Stated meetings shall be held in the City Council Chambers on the first and third Mondays of the month at 7:00 p.m., unless such Monday is a legal holiday, and in such event the meetings shall take place on the following day at the same hour.

The order of business shall be as follows:

In calling the roll at the opening of each session and upon every vote, the names of the members shall be called in alphabetical order, except the name of the Mayor which shall be called last, and each member shall vote or not, as he shall choose, as soon as his name is called.

The presiding officer may speak upon any matter under consideration by the Council after the other members have had an opportunity to speak. He shall not speak upon the subject under discussion more than twice nor more than five (5) minutes each time, except by unanimous consent. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the presiding officer, while in the chair, from explaining his ruling on any question or explaining his vote on the roll call.

No motion or resolution shall be put, recorded or debated until the same shall be duly seconded.

When a member is about to speak, he shall address the chair, and when two (2) or more members address the chair at once, the presiding officer shall name the member to speak. The speaker shall confine himself to the question under debate and avoid personalities. No member shall speak upon the subject under discussion more than twice nor more than five (5) minutes each time, except by unanimous consent. If any member in speaking, or otherwise, transgresses the rules, the presiding officer shall, or any member may, call him to order, in which case he shall cease speaking and shall not speak again unless to explain or proceed in order. The question shall be decided by the presiding officer without debate.

When any question is under debate, no motion shall be received except the following and in the order named:

A motion to adjourn and a motion to lay on the table shall always be in order, except when a vote is being taken on any question before the Council, and such motions shall be decided without debate.

No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under cover of an amendment.

On the call of any member, a division of any question shall be made when the question will admit of a division so distinct that one (1) part being taken away the other will stand as an entire question for decision.

The previous question shall be put as follows: "Shall the main question now be put?" and until it shall be decided, it shall preclude all amendments and debates. If the Council shall decide that the main question shall not now be put, the main question shall be considered as still remaining under debate. The main question shall be on the passage of the motion, resolution or other matter under consideration; but when amendments are pending, the question shall first be taken upon such amendments in the inverse order in which they are proposed.

While the presiding officer is putting any question, or while the roll is being called, no debate or discussion shall be in order, except that a member may have two (2) minutes to explain his vote when his name is called.

When a question has been once put and decided, any member who voted with the majority may move for a reconsideration thereof at the meeting at which the question was decided; the Council may, however, recall any resolution or ordinance and may reconsider its action thereon. A motion for reconsideration, if lost, shall not be repeated, nor shall any question be reconsidered more than once.

In all cases involving points of parliamentary law, not provided for by these rules, the Corporation Counsel shall act as parliamentarian, and Roberts Rules of Order shall be accepted as authority.

The City Clerk shall briefly state the substance of all communications received by the Council and shall read the same in full if so directed by the City Council.

No ordinance shall be considered by the Council until same has been certified as to form and legality by the office of the Corporation Counsel and filed in the office of the City Clerk as per resolutions, except such ordinances which, by unanimous consent of Council, Council decides are emergencies.

The requisite vote for the adoption of laws and ordinances shall be as follows:

No resolution will be considered by the City Council unless filed with the City Clerk on or before Wednesday next preceding a regular meeting, except such resolutions which the majority of the City Council decide are in emergency or routine categories.