(a) 
Aldermen for the city are elected to a specific place or seat on the city council.
(b) 
The aldermen and mayor of the city form the city council.
(2013 Code, sec. 3.2.3.1)
(a) 
Each alderman shall have all the power, authority and duties assigned to him/her by state law, the Code of Ordinances and other ordinances of the city, except those duties assigned to the executive branch or judicial branch of the city by the Code of Ordinances or other ordinances of the city.
(b) 
Each alderman shall have the authority and duty to participate in deliberations on matters before the city council.
(c) 
An alderman shall have the authority and duty to apply his/her personal knowledge, experience and understanding to matters before the city council on which he/she does not have a conflict of interest and which he/she is in attendance at the meeting at the time of the deliberations.
(d) 
Each alderman shall have the authority and duty to cast a vote on each matter before the city council on which he/she does not have a conflict of interest and which he/she is in attendance at the meeting at the time of the vote.
(e) 
Each alderman shall have the authority to place items on the agenda for the city council meetings.
(f) 
Each alderman shall have the authority to draft ordinances for consideration by the city council.
(g) 
Each alderman shall have the authority to draft resolutions for consideration by the city council.
(h) 
Each alderman shall have the authority to draft proclamations for consideration by the city council.
(i) 
Each alderman shall have the duty to attend the meetings of the city council.
(j) 
Each alderman shall have the duty to respect the authority of the mayor, other aldermen, the city secretary, the city treasurer, the municipal court judge of the city and the city administrator.
(k) 
Each alderman shall have the duty to confine his/her deliberations of each item set before him/her to the scope and manner prescribed by state law, city ordinance, the Code of Ordinances and other rules of the city.
(l) 
Each alderman shall have the duty to confine his/her deliberations to properly called meetings of the city council on which the item has been properly noticed on the agenda.
(m) 
Each alderman who finds him/herself part of a deliberation outside a properly noticed meeting shall have the duty to immediately thereafter, in writing, notify the mayor.
(1) 
The mayor shall immediately thereafter notify city attorney.
(2) 
The mayor shall forward a copy of the written notification to the chief of police for criminal investigation.
(3) 
Each alderman who, as soon as he/she becomes aware of the illegal deliberations, immediately removes his/herself from the illegal deliberation and complies with each of the notification requirements shall not be declared in violation of subsection (l) of this section.
(n) 
Each alderman shall have the duty to work in good faith with the other aldermen, the city secretary, the city treasurer, the municipal court judge, the city administrator and the staff of the city.
(2013 Code, sec. 3.2.3.2; Ordinance adopting 2018 Code)