[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Norwood as Secs. 2-2 through 2-5 of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
Organization of Borough Council. The Council shall consist of the Mayor and six Councilmen elected at large in the borough, all of whom shall be elected and take office in the manner provided by law. The terms of office of the Mayor and Councilmen shall commence on January 1 next following their election.
B. 
Vacancies.
(1) 
Pursuant to the borough law, a vacancy occurring in the office of Mayor, whether by resignation or otherwise, shall be filled by the Council until the next annual election and until the election and qualification of a successor. At such next annual election, the person elected to fill the vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term only.
(2) 
All vacancies in other elective offices shall be filled by nomination by the Mayor and appointment by him, with the advice and consent of the Council expressed by a vote of the majority of the members of the Council present at the meeting, provided that at least three affirmative votes shall be required for such purpose, the Mayor to have no vote thereon except in the case of a tie.
(3) 
All appointments to fill vacancies on the Council shall be until January 1 following the next general election. If such vacancies shall occur at so short a period of time before the next annual election that the office cannot be filled at such election, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as though the same had occurred immediately after the election and the vacancy shall be filled at the next subsequent annual election for such portion of the term, if any, as may still remain unexpired. At such next annual election, the person elected to fill the vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term only.
A. 
The Borough Council shall meet for organization on the first day of January following each general election unless that day be Sunday, in which case it shall meet on the next succeeding day. Thereafter, the Borough Council shall meet regularly within the borough at such times and places as provided by resolution. The Mayor shall, when necessary, call special meetings of the Council. In case of his neglect or refusal, any four members of the Council may call such meetings at such time and place in the borough as they may designate and, in all cases of special meetings, notice shall be given to all members of the Council or left at their places of residence. Three Councilmen and the Mayor and, in the absence of the Mayor, four Councilmen, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may meet and adjourn from time to time.
B. 
Consent agenda. There shall be an item at each regular meeting of the Borough Council entitled "consent agenda," which shall consist of a resolution or resolutions of a routine and noncontroversial nature not requiring discussion. Each resolution to be placed on the consent agenda shall be discussed at the work session next preceding the regular meeting. If necessary, a vote shall be taken at the work session prior to placing any resolution which has not been presented for discussion at the work session next preceding the regular meeting and may be added to the consent agenda by unanimous vote of the governing body at the regular meeting. No resolution placed on the consent agenda will be discussed separately at a regular meeting unless brought up by a member of the public at the appropriate public portion of the regular meeting. At the regular meeting, the Clerk shall read the consent agenda by title only. Any resolution may be removed from the consent agenda if any member of the public or the Mayor requests. The Council will adopt the resolutions placed on the consent agenda by majority vote on a resolution to adopt all items on the consent agenda.
The Mayor shall preside over all meetings of the Borough Council but shall not vote except to give the deciding vote in case of a tie. The Mayor shall nominate and, with the advice and consent of the Council, appoint all officers in the borough. No appointments shall be made except by the vote of a majority of the members of the Council present at the meeting, provided that at least three affirmative votes shall be required for such purpose, the Mayor to have no vote thereon except in case of a tie. Vacancies in appointive offices shall be filled by appointment in the same manner for the unexpired term only. The Mayor shall make nomination to fill a vacancy within 30 days after the appointive office becomes vacant. If the Mayor fails to nominate within 30 days or the Council fails to confirm any nomination made by the Mayor, then after the expiration of the 30 days, the Council shall appoint the officer.
At the annual meeting the Borough Council, by a majority vote, shall elect from its number a President of the Council who shall preside at all of its meetings when the Mayor does not preside. The President of the Council shall hold office for one year and until the next annual meeting. He shall have the right to debate and vote on all questions before the Council. If the Council at its annual meetings fails to elect a President, the Mayor shall appoint the President from the Council and in that case, no confirmation by the Council shall be necessary. If the Mayor is absent from the borough for a period of three days or for any reason is unable to act, the President of the Council shall perform all the duties of the Mayor during his absence or inability. The Mayor, in case of his intended absence from the borough for more than three days at any one time, shall notify the President, in writing, of his intended absence, whereupon the President shall be and become Acting Mayor from the receipt of notice and continue to act until the Mayor's return.