal of the Council proceedings; and in all cases it shall require a majority vote of the members elected to the City Council to give the consent of the Council to any such appointment.
The style of the ordinances of the City shall be: "Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Web City, 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 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. 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 his/her veto.
[CC 1989 §2-22; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
Following the first (1st) reading of a bill and before the vote thereon, amendments may be offered and shall be adopted upon affirmative vote of a majority of those present. If amendments are adopted, the bill shall be read as amended.
[CC 1989 §2-23; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
The City Council may, by ordinance, appropriate funds in the Treasury, or which may thereafter come into the Treasury through any source of revenue for the current year, for such specific purposes as may be made in such appropriation ordinance, but such general appropriation shall not authorize the issuance of checks upon the City Treasury for any portion of the amounts therein named, and checks on the City Treasury in payment of such general appropriations, or such portions thereof as the City Council may from time to time desire to have paid, shall be issued by the Mayor and City Clerk only when authorized by ordinance, resolution or bill. Appropriation bills or resolutions shall be passed by the City Council at the regular meetings of the Council in each month, and at no other time, and may be passed upon one (1) reading only.
The Mayor shall also have the power to veto any resolution or order of the Council which calls for or contemplates the expenditure of the revenues of the City. Such vetoes shall be noted on the journal of the Council, and shall be effective and binding unless the Council, at a subsequent session thereof, general or special, shall pass said resolution or order by a vote of three-fourths (¾) of all the members elected to the Council.
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Editor's Note—Prior to adoption of this code section 110.320 "adoption of resolutions—orders—veto and reconsideration of resolutions and orders" was deleted in its entirety with no provisions for replacement. Former section 110.320 derived from CC 1989 §2-26; ord. no. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995. At the editor's discretion, this section has been reserved for the city's future use.