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(A) The council shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its own members. It shall determine its own rules of procedure, punish its members for disorderly conduct, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the aldermen elected thereto, may expel a member.
(B) Any alderman who shall have been convicted of bribery shall thereby vacate his or her office.
(SDCL § 9-8-5)
(A) Meetings. The council shall hold its regular meetings on the first Monday of each month. It may prescribe by ordinance the manner in which special meetings may be called and may so change the day of its regular monthly meetings.
(B) Quorum. When a seat on a council is vacant due to removal, resignation, death, or by operation of law, the quorum consists of the majority of the remaining aldermen who are qualified to serve as aldermen by election or appointment pursuant to SDCL Chapter 9-13. The council may compel the attendance of absentees under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance.
(C) Journal of meetings. The meetings of the council are open to the public and it shall keep a journal of its proceedings.
(SDCL § 9-8-8)
(A) A roll call vote shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances and upon any proposal to expend or appropriate money, and in all other cases at the request of any member. All votes shall be entered in the minutes of its proceedings.
(B) The majority vote of the aldermen shall be necessary to pass an ordinance or proposal which expends or appropriates money, and the mayor may not break a tie on an ordinance or proposal to expend or appropriate money. The mayor may break a tie on all other ordinances or proposals.
(C) A two-thirds vote of the aldermen is required to sell any city property.
(SDCL § 9-8-10)
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