Section
34.01 City Council meetings
34.02 Presiding officer
34.03 Minutes
34.04 Order of business
34.05 Voting
34.06 Ordinance, resolutions, motions, petitions and communications
34.07 Suspension or amendment of rules
34.08 Compensation of Mayor and Council members
34.09 Compensation of officers and employees
34.10 Quorum for conducting business
34.11 Fees and charges
34.12 Application of state laws
34.13 Background information
34.14 Special elections to fill certain vacancies
(A) Regular meetings. Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held at least once each month, at a date, time and place as established by the City Council. Any regular meeting falling upon a holiday shall be held on the next following business day at the same time and place. All meetings, including special and adjourned meetings, shall be held in the city hall unless the City Council decides otherwise at a prior meeting, or meeting in the city hall is impossible.
(B) Special meetings. The Mayor or any two members of the City Council may call a special meeting of the City Council upon at least 24 hours written notice to each member of the City Council. This notice shall be delivered personally to each member or shall be left at the member’s usual place of residence with some responsible person. Pursuant to M.S. Chapter 13D, as it may be amended from time to time, written notice of any special meeting shall be posted giving the date, time, place and purpose of the meeting at least three days before the meeting. Written notice shall be mailed at least three days before the meeting to anyone who has filed a written request for notice of special meetings. In calculating the three days, if the last day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the next regular business day shall be counted as the third day.
(C) Emergency meetings. Notice of emergency meetings shall be given as required by M.S. Chapter 13D, as it may be amended from time to time. An emergency meeting is a meeting defined by M.S. Chapter 13D, as it may be amended from time to time.
(D) Initial meeting. At the first regular City Council meeting in January of each year, the City Council shall:
(1) Designate the depositories of city funds;
(2) Designate the official newspaper;
(3) Choose one of the Council members as Acting Mayor, who shall perform the duties of the Mayor during the disability or absence of the Mayor from the city or, in case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor, until a successor has been appointed and qualifies;
(4) Appoint officers and employees and members of departments, boards, commissions and committees as may be necessary; and
(5) Establish and appoint Council members to those City Council committees as are deemed appropriate for the efficient and orderly management of the city.
(E) Public meetings. All City Council meetings, including special, emergency and adjourned meetings and meetings of City Council committees, as well as meetings of City Commissions and Boards, shall be conducted in accordance with the Minnesota Open Meeting Law, M.S. Ch. 13D, as it may be amended from time to time.
(A) Who presides. The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City Council. In the absence of the Mayor, the Acting Mayor shall preside. In the absence of both, the City Administrator shall call the meeting to order and shall preside until the Council members present at the meeting choose one of their number to act temporarily as presiding officer.
(B) Procedure. The presiding officer shall preserve order, enforce any rules of procedure adopted by the City Council, and determine without debate, subject to the final decision of the City Council on appeal, all questions of procedure and order.
(C) Appeal procedure. Any member may appeal to the City Council a ruling of the presiding officer. If the appeal is seconded, the member may speak once solely on the question involved and the presiding officer may explain the ruling, but no other Council member shall participate in the discussion. The appeal shall be sustained if it is approved by a majority of the members present, including the presiding officer.
(A) Generally. Minutes of each City Council meeting shall be kept by the City Administrator or, in the City Administrator’s absence, by the Account Clerk. In the absence of both, the presiding officer shall appoint a secretary pro tem. Ordinances, resolutions and claims need not be recorded in full in the minutes if they appear in other permanent records of the City Administrator and can be accurately identified from the description given in the minutes.
(B) Approval. The minutes of each meeting shall be reduced to typewritten form, shall be signed by the City Administrator, and copies thereof shall be delivered to each Council member as soon as practicable after the meeting. At the next regular City Council meeting following the delivery, approval of the minutes shall be considered by the City Council. The minutes need not be read aloud, but the presiding officer shall call for any additions or corrections. If there is no objection to a proposed addition or correction, it may be made without a vote of the City Council. If there is an objection, the City Council shall vote upon the addition or correction. If there are no additions or corrections, the minutes shall stand approved.
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