[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lexington by Ord. No. 05-2 (Ch. 2, Arts. II and III of the 1970 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 2-4-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-01]
The Council shall meet regularly on the first and third Thursdays in every month at 7:00 p.m. in the Council chamber and shall also meet at any other time to which it may adjourn or be regularly scheduled. Meetings during June, July and August may be limited to one meeting during the month.
A. 
Appointment. The Mayor shall appoint, at the first meeting in January following each election or as soon as practical, the following standing committees of the Council:
(1) 
Finance.
(2) 
Physical Services.
(3) 
Social and Economic Services.
B. 
Composition; Chairperson. Each standing committee of the Council appointed as provided in Subsection A of this section shall be composed of at least three members of the Council, one of whom shall be designated by the Mayor as Chairperson.
C. 
Examinations and reports. The standing committees appointed as provided in Subsection A of this section shall examine such matters as come within their respective jurisdictions and also any matter referred to any such committee and, upon request, shall report thereon to the Mayor and Council.
It shall be the duty of the Mayor, unless otherwise directed, to appoint any special committee that the Council may order.
If a quorum fails to attend within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any meeting of Council, the Clerk of the Council shall enter on the journal the names of those in attendance and the adjournment for want of a quorum. If a quorum fails to attend on the day of any regular meeting, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the next day of meeting, or at such other time as those present may designate. Any meeting may be canceled at a previous meeting if it is known that a quorum will not be present.
The proceedings of any meeting shall be presented at the next regular meeting, and after the errors appearing therein, if any, are corrected, the same shall upon approval be signed by the Mayor or the member presiding and the City Clerk.
No proposition other than a standing committee recommendation shall be entertained by the Mayor until it has been seconded. No proposition, after it has been seconded, shall be withdrawn without the consent of the member proposing and the member seconding the same.
The Mayor shall preserve order and decide all questions of order. Any member may appeal to the Council from the decision of the Mayor on any question of order, a majority vote of those present being necessary to sustain the Mayor.
A question being once decided by the Council shall not be again drawn into debate unless, on motion for reconsideration, there shall be in favor of it a number of votes equal to a majority of the members present when the question was previously decided.
No person who is not a member of the Council, except for the City Manager or City Attorney, shall orally address the Council unless leave to do so has been applied for and approved by the Mayor or through a Council member and granted by the Council.
Subject to the provisions of the Charter of the City, every member present when a question is put on an ordinance or resolution shall, unless interested or excused from voting by the Council, vote on one or the other side of such question.
There shall be a recorded vote on every ordinance having for its object the levying of taxes, appropriating of money or elections. Levies, taxes and appropriations of money shall be by a vote of at least 2/3 of the entire Council.
The proceedings of the Council, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall be informal unless Robert's Rules of Order are invoked by any one member of Council or the Mayor.