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PROCEDURAL RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS - Page 9
c) Members of the Audience. No person in the audience shall engage
in disorderly conduct such as hand clapping, stamping of feet,
whistling, using profane language, yelling, and similar
demonstrations, which conduct disturbs the peace and good order
of the meeting, or refuse to comply with the lawful orders of the
Presiding Officer. Upon instructions from the Presiding Officer
it shall be the duty of the Sergeant -at -Arms to remove any such
person from the Council Chamber and to place them under arrest.
d) Persons Authorized to be Within Rail. No person except members
of the Council and the City staff shall be permitted within the
rail without the consent of the Presiding Officer.
e) Enforcement of Decorum. The Chief of Police, or such member or
members of the Police Department as he may designate, shall be
Sergeant -at -Arms of the City Council and shall carry out all
orders given by the Presiding Officer for the purpose of
maintaining order and decorum at the Council meetings. Any
Council member may move to require the Presiding Officer to
enforce the rules upon affirmative vote of a majority of the
Council.
20. Motions - Second not Required. A motion by any member of the Council,
including the Presiding Officer, may be considered by the Council
without receiving a second.
21. Voting Procedure. Any vote of the Council, including a roll call
vote, may be registered by the members by answering "Yes" for an
affirmative vote or "No" for a negative vote upon the member's name
being called by the City Clerk, or by pressing a switch to cause a
green light to show for an affirmative vote or a red light to show for
a negative vote, upon a vote being called for by the Presiding
Officer. The result of any vote registered by means of a lighting
system shall be audibly announced by the City Clerk and recorded in
the minutes as the vote.
22. Disqualification for Conflict of Interest. Any Council member who is
disqualified from voting on a particular matter by reason of a
conflict of interest shall publicly state or have the Presiding
Officer state the nature of such disqualification in open meeting.
Where no clearly disqualifying conflict of interest appears, the
matter of disqualification may, at the request of the Council member
affected, be decided by the other Council members. A Council member
who is disqualified by reason of a conflict of interest in any matter
shall not remain in his or her seat during the debate and vote on such
matter, but shall request and be given the permission of the Presiding
Officer to step down from the Council table. A Council member stating
such disqualification shall not be counted as a part of a quorum and
shall be considered absent for the purpose of determining the outcome
of any vote on such matter.
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23. Failure to Vote. Every Council member should vote unless disqualified
by reason of a conflict of interest. A Council member who abstains
from voting in effect consents that a majority of the quorum may
decide the question voted upon.
24. Tie Vote. Tie votes shall be lost motions and may be reconsidered.
25. Changing Vote. A member may change his vote only if he makes a timely
request to do so immediately following the announcement of the vote by
the City Clerk and prior to the time that the next item in the order
of business is taken up.
26. Reconsideration. A motion to reconsider any action taken by the City
Council may be made only by one of the Council members who voted with
the prevailing side.
27. Ordinances. Resolutions and Contracts.
a) All ordinances, resolutions and contracts shall be prepared by
the City Attorney. No ordinance shall be prepared for
presentation to the Council unless ordered by a majority vote of
the Council, or requested by the Mayor, or City Manager, or
prepared by the City Attorney on his own initiative. The
Planning Commission may initiate zoning and planning ordinances.
b) Prior Approval by Administration Staff. All ordinances,
resolutions and contract documents shall, before presentation to
the Council, have been approved as to form and legality by the
City Attorney and shall have been examined and approved for
administration by the City Manager or his authorized
representative.
28. Reading of Ordinances and Resolutions. If a motion to waive reading
of all ordinances and resolutions has been adopted at the beginning of
the Council meeting, the City Clerk will read the ordinances and
resolutions by title only. If any Council member so requests, the
ordinance or resolution shall be read in full.
Adopted August 21, 1972
Amended November 24, 1975
Amended November 28, 1977
Amended July 24, 1978
Amended September 11, 1978
Amended November 27, 1978
Amended October 23, 1979
Amended February 9, 1981
Amended - June 25, 1984
Amended - October 22, 1984
Amended - June 24, 1985
Amended - March 24, 1986
Amended - January 12, 1987
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