[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be temporarily suspended by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the members elected to the City Council but shall not be repealed, altered or amended except by ordinance.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 §2-16; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
A majority of all the members elected to the City Council shall constitute a quorum for the Council to do business, but any lesser number may adjourn to another time or send for absent members in the same manner as provided for the Mayor in Section
110.210.
[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.
[CC 1989 §2-25; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
In order for any resolution, order or motion to be adopted,
it must be passed by a majority of the members present at such Council
meeting.
[CC 1989 §2-27; Ord. No. 6774 §§1—2, 2-27-1995]
Reports of committees, if so requested by the Mayor or any Council
member, shall be presented in writing and signed by the member presenting
the report.