A. 
Organizational meeting. County Council shall organize itself on the first business day of January following each general municipal election.
[Amended 12-16-2003 by Ord. No. 63-03]
B. 
Election of Council President and Council officers. At each organizational meeting of County Council, the at-large member of the party with the greatest number of County Council seats shall chair the meeting until the Council elects one of its members as President. Thereafter the President shall preside over the election of any subsequent officers or committee chairs as provided for by Council.
The President of County Council shall serve at the pleasure of the other seated members of Council. The President of County Council shall have the following powers:
A. 
To preside at all meetings of County Council and to refer all proposed ordinances and resolutions to the proper committee of Council;
B. 
To establish and to dissolve with the consent of a majority of the other seated members of Council all committees of County Council and to appoint the chair and members of each committee;
C. 
To schedule public hearings of County Council and to preside at such hearings;
D. 
To enforce all rules adopted by County Council for its operation; and
E. 
To perform such other duties and functions as County Council may assign to the office.
The County Council may at any time provide for standing and ad hoc committees to assist with the carrying out of its functions. Following the organization of County Council, the election of a President of County Council and the establishment of committees of Council, the President of Council shall promptly appoint the members and chair of each committee. All members of County Council may attend and participate in committee meetings, but only Committee Members shall be permitted to vote. All committees established by Council shall, thereafter, report to the Council at the regular stated meetings of Council.