The election of a President and Vice President of the Council and conduct of the organization meeting required by Charter or ordinance shall be in accordance with the following provisions.
(a) Organizational meeting agenda. Subject to the other provisions of the section, the organization meeting agenda shall be as follows:
(1) The oath of office shall be administered to all newly elected Council members;
(2) Call to order to roll call;
(3) Election of President of Council;
(4) Election of Vice President of Council;
(5) Remarks of Council members;
(6) Remarks of citizens; and
(7) Adjournment.
(b) Chairperson of the meeting. The organization meeting shall be called to order and until a new President is elected, conducted by the Mayor.
(c) Qualifications; challenge of newly elected Council member. The Clerk of Council shall prepare oaths of office for all Council members certified as elected by the Board of Elections to the Secretary of State or otherwise. The oath shall be administered by a notary public who may be selected by the elected Council member or otherwise by the Law Director. Any newly elected Council member subscribing to the oath as hereinabove provided shall be presumed elected and qualified, but subject at any time to the disqualification and expulsion as provided by § 99 of the Charter and by law.
(d) Nominations. Any Council member shall be qualified to nominate any other Council member or himself or herself for the office of President or Vice President and no second shall be required. The nominations and election of the President shall first be completed before proceeding with the nomination and election of the Vice President.
(e) Voting. After nominations are closed, each Council member shall orally vote for one of the candidates nominated upon roll call or shall vote by ballot, if a motion is adopted by a majority of the Council members directing election by ballot. Each Council member shall vote in each election or runoff election upon roll call or by balloting, if adopted by motion.
(f) Votes required; runoff elections.
(1) Upon voting after nominations or upon a final runoff election, any candidate receiving three or more votes in such election or final runoff election for Council President or Vice President shall thereby be elected and appointed to the respective office. Where upon voting there are more than two candidates and no single candidate receives three votes, a final runoff election shall be conducted between the two Council members receiving two votes. Where upon voting there are more than two candidates, no single candidate receives three votes, and only one candidate receives two votes, there shall first be a preliminary runoff election among or between the candidates receiving only one vote and a final runoff election shall then be conducted between the candidate receiving the most votes in the preliminary runoff election and the candidate initially receiving two votes.
(2) Council, upon motion adopted by a majority vote, shall determine the manner of election in other situations not contemplated and controlled by these provisions.
(Ord. 7125, passed 2-21-1978; Ord. 7465, passed 2-3-1981)