[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Waverly
as Ch. 2, Art. II, of the 1973 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The City Council shall be the governing body of the City and
shall have the powers and duties prescribed by state law.
Elections for municipal offices shall be held as is provided
by statute, and at the time prescribed by statute.
Vacancies occurring in the City Council shall be filled by the
remaining members as provided by state law.
[Amended 8-4-1981 by Ord.
No. 81-9; 10-2-1990 by Ord. No. 90-6; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The regular meetings of the City Council shall be held in the
Council Chambers in the City Hall, or some other suitable place provided
therefor, on the first Tuesday of each and every month, at 7:00 p.m.,
except when any said meeting date may happen to be an election day
or a public holiday, in which case the City Council shall meet at
the same hour on the next day following, and adjourned meetings may
be held at such time or times as may be determined by the Council.
Special meetings of the City Council may be called and held
by notification to each member of the Council, signed by the Mayor
or by three Aldermen, served personally, by reading, to each member
or by copy left at the member's usual place of abode, before the time
specified for the meeting. The call or notice shall specify the object
of the meeting, and no business shall be transacted at any special
meeting which was not mentioned in the call for such meeting.
The Mayor shall take the chair at the hour appointed for the
City Council to meet and immediately call the members to order. He
shall preside at the meetings of the Council, decide points of order
and exercise the powers usually belonging to a presiding officer.
[Amended 11-6-2018 by Ord. No. 18-6]
If a temporary absence or disability of the Mayor incapacitates
him from the performance of his duties but does not create a vacancy
in the office, the City Council shall elect one of its members to
act as Mayor Pro Tem. The Mayor Pro Tem, during this absence or disability,
shall perform the duties and possess all the rights and powers of
the Mayor but shall not be entitled to vote both as Mayor Pro Tem
and as Alderman.
[Amended 2-7-2023 by Ord. No. 23-01]
At all meetings of the City Council, a majority of the corporate
authorities shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business,
and if no such quorum attends a meeting of the Council, the Alderman
may adjourn from time to time until a quorum is present, and may compel
the attendance of absentees under penalties that may be prescribed
by the Council by ordinance.
[Amended 11-6-2018 by Ord. No. 18-6]
Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the City Council in its
deliberation in cases not otherwise provided for by statute, ordinance,
rule or regulation.
The order of names called upon any roll call vote upon questions
coming before the City Council shall be as prescribed by the Mayor.
The Mayor shall consider every Alderman refusing to vote upon
any question or proposition as voting against such proposition and
the Clerk shall so record such Alderman's vote. No refusal of one
or more Aldermen to vote shall be held to defeat a tie, when, by considering
such Alderman or Aldermen as voting in the negative, a tie would appear,
but no absent Alderman shall be regarded as voting on any question.
The Mayor shall not vote upon any question before the City Council
except in case of a tie, in which case he shall cast the deciding
vote.
In the event the Mayor shall veto any ordinance or resolution
passed by the City Council, the City Council, at the next regular
meeting after such veto, may override such veto and again pass such
legislation with at least a two-thirds vote of all Aldermen elected
to the Council, and such legislation shall thereupon become law as
if the veto had not been made.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Mayor of the City, before entering upon the duties of his
office, shall execute a bond to the City in such amount as may be
determined by the City Council and with such sureties as the City
Council shall approve, conditioned for the faithful performance of
the duties of his office.
The Mayor shall sign all commissions, licenses and permits granted
by authority of the City or the City Council, except as otherwise
provided, and all such other documents as by law or ordinance may
require his official signature.
The Mayor may establish and appoint annually standing committees.
Each standing committee shall consist of three members besides the
Mayor, with the Mayor serving as ex officio Chairman of each committee.
One member shall be appointed as Chairman of each committee. The functions
of these standing committees include policy recommendations, investigations,
preparation of studies or proposals and preparation of future plans.
