(a) All committees and Chairs thereof, including the Standing Committees of Council provided for hereinafter, shall be appointed by the Chair of Council upon nomination by majority vote of the members of Council. In the absence of the Chair, such appointments shall be made by the Chair pro tempore. Such Committees shall convene only in accordance with the Charter and the Standing Rules of Council.
(b) The Standing Committees of Council shall be:
(1) Planning and Zoning
(2) Finance and Administration
(3) Public Safety
(4) Parks and Recreation
(5) Public Works
(c) Unless otherwise provided by the Charter or the Standing Rules of Council, the Chair of Council or a majority of Council may refer any matter properly presented to Council to any one or more of the foregoing enumerated Committees or any Special Committee appointed for such purpose.
(d) When a matter is referred to any Committee(s), the Clerk of Council shall transmit to the Chair (Chair/s/) all papers and information relative to the matter. The Chair of each Committee to which such matter is referred, upon receipt of all papers and information relative to the matter, shall call a meeting of his/her Committee by written or personal notice to each member of said Committee.
(e) Any committee member may prepare a special report (dissenting or otherwise), which report shall also be in writing and signed. Unless otherwise ordered by a majority vote of Council every Committee shall report at the next regular meeting with regard to all matters referred to it.
(Ord. 2002-11. Passed 1-24-02.)