121.01 GENERAL.

   (a)   The City of Aurora Rules and/or Bylaws of the City Council are to be adopted by the first meeting in March following the Organizational Meeting. These rules may be amended at any point in time, provided there is a concurrence of at least two-thirds of the members of the City Council or of a majority of the City Council provided that previous notice of a motion to amend was included with the call to meet. (Charter 3.06)

   (b)   The City Council shall first and foremost be governed by the Charter of the City of Aurora and the laws of the State of Ohio. When either of the aforementioned entities is silent, and a provision is not listed in the following rules, the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order shall prevail.

   (c)    Under Robert's Rules of Order, Aurora's City Council sessions are defined as a "Deliberative Assembly" and a "Legislative Body for Structured Dialog."

   (d)   All references to the Charter and the Ohio Revised Code are references only, included for continuity of the document, and are not to be amended by the City Council. The Law Department will be responsible for making the necessary corrections to the rules, whenever a Charter amendment or a change in the Ohio Revised Code has occurred. This change will not be subject to vote for amendment by the City Council. The changes will go into effect as soon as a new Charter or law becomes effective. (Ord. 2024-028. Passed 2-26-24.)