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.
