The legislative body of the City of Oroville shall consist of a Mayor (elected at large) and six persons which body shall be known as the City Council.
The members of the City Council shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City at a general municipal election to be held therein every even-numbered year as hereinbefore provided.
They shall hold office for a period of four years from and after the first Tuesday in January next succeeding the day of their election and until their successors are elected and qualified.
The members of the City Council and the Mayor shall receive as compensation five dollars for each regular meeting attended; provided, however, that the total sum to be received by any one City Councilmember shall not exceed the sum often dollars per month.
The members of the City Council shall not be elected or appointed to any office or employment with the City, except as otherwise provided in this Charter.
In the event of resigning, they shall not be entitled to vote on the selection of their successors.
The City Council shall have the power by ordinance to provide for and appoint such other commissions and officials as may seem in its discretion necessary and proper, such officers shall serve at the discretion of the City Council, and at a salary to be fixed by the City Council.
The City Council shall have the power by ordinance to combine any City offices, which in its discretion seems for the best interests of the City.
(Amended by vote of the people, November 8, 1988; amended by vote of the people, November 5, 2024)
The City Council shall meet on the first Tuesday in January following the general municipal election and canvass the returns thereof. Should the first Tuesday fall on a holiday, the meeting shall be held the following day.
The new members and all newly elected officers shall then be inducted into office and a Vice Mayor shall be appointed as provided in Article VIII, section 1a.
The City Council shall hold a regular meeting at least once a month at such time as it shall fix by ordinance.
Special meetings may be called at any time by the Mayor or by three City Councilmembers in accordance with the Government Code of the State of California.
All meetings of the City Council shall be held in the City Hall unless an alternative location is appropriately noticed. All meetings shall be open to the public.
The City Council shall adopt rules for conducting its proceedings.
(1941, p. 3480; amended by vote of the people, November 8, 1988; amended by vote of the people, November 6, 1990; amended by vote of the people, November 5, 2024)
A majority of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.
(Amended by vote of the people, November 5, 2024)
All proposed ordinances introduced in the City Council shall be in printed form.
The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the City Council shall read as follows: “The City Council of the City of Oroville do ordain as follows:”.
The affirmative vote of a majority of the City Council shall be necessary to adopt any ordinance, resolution or claim against the City, which vote shall be taken by ayes and noes and entered upon the record.
No ordinance shall be passed by the City Council on the day of its introduction, nor within five days thereafter, nor at any time other than a regular meeting.
A proposed ordinance may be amended or modified between the time of its introduction and the time of its final passage, provided its general scope and original purposes are retained.
All ordinances shall be signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk and shall be published in a manner that meets the requirements of State law (which could include publishing in local newspaper) an adjudicated newspaper of general circulation and circulated in the City of Oroville.
In lieu thereof, the publication of ordinances may be satisfied by either of the following actions:
1. 
The City Council may publish a summary of a proposed ordinance or proposed amendment to an existing ordinance. Such summary shall be prepared by an official designated by the City Council. A summary shall be published, and a certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance or proposed amendment shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk at least five days prior to the City Council meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment or alteration thereto is to be adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment, the City Council shall publish a summary of the ordinance or amendment with the names of those City Council members voting for arid against the ordinance or amendment and the City Clerk shall post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full text of such adopted ordinance or amendment along with the names of those City Council members voting for and against the ordinance or amendment; or
2. 
If the City official designated by the City Council determines that it is not feasible to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed or adopted ordinance or amendment, and if the City Council so orders, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter page in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the County of Butte and circulated in the City shall be published at least five days prior to the City Council meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment or alteration thereto is to be adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter page shall be published. The advertisement shall indicate the general nature of, and provide information about, the proposed or adopted ordinance or amendment including information sufficient to enable the public to obtain copies of the complete text of such ordinance or amendment, and the names of those City Council members voting for and against the ordinance or amendment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any ordinance declared by the City Council to be necessary as an emergency measure for preserving the public peace, health or safety, and containing the reasons for its urgency, may be introduced and passed at one and the same meeting, and if passed by a five-sevenths vote shall become effective immediately.
(Amended by vote of the people, November 5, 1996; amended by vote of the people, November 5, 2024)