All meetings of the City Council shall be open to the public
except when closed as provided in Chapter 610 RSMo.
A majority of the members of the Council shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of its business.
In case that a lesser number than a quorum shall convene at
a regular or special meeting of the City Council, the majority of
the members present are authorized to direct the Chief of Police or
other City Officer to send for and compel the attendance of any or
all absent members upon such terms and conditions and at such time
as such majority of the members present shall agree.
The Council shall elect one (1) of their own number who shall
be styled "Mayor Pro Tempore" and who shall serve for a term of one
(1) year.
During the physical absence in person or disability of the Mayor or 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 Mayor Pro Tempore 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 physical return subject to the voting limitations imposed by Article
III, Section
3.4 of the Raymore Charter.
The proceedings of the City Council shall be controlled by the
latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order, except as otherwise provided
by the City Council Rules of Procedure, the City's ordinances, the
City's Charter, and applicable State and federal laws and regulations,
which shall take precedence in any case where there is a conflict.
The individual presiding over any meeting of the City Council
shall preserve decorum during proceedings of the City Council.
Any member of the City Council shall have the right to express
dissent from or protest against any ordinance or resolution of the
Council and to have the reason entered in the minutes. 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.
Any bill shall be subject to amendment until the vote upon final
passage.
The City Council may by resolution prescribe and enforce such
rules as it may find necessary for the expeditious transaction of
its business, but such rules shall be subordinate to the City's ordinances,
the City's Charter, and applicable State and federal laws and regulations,
which shall take precedence in any case where there is a conflict.
The City Council 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 Chief of Police of the City, or
a sworn Law Enforcement Officer of the County in which such City is
located, to execute such process. The Chief of Police shall receive
such fees as are allowed by law in the Circuit Court for similar services,
to be paid by the City. The Mayor or Mayor Pro Tempore and City Clerk
shall have power to administer oaths to witnesses.
Any rule of the Council 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 Council before being voted
upon except by the unanimous consent of all elected members of the
City Council (including the Mayor). Any rule may be suspended by a
majority vote of the members of the Council, or quorum being present
by unanimous consent.