A. 
The Council shall hold an annual meeting on the first Monday of January at 7:30 p.m., or if January 1 falls on a Monday then the annual meeting shall be held on Tuesday, January 2, at 7:30 p.m. The final meeting for the previous year shall be held 1/2 hour before the start of the annual meeting.
[Amended 3-15-1993 by Ord. No. 93-04]
B. 
At the aforesaid meeting, the Council shall fix the time and place for holding regular meetings during the ensuing year, which time and place shall not be changed except by a resolution introduced at a regular meeting and acted upon at a subsequent regular meeting.
C. 
At the annual meeting the Council will elect one of its members as Council President, to serve for the calendar year as Acting Mayor in the absence or inability to act of the Mayor.
The Mayor shall, when necessary, call special meetings of the Council; in case of his neglect or refusal, any four members of the Council may call such meeting at such time as they may designate; and in all cases of special meetings, reasonable advance notice, considered to be 48 hours except in case of emergency, shall be given in person to all members of the Council or left at their place of residence or sent by mail.
A. 
A quorum shall be three Council members and the Mayor, or, in the absence of the Mayor, four Council members.
B. 
If no quorum shall be present at any meeting, those assembled shall have power and are hereby authorized to set a new meeting date and then adjourn.
A. 
The order of business shall be as follows:
(1) 
Calling the roll.
(2) 
Approval of minutes.
(3) 
Reports of committees and department heads.
(4) 
Presentations of communications, petitions, etc.
(5) 
Advertised hearings.
(6) 
Introductions of ordinances.
(7) 
Ordinances on second and final passage.
(8) 
Resolutions.
(9) 
Unfinished business.
(10) 
New business.
(11) 
Approval of vouchers.
(12) 
Adjournment.
B. 
The aforesaid order of business at any meeting may be changed by a majority vote of the members of the Council present at such meeting.
A. 
Except as otherwise required by the statutes or specifically provided in this chapter, all action of the Council shall be by a majority vote of those present.
B. 
Upon demand of one member of the Council or when ordered by the Mayor or when directed by statute, a roll call vote shall be taken and the yeas and nays entered in the minutes of the meeting.