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City of Fall River, MA chevron_right chevron_right Municipal Code chevron_right Chapter 2 Administration chevron_right ARTICLE II City Council

ARTICLE II City Council

DIVISION 1 Generally

§ 2-31 Appointment of officers.

§ 2-32 Expenditures for postage and stationery.

§ 2-33 through § 2-50. (Reserved)

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DIVISION 2 Meetings

§ 2-51 Rules of order generally.

§ 2-52 Suspension of rules of order.

§ 2-53 Repeal or amendment of rules of order.

§ 2-54 Regular meetings; adjourned meetings.

§ 2-55 Special meetings.

§ 2-56 Quorum; majority vote required.

§ 2-57 Order of business.

§ 2-58 Calling meeting to order; restriction on statements by President.

§ 2-59 Vice-President to preside in absence of President.

§ 2-60 Presiding officer in absence of President and Vice-President.

§ 2-61 Preservation of order; decisions on questions of order.

§ 2-62 Declaration of results of votes; procedure when vote is doubted.

§ 2-63 Duties of City Clerk; order of voting.

§ 2-64 through § 2-70. (Reserved)

§ 2-71 Chair to take sense of Council on questions and motions.

§ 2-72 Precedence of motions.

§ 2-73 Motions to be reduced to writing upon request.

§ 2-74 Putting previous question.

§ 2-75 Sense of Council to be taken after adoption of previous question.

§ 2-76 Incidental questions.

§ 2-77 Motions to be disposed of by vote; right of withdrawal.

§ 2-78 Motion to reconsider.

§ 2-79 through § 2-90. (Reserved)

§ 2-91 Punctual attendance required.

§ 2-92 Addressing Council.

§ 2-93 Interrupting speaker.

§ 2-94 Restriction on number of speeches.

§ 2-95 Right to call for division of question.

§ 2-96 Objection to reading of papers.

§ 2-97 Order of seating of members.

§ 2-98 Precedence when two members rise at same time.

§ 2-99 Voting required; exceptions.

§ 2-100 Abstention from voting in cases of conflict of interest.

§ 2-101 through § 2-120. (Reserved)

DIVISION 3 Ordinances and Orders

§ 2-121 Form of expression.

§ 2-122 Referral of ordinances to committee on ordinances.

§ 2-123 Review of ordinances by Corporation Counsel.

§ 2-124 Procedure for enacting ordinances.

§ 2-125 Deadline for filing orders.

§ 2-126 Enacting style of ordinances.

§ 2-127 Numbering and recording of ordinances.

§ 2-128 Effective date of ordinances.

§ 2-129 Publication of ordinances.

§ 2-130 Publication of proposed loan orders.

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§ 2-131 Election required for authorization of certain loan orders.

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§ 2-132 Time limit for implementation of projects approved under § 2-131.

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§ 2-133 Presentation and reading of papers.

§ 2-134 Loan orders.

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§ 2-135 through § 2-150. (Reserved)

DIVISION 4 Committees

§ 2-151 Standing committees established.

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§ 2-152 Quorum.

§ 2-153 Sitting while Council is in session.

§ 2-154 Chairperson; calling of meetings.

§ 2-155 Reports.

§ 2-156 Records of proceedings.

§ 2-157 Clerk of Committees.

§ 2-158 through § 2-180. (Reserved)

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