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the Presiding Officer and, if such conduct continues, may
at the discretion of the Presiding Officer be ordered
barred from further audience before the Council during
that meeting.
c) Members of the Audience. No person in the audience shall
engage in disorderly conduct such as hand clapping, stamp-
ing 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 Chambevi and to place him 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 desig-
nate, 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 meet-
ings. Any Council member may move to require the Presiding
Officer to enforce the rules and the affirmative vote of a
majority of the Council shall require him or her to do so.
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
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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.
23. Failure to Vote. Every Council member should vote unless dis-
qualified 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 presenta-
tion 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 ordinances or resolution shall be read in full.
Adopted - August 21, 1972 Amended - September 11, 1978
Amended - November 24, 1975 Amended - November 27, 1978
Amended - November 28, 1977 Amended - October 23, 1979
Amended - July 24, 1978 Amended - February 9, 1981
Amended - June 25, 1984