[CC 1988 §24.300; Ord. No. 1800 §1, 12-2-2002; Ord. No. 2298 §1, 6-19-2006; Ord. No. 2760 §1, 7-20-2009]
A. 
The business of all regular meetings of the Board of Aldermen shall be transacted in the following order unless the Board, by a majority vote of members present, votes to suspend the rules and change the order.
1. 
Call to order.
2. 
Pledge of allegiance.
3. 
Roll call.
4. 
Invocation.
5. 
Announcements.
6. 
Committee reports.
7. 
Public hearings.
8. 
Calendar.
9. 
Minutes.
10. 
Consent agenda.
11. 
Appointments.
12. 
Public comment.
13. 
Tabled.
14. 
Old business.
15. 
New business.
16. 
Board comments.
17. 
Staff comments.
18. 
Executive session.
19. 
General discussion.
20. 
Adjournment.
[CC 1988 §24.320]
A. 
All persons wishing to address the Mayor and Board of Aldermen during the public comment portion of the meeting shall stand at the designated area (podium), state their name, address and the subject matter.
B. 
All public comment shall be addressed to the Chair. Persons addressing the Chair shall be limited to five (5) minutes, unless otherwise permitted by the Mayor or Board. At no other time during the meeting shall comment from the floor be accepted unless specifically addressed by the Chair.
[CC 1988 §24.330]
A. 
When a question is before the Board, no motion shall be entertained except:
1. 
To adjourn.
2. 
To fix the hour of adjournment.
3. 
To lay on table.
4. 
For previous question.
5. 
To postpone to a certain day.
6. 
To refer.
7. 
To amend.
8. 
To postpone indefinitely.
9. 
To separate the question.
B. 
These motions shall have precedence in the order indicated. Any such motion, except a motion to amend, shall be put to a vote without debate.
[CC 1988 §24.340]
When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be stated by the Chair before debate. Any member may demand that it be put in writing. A motion may not be withdrawn by the mover without the consent of the member seconding it.
[CC 1988 §24.350]
The Presiding Officer may at any time, by a majority vote of the Board, permit a member to introduce an ordinance, resolution or motion out of the regular order.
[CC 1988 §24.360]
A. 
A motion to adjourn shall be in order at any time, except as follows:
1. 
When repeated without intervening business or discussion;
2. 
When made as an interruption of a member while speaking;
3. 
When the previous question has been ordered;
4. 
While a vote is being taken.
A motion to adjourn is debatable only as to the time to which the meeting is adjourned.
[CC 1988 §24.370]
After the decision on any question, any member who voted with the majority may move a reconsideration of any action at the same or the next succeeding meeting, provided however, that a resolution authorizing or relating to any contract may be reconsidered at any time before final execution thereof. A motion to reconsider requires a simple majority for passage. After a motion for reconsideration has once been acted on, no other motion for a reconsideration thereof shall be made without a unanimous consent.
[CC 1988 §24.380]
In the absence of a rule to govern a point or procedure, Robert's Rules of Order shall apply. The Mayor or the Acting President of the Board, in the absence of the Mayor, shall act as the parliamentarian and shall have final say on purely procedural questions, as opposed to purely legal questions.
[CC 1988 §24.470]
Any rule of order of the Board may be repealed, altered or amended by a majority vote of the members. Any rule may be suspended by a majority vote of the members of the Board, or quorum being present by unanimous consent.