[CC 1979 §24.010; Ord. No. 2180 §1, 1-17-1995]
A.
The Board
of Aldermen of this City shall meet in regular session in the council
room of City Hall at the hour of 7:00 P.M. on the first (1st) and
third (3rd) Tuesdays of each calendar month.
1.
When
any such meeting day is a holiday, the regular meeting will be held
at such time as may be provided by the Board on motion at the previous
meeting.
2.
The
Board may, by motion, dispense with any regular meeting, but at least
one meeting, regular or special, must be held in each calendar month.
[CC 1979 §24.020]
Special meetings may be called by the Mayor or by any two (2)
members of the Board by written request filed with the City Clerk,
who shall thereupon prepare a notice of such special meeting, stating
time, place and object thereof, which notice shall be served personally
upon each member of the Board or left at his/her usual place of residence
at least twelve (12) hours before the time of the meeting. It shall
also be the duty of the City Clerk, immediately upon receipt of the
request for the meeting, to make diligent effort to notify each member
of the Board in person, either by telephone or otherwise, of such
special session. Failure to comply with the requirements of this Section
shall not invalidate any action taken at a special meeting of the
Board of Aldermen.
[CC 1979 §24.030]
A quorum of the Board of Aldermen shall consist of a majority
of the full membership (including vacancies and the Mayor of the City).
[CC 1979 §24.040]
In case that a lesser number than a quorum shall convene at
a regular or special meeting of the Board of Aldermen, the majority
of the members present are authorized to direct the Chief of Police
or other City Officer to send for and compel the attendance of any
or all absent members upon such terms and conditions and at such time
as such majority of the members present shall agree.
[CC 1979 §24.045]
All adjourned meetings of the Board shall, to all intents and
purposes, be continuations of the meetings of which they are adjournments,
and the same proceedings may be had at such adjourned meetings as
at the meeting of which they are adjournments.
[CC 1979 §24.065]
Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance, the proceedings
of the Board of Aldermen shall be controlled by Robert's Rules of
Order, as revised.
[CC 1979 §24.070]
The Presiding Officer of the Board of Aldermen shall preserve
decorum and shall decide all questions of order subject to appeal
to the Board of Aldermen. Any member may appeal to the Board from
a ruling of the Presiding Officer upon a question of order. If the
motion for an appeal is seconded, the member making the appeal may
briefly state his/her reason for the same and the Presiding Officer
may briefly express his/her ruling, but there shall be no debate on
the appeal and no other member shall participate in the discussion.
The Presiding Officer shall then put the question to vote as to whether
the decision of the chair shall be sustained. If a majority of the
members present vote "aye", the ruling of the chair is sustained;
otherwise, it is overruled.
[CC 1979 §24.100]
Any member of the Board of Aldermen shall have the right to
express dissent from or protest against any ordinance or resolution
of the Board and to have the reason therefore entered upon the journal.
Such dissent or protest be filed in writing and presented to the Board
not later than the next regular meeting following the date of the
passage of the ordinance or resolution to which objection is taken.
[CC 1979 §24.180]
The Board of Aldermen may by resolution prescribe and enforce
such rules as it may find necessary for the expeditious transaction
of its business, but such rules shall not contravene the requirements
of this Code or other ordinance.
[CC 1979 §24.200]
Any rule of the Board may be repealed, altered or amended by
a majority vote of the members. Every amendment offered shall lie
on the table until the next meeting of the Board before being voted
upon except by the unanimous consent of all elected members of the
Board of Aldermen (including the Mayor). Any rule may be suspended
by a majority vote of the members of the Board, or quorum being present
by unanimous consent.
