(a)
The common council consists of five council members.
(b)
Two members of the council shall be residents of the city and shall
be elected at large by the voters of the city for staggered terms
of four years each.
(c)
One council member shall be elected by the voters of each ward for
terms of two years each. Each such council member must be a resident
of the ward from which the council member is elected.
Initially, the city is divided into three wards with boundaries
the same as the county legislative districts for the city.
(a)
The common council shall meet on January 2 of each year; except that
if such day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, such meeting
shall be held on the next succeeding day that is not a Saturday, Sunday
or legal holiday. At such meeting the common council shall elect a
president from among its membership. The president of the common council
shall preside at meetings of the common council. The president has
the right to vote on any question, submitted to the common council.
(b)
In the case of the temporary absence or temporary disability of the
mayor, the president of the common council shall be vested with the
powers and duties of the mayor. In the absence or inability to act
of both the mayor and the president of the common council, the common
council shall appoint a councilperson to exercise the powers and duties
of the mayor. This subsection shall not be interpreted to provide
that the president of the common council becomes mayor in the event
of a vacancy in the office of mayor.
(b)
Special meetings of the common council may be called by either the
mayor, the common council president, or any three members of the common
council, by a written notice of the time and place of such proposed
meeting filed with the city clerk-treasurer and served upon the members
of the common council at least 24 hours prior to the proposed meeting.
The common council shall determine the rules of its proceedings.
The rules shall not be subject to the approval of the mayor pursuant
to section 2.023 of the charter and shall be valid without the mayor's
approval.
A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members elected
to the common council, including the president, but a lesser number
may adjourn from time to time. Except as provided in the Local Finance
Law for the issuance of obligations, no resolution authorizing or
involving the expenditure of money or levying taxes or assessments
shall be adopted except by a majority vote of the entire membership
of the common council.
(a)
Ordinances become effective the day after publication of the title
and a brief abstract thereof in a newspaper of general circulation
in the city, but an ordinance may provide for a later effective date.
Resolutions become effective upon approval by the mayor or upon readoption
by the council notwithstanding veto by the mayor pursuant to section
2.023 of this charter, but a resolution may provide for a later effective
date.
