A. 
Annual organization meeting. Following a regular City election, the Common Council shall meet on the third Tuesday of April for the purpose of organization.
B. 
Regular meetings. Regular meetings of the Common Council shall be held on the second Tuesday of each calendar month, at the hour of 7:00 p.m., for each month of the year. Any regular meetings falling upon a legal holiday shall be held on the next following secular day, at the same hour and place, or as otherwise designated by majority vote of the Common Council. All meetings of the Council shall be held in the Onalaska City Hall when practicable, including special meetings, unless another location is designated by the Common Council at a previous meeting. All meetings shall be offered in a hybrid fashion, allowing attendance in person and remotely utilizing videoconferencing. Meetings may be held only telephonically or via videoconference subject to open meetings law at the will of the Council or when necessitated by an emergency declared under Title 5 of the City Ordinances.
A. 
Special meetings may be called by the Mayor or by two Council members upon notice of the time and purpose thereof being delivered at least 24 hours before the meeting to each member of the Council by written electronic notice delivered personally to each member or left at the member's usual abode at least 24 hours before the meeting unless an affirmative waiver of notice has been received. Any special meeting attended by all Council members shall be a regular meeting for the transaction of any business that may come before such meeting.
B. 
The Mayor may call a special meeting, without notice, at a regularly convened Council meeting if all members are present. A special meeting may also be called if all members consent in writing to the holding of such a meeting. If written consent is obtained, it shall be filed with the City Clerk before the commencement of the meeting.
C. 
Nongovernmental parties requesting a special meeting of the Council shall pay a fee as set forth on the City of Onalaska Fee Schedule for such a meeting.
A. 
Except as provided in § 19.85, Wis. Stats., all meetings of the Common Council, committees thereof, boards, and commissions, shall be open to the public.
A. 
Two-thirds of all members of the Common Council shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may adjourn if 2/3 is not present or compel the attendance of absent members. The Mayor shall not be counted in computing a quorum. No action shall be taken unless a quorum is present.
B. 
The Council may, by a majority vote of those present, adjourn to a specific date and hour.
C. 
When the Council is required to take action at a regularly scheduled or special Council meeting and cannot defer such action to the next regularly scheduled Council meeting, and it is known that the number of the Council members required to establish a quorum or take such action cannot be physically present at the meeting, any such absent member may be present at and participate in the meeting via teleconference or videoconference as if the member were present in person.
A. 
Presiding officer. The Mayor shall preside over all meetings of the Common Council. In the absence of the Mayor, the President of the Council shall preside. In case of absence of the Mayor and President of the Council, the City Clerk shall call the meeting to order and the senior Council member present shall be the President Pro Tem.
B. 
Duties. The presiding officer shall preserve order and decorum, decide all questions of order, and conduct the proceedings of the meeting in accordance with the parliamentary rules contained in the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order, unless otherwise provided by statute or by these rules. Any member shall have the right to appeal from a decision of the presiding officer. An appeal shall be sustained by a 2/3 vote of the members present, excluding the Mayor. In the absence of the City Clerk, the presiding officer shall appoint a Clerk Pro Tem.
A. 
Order of business. At all regular meetings, the order of business shall be according to the tentative agenda prepared by the City Clerk and distributed to the Mayor and the members of Common Council no later than the Monday preceding the regular meeting. The Mayor, City officers or any two members of Council may elect to place something on the agenda. Any items being placed on the agenda shall be submitted to the City Clerk in a timely fashion. Generally, the following order may be observed in the conduct of all meetings of the Council.
1. 
Call to order/roll call.
2. 
Pledge of Allegiance.
3. 
Public input.
4. 
Report from the Mayor.
5. 
Consent agenda.
6. 
Recap of items pulled from the consent agenda.
7. 
Finance and Personnel Committee.
8. 
Judiciary and Administrative Committees.
9. 
Board of Public Works and Utilities.
10. 
Plan Commission.
11. 
Public Transit Committee.
12. 
Parks, Recreation and Library Board.
13. 
Other subcommittees, boards and commissions which shall be listed in alphabetical order.
14. 
Reports by City Administrator, City Clerk, City Attorney, officers and departments.
15. 
Any items for closed session.
16. 
Any other business permitted by law.
17. 
Adjournment.
B. 
Order to be followed; citizen comments. No business shall be taken up out of order unless by unanimous consent of all Council members and in the absence of any debate whatsoever. The Mayor or presiding officer may impose a time limit on the length of time citizens may address the Council.
C. 
Roll call; procedure when quorum lacking. As soon as the Council shall be called to order, the City Clerk shall proceed to call the names of the members, noting who are present and who are absent and record the same in the proceedings of the Council. If it shall appear that there is not a quorum present, the fact shall be entered on the record and the Council shall adjourn.