To place a waiver request, as a line item, on any city council agenda, the requestor must pay a nonrefundable fee of $50.00. The waiver request must be submitted in writing.
(Ordinance 406 adopted 1/12/21)
The regular meetings of the city [council] shall be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 5:00 p.m., in the city hall. The mayor of his own motion, or on the application of three (3) councilmembers, may call a special meeting by notice to each member of the city council and the city administrator served personally or left at their usual place of abode. Notice of all meetings shall be posted in accordance with the state open meetings law.
(Ordinance adopting 1982 Code; 1982 Code, ch. 1, sec. 12(A); Ordinance 101 adopted 5/12/87; Ordinance 142 adopted 4/4/91; Ordinance 151 adopted 3/17/92; Ordinance 173 adopted 1/17/95; Ordinance 399 adopted 6/9/20)
Each member of the city council shall, at every meeting of such council, be entitled to one (1) vote in person, but no proxy shall be voted on any occasion. The mayor shall only vote in case of a tie vote on any matter except one relating to an election.
(Ordinance adopting 1982 Code; 1982 Code, ch. 1, sec. 12(B))
The mayor shall be the president of the city council. At the first (1st) meeting of each new city council, or as soon as practicable, the council shall elect one (1) alderman to serve as president pro tempore for a term of one (1) year and to perform the duties of the mayor in the event of the mayor’s failure, inability or refusal to act. The mayor shall, with three (3) of the aldermen, constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the mayor’s absence, any four (4) of the aldermen constitute a quorum. The quorum has the power to appoint any alderman as a presiding officer at any meeting at which the mayor and president pro tempore are absent. The quorum shall have power to enact such bylaws and ordinances not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this state as shall be deemed proper for the government of the city.
(Ordinance adopting 1982 Code; 1982 Code, ch. 1, sec. 12(C))
The order of business at regular meetings of the city council shall be as follows:
(1) 
Call to order;
(2) 
Invocation;
(3) 
Minutes of previous meeting(s);
(4) 
Communications from mayor;
(5) 
Public requests/complaints;
(6) 
Departmental reports;
(7) 
Old business;
(8) 
New business; and
(9) 
Adjournment.
(Ordinance adopting 1982 Code; 1982 Code, ch. 1, sec. 12(D))
(a) 
Aldermen shall serve without salary, but may be reimbursed for city-related expenses upon approval of the city council.
(b) 
The city council may, from time to time by resolution, authorize and set a sum of money to be paid to the person holding the office of mayor of the city, to be paid in weekly, semi-monthly or monthly intervals, as may be set by the council in such resolution. Nothing in this section shall require the council to set a salary for the office of mayor. Upon the setting and paying of such salaries, appropriate federal income tax withholdings and social security or other retirement system withholdings shall be made by the council from such salary.
(Ordinance adopting 1982 Code; 1982 Code, ch. 1, sec. 12(E); Ordinance 86 adopted 3/11/86)
The procedure at all meetings of the city council shall be in accordance with the provisions of the latest edition of Robert’s Rules of Order. Vacancies in the position of mayor or alderman shall be filled by appointment of the remaining members of the city council for the remainder of the term of the vacated position.
(Ordinance 1 adopted 3/7/72; Ordinance adopting 1982 Code; 1982 Code, ch. 1, sec. 12(F))
Only one (1) reading shall be required prior to the adoption of an ordinance by the city council. The mayor may, however, when it appears that an ordinance being considered is of a controversial nature, invoke the three (3) reading rule. When the mayor has invoked the three (3) reading rule, the ordinance shall not be adopted until after it has been read at three (3) separate city council meetings.
(Ordinance 25 adopted 10/10/78; Ordinance adopting 1982 Code; 1982 Code, ch. 1, sec. 12(G))