[R.O. 2006 §105.010; CC 1978 §24.010; Ord. No. 712 §I, 1-7-1992]
A.
The Board
of Aldermen of this City shall meet in regular session in the Council
Room of the City Hall on the first (1st) and third (3rd) Tuesday of
each month.
1.
When
any such meeting day is a holiday, the regular meeting shall be held
at such time as may be provided by the Board on motion at the previous
meeting.
2.
The
Board may, by motion, dispense with any regular meeting, but at least
one (1) meeting, regular or special, must be held in each calendar
month.
[R.O. 2006 §105.020; CC 1978 §24.020]
A.
Special
meetings may be called by the Mayor or by any two (2) members of the
Board by request filed with the City Clerk, who shall thereupon prepare
a notice of such special meeting, stating time, place and object thereof,
which notice shall be served personally upon each member of the Board
or left at his/her usual place of residence at least twenty-four (24)
hours before the time of the meeting. It shall also be the duty of
the City Clerk, immediately upon receipt of the request for the meeting,
to make diligent effort to notify each member of the Board in person,
either by telephone or otherwise, of such special session.
1.
The
City Clerk shall make a diligent effort to notify those members of
the mass media who customarily attend meetings of the Board of Aldermen
of the special session, in the same manner as described above.
2.
Failure
to comply with the requirements of this Section shall not invalidate
any action taken at a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 2006 §105.030; CC 1978 §24.030]
A quorum of the Board of Aldermen shall consist of a majority
of the full membership.
[R.O. 2006 §105.070]
The Board shall elect one (1) of their own number who shall
be styled "Acting President of the Board of Aldermen" and who shall
serve for a term of one (1) year.
[R.O. 2006 §105.080; CC 1978 §24.060]
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor by death,
resignation, removal from the City, removal from office, refusal to
qualify or from any other cause whatever, the Acting President of
the Board of Aldermen shall, for the time being, perform the duties
of Mayor, with all the rights, privileges, powers and jurisdiction
of the Mayor, until such vacancy is filled or such disability is removed;
or, in case of temporary absence, until the Mayor's return.
[R.O. 2006 §105.090; CC 1978 §24.065]
Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance, the proceedings
of the Board of Aldermen shall be controlled by Robert's Rules of
Order, as revised.
[R.O. 2006 §105.110; CC 1978 §24.075; Ord. No. 1619 §I, 8-15-2006]
The Board shall vote upon questions and when requested by any
two (2) members the vote upon any question shall be taken by "ayes" and "nays" and be recorded.
[R.O. 2006 §105.140; CC 1978 §24.100]
Any member of the Board of Aldermen shall have the right to
express dissent from or protest against any ordinance or resolution
of the Council and to have the reason therefor entered upon the journal.
Such dissent or protest must be filed in writing and presented to
the Council not later than the next regular meeting following the
date of the passage of the ordinance or resolution to which objection
is taken.
[R.O. 2006 §105.150; CC 1978 §24.110]
All meetings of the Board shall be open to the public, except when permitted by law the Board may hold a closed meeting pursuant to Chapter 106 Open Meetings And Records Policy.
The style of the ordinances of the City shall be: "Be it ordained
by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Warrenton, 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 Board of Aldermen shall vote for it, and the "ayes"
and "nays" be entered on the journal. Every proposed ordinance shall
be introduced to the Board of Aldermen 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 Board of Aldermen. 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 Board of Aldermen. No bill shall
become an ordinance until it shall have been signed by the Mayor,
or person exercising the duties of the Mayor's office, or shall have
been passed over the Mayor's veto as herein provided.
[R.O. 2006 §105.180; CC 1978 §24.140]
Any bill shall be subject to amendment until the vote upon final
passage.
[R.O. 2006 §105.200; CC 1978 §24.160]
All Special Committees shall be appointed by the Mayor of the
City unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the Board. By consent
of a majority of the Board, a Special Committee may be appointed at
any time to hold public hearings for the Board upon any matter pending
before it. A "Special Committee" is a committee composed
of members of the Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 2006 §105.220; CC 1978 §24.180]
The Board of Aldermen may by resolution prescribe and enforce
such rules as it may find necessary for the expeditious transaction
of its business, but such rules shall not contravene the requirements
of this Code or other ordinance.
[R.O. 2006 §105.230; CC 1978 §24.190]
The Board of Aldermen shall have power to compel the attendance
of witnesses and the production of papers and records relating to
any subject under consideration in which the interest of the City
is involved, and shall have power to call on the proper officers of
the City, or of the County in which such City is located, to execute
such process. Such officer (other than a City Officer) shall receive
therefor such fees as are allowed by law in the Circuit Court for
similar services, to be paid by the City. The Mayor or Acting President
of the Board of Aldermen shall have power to administer oaths to witnesses.
[R.O. 2006 §105.240; CC 1978 §24.200]
Any rule of the Board of Aldermen may be repealed, altered or
amended by a majority vote of the members. Every amendment offered
shall lie on the table until the next meeting of the Board of Aldermen
before being voted upon except by the unanimous consent of all elected
members of the Board of Aldermen (including the Mayor). Any rule may
be suspended by a majority vote of the members of the Board.
The Board of Aldermen shall semi-annually each year, at times
to be set by the Board of Aldermen, make out and spread upon their
records a full and detailed account and statement of the receipts
and expenditures and indebtedness of the City for the half year ending
with the last day of the month immediately preceding the date of such
report, which account and statement shall be published in some newspaper
in the City.
