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HomeMy WebLinkAbout(1987, 01/12) - A-10 - Amended - partialA -10 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. A -10 PROCEDURAL RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS - Page 10 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 0 0