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the Presiding Officer and, if such conduct ,continues, may
at the discretion of the Presiding Officex/be ordered
barred from further audience before the ouncil during
that meeting. /
c) Members of the Audience. No perso in the audience shall
engage in disorderly conduct such s hand clapping, stamp-
ing of feet, whistling, using pr ane language, yelling,
and similar demonstrations, whi conduct disturbs the
peace and good order of the me ting, or refuse to comply
with the lawful orders of th Presiding Officer. Upon
instructions from the Pre si ng Officer it shall be the
duty of the Sergeant -at -Ar to remove any such person
from the Council Chamber d to place him under arrest.
d) Persons Authorized to b Within Rail. No person except
members of the Council and the City staff shall be permitted
within the rail witho the consent of the Presiding Officer.
e) Enforcement of Decor The Chief of Police, or such
member or members o the Police Department as he may desig-
nate, shall be Ser eant -at -Arms of the City Council and shall
carry out all ord rs given by the Presiding Officer for the
purpose of maint ining order and decorum at the Council meet-
ings. Any Coun it member may move to require the Presiding
Officer to enf ce the rules and the affirmative vote of a
majority of t Council shall require him or her to do so.
20. Motions - Second N t Required. A motion by any member of the.
Council, includin the Presiding Officer, may be considered by the
Council without eceiving a second.
21. Voting Proced re. Any vote of the Council, including a roll call
vote, may be registered by the members by answering "Yes" for an
affirmative ote or "No" for a negative vote upon the member's name
being call d by the City Clerk, or by pressing a switch to cause a
green lig t to show for an affirmative vote or a red light to show
for a ne ative vote upon a vote being called for by the Presiding
Officer The result of any vote registered by means of a lighting
syste shall be audibly announced by the City Clerk and recorded
in a 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
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shall not remain in his or her seat during the debate and vote on i
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 de-
termining the outcome of any vote on such matter.
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. Readinrt 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 resolu-
tions by title only. If any Council member so requests, the ordinances
or resolution shall be read in full.
Adopted - August 21, 1972 Amended November 27, 1978
Amended - November 24, 1975 Amended October 23, 1979
Amended - November 28, 1977 Amended February 9, 1981
Amended - July 24, 1978 Amended June 25, 1984
Amended - September 11, 1978 Amended October 22, 1984
Amended June 24, 1985