The City Council may, by resolution, divide and distribute its work precedent to the exercise of legislative power into such number of standing and special committees as the City Council may from time to time deem necessary or expedient and may from time to time by resolution name and prescribe the powers and duties of the committees. Until such further division and distribution of work, the committees of the City Council and their powers and duties shall be as already established.
(Prior Code, § 30.16)