Appendix A. RULES OF COUNCIL  


RULE I. - ORDER OF BUSINESS
§ 1.1. General session.
RULE II. - DUTIES OF MEMBERS
§ 2.1. General.
RULE III. - PROCEDURES OF COUNCIL
§ 3.1. Debate.
§ 3.2. Call of member to order.
§ 3.3. Appeal from decision of the chair.
§ 3.4. Question of personal privilege.
§ 3.5. Requirement to vote.
§ 3.6. Special order of business.
§ 3.7. Seconding of motions, required written motions, reading of motions, resolutions, ordinances, minutes, and correspondence.
§ 3.8. Withdrawal of motion.
§ 3.9. Division of question.
§ 3.10. Record of motion.
§ 3.11. Taking and entering the votes and explanation of the votes.
§ 3.12. Announcement and changes of votes.
§ 3.13. Motion to refer.
§ 3.14. Motion to amend.
§ 3.15. Filling of blanks.
§ 3.16. Motion to substitute.
§ 3.17. Reconsideration.
§ 3.18. Hearing and subpoenas.
§ 3.19. Conduct of the chair.
§ 3.20. Robert's Rules of Order.
RULE IV. - MEMBERS OF COUNCIL; REQUIREMENT TO ATTEND MEETINGS; PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO ATTEND; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ELIGIBILITY
§ 4.1. Requirement to attend meetings.
§ 4.2. Conflict of interest.
§ 4.3. Eligibility; rights of council to disqualify member.
RULE V. - STANDING COMMITTEES
§ 5.1. Standing committees.
§ 5.2. Powers and duties of committees—Standing or otherwise.
§ 5.3. Reports.
§ 5.4. Committee jurisdiction.
§ 5.5. Records.
§ 5.6. Duty of committee chairperson.
RULE VI. - RULES OF PROCEDURE
§ 6.1. Adoption of Robert's Rules of Order, revised edition.
§ 6.2. Temporary suspension of rules or amendment of rules.
RULE VII. - JOURNAL
§ 7.1. Journal.
RULE VIII. - OFFICER OF THE COUNCIL
§ 8.1. Administrator of council.
§ 8.1a. [Delivery of materials, documents or other matters referred to committees.]
§ 8.1b. [Receipt and acknowledgement of materials from city clerk.]
§ 8.1c. [Maintenance of copies of proposed ordinances, resolutions and other matters; council business hours.]
§ 8.1d. [Maintenance of record of council proceedings.]
§ 8.1e. [Authority to execute materials.]
§ 8.1f. [Employment of staff.]
§ 8.1g. [Classification of staff.]

Editor's note

The following Rules of Council were adopted within Ord. No. 01-10011. They may be amended, modified, repealed or otherwise altered or changed by a vote of two-thirds, not a simple majority, of the city council. The original arrangement, catchlines and numbering system are included. For stylistic purposes, the same system of capitalization and expression of numbers in text as appears in the Code of Ordinances has been used. Obvious misspellings and puntuation errors have been corrected without notation. Additions made for clarity are indicated by brackets.

Cross reference

Administration, ch. 2