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The salaries of the members of the Council first elected under this Charter shall be fixed by the outgoing Council. Thereafter the Council may, by ordinance passed in any even numbered year, change the salary of members of the Council thereafter elected. The annual salary of members of Council shall be increased each year by an amount which shall be computed by applying that percentage of the immediately preceding year's salary that is equal to the percentage for increases in salaries and wages established for that year in a majority of the collective bargaining agreements between the City and the various unions recognized by the City. Such increase shall be effective on January 1st of each year. The salary of a member of the Council shall be paid in equal semimonthly installments. The Council may by ordinance provide compensation for its President in addition to that which he or she receives as a member of the Council.
For each absence of a member from regular meetings of the Council, unless authorized by a two-thirds vote of all members thereof, there shall be deducted a sum equal to two percent (2%) of the annual salary of each member. Absence from ten (10) consecutive regular meetings shall operate to vacate the seat of a member unless such absence is authorized by the Council.
(Effective April 28, 2020)
At seven o'clock p.m., on the first Monday in January following a regular Municipal election, the Council shall meet at the usual place for holding meetings, at which time the newly-elected members of the Council shall assume the duties of their offices; provided however, that if the first Monday in January following a regular Municipal election falls on a legal holiday, the Council shall meet at the usual place for holding meetings at seven o'clock p.m. the next business day following that holiday, at which time the newly-elected members of the Council shall assume the duties of their offices. Thereafter the Council shall meet at times as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution. The Mayor, the President of the Council, or any five members of Council may call special meetings of the Council upon at least twelve (12) hours' written notice to each member of the Council, served personally on each member or left at the usual place of residence of the member. Any notice shall state the subjects to be considered at the meeting and no other subjects shall be considered. All meetings of the Council or committees shall be public and any citizen shall have access to the minutes and records at all reasonable times.
(Effective April 28, 2020)
The Council shall determine its own rules and order of business and shall keep a Journal of its proceedings. It may punish or expel any member for disorderly conduct or violation of its rules. No expulsion shall take place without the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected nor until the delinquent member shall have been notified of the charge against him and been given an opportunity to be heard.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
At the first meeting in January following a regular Municipal election, the Council shall elect one of its members President who shall preside at meetings of the Council and perform such duties as presiding officer as may be imposed upon him by the Council. In the absence of the President the Council shall elect a President pro tempore.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
The Council shall choose a Clerk and such other officers and employees of its own body as are necessary. The Clerk shall keep the records of the Council and perform such other duties as may be required by this Charter or by the Council. All such officers and employees chosen by the Council shall serve during the pleasure thereof.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
The Council shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its members. A majority of all the members elected shall be a quorum to do business, but a less number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance. The affirmative vote of a majority of the members elected to the Council shall be necessary to adopt any ordinance or resolution. The vote upon the passage of all ordinances, and upon the adoption of such resolutions as the Council by its rules shall prescribe, shall be taken by “yeas” and “nays” and entered upon the Journal.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
Ordinances and resolutions shall be introduced in the Council only in electronic, digital, written or printed form. All ordinances or resolutions, except ordinances making appropriations, shall be confined to one subject which shall be clearly expressed in the title, except as provided in the next section. Ordinances making appropriations shall be confined to the subjects of appropriation. No ordinance shall be passed until it has been read on three separate days unless the requirement of reading on three separate days has been dispensed with by a two-thirds vote of all the members of the Council. The final reading shall be in full unless an electronic, digital, written or printed copy of the measure is furnished to each member of the Council prior to the reading. The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the Council shall be “Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Cleveland.” The enacting clause of all ordinances submitted by the initiative shall be “Be it ordained by the people of the City of Cleveland.”
(Effective May 6, 2014)
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