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On the passage of every ordinance or resolution and on the appointment of every officer the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered in full upon the records. On any other question the yeas and nays shall be entered upon the records on the request of any member seconded by any other member. Upon the call of the yeas and nays the Clerk shall call the names and record the vote. Suspension of rules shall be made by a voice vote and recorded if passed unanimously; in the event of a nay vote, however, the Clerk shall call the roll and record the vote.
No member shall speak to an issue once the roll call has begun.
No abstention shall be counted by the Clerk.
No ordinance or resolution shall be enacted without receiving a majority favorable vote of the members present at the meeting unless otherwise required by the Charter.
(Ord. 300-1980. Passed 11-3-80.)
When any member is about to address the Council, he or she shall raise his or her right hand and wait to be recognized by the presiding officer, and when recognized by the chair, the member may remain seated to deliver his or her address and shall confine himself or herself to the question under debate, avoid personalities and refrain from impugning the motives of any other member's argument or vote.
(Ord. 255-1978. Passed 11-6-78.)
Before the announcement of the vote on any measure the Clerk shall read the vote so taken upon the demand of any member, at which time any Council member on account of error or for any other reason may change his or her vote. But no Council member shall be permitted to change his or her vote as recorded after the roll call has been verified and the result declared.
(Ord. 255-1978. Passed 11-6-78; Ord. 126-2010. Passed 9-20-10.)
(a) The fee to be charged for furnishing copies of public records shall be at the rate of five cents ($.05) per copy of each side of an original record.
(b) At the discretion of each Department, the fee to be charged shall be waived if the total fee is one dollar ($1.00) or less.
(c) Such fees shall be waived for cases involving the City and may be waived for public institutions and associations.
(d) Electronic copies of public records, minutes of Council, or Council committee meetings will be provided at no cost.
(Ord. 255-1978. Passed 11-6-78; Ord. 263-1999. Passed 12-6-99; Ord. 201-2009. Passed 11-16-09; Ord. 126-2010. Passed 9-20-10.)
(a) All elected members of Council and members of the Board of Control in the City shall file a statement identifying:
(1) Every source of income over seventy-five dollars ($75.00), except those salaries, wages or commissions which are the principal source of income, received by the person in his or her own name or by any other person for his or her use or benefit during the preceding calendar year, and a brief description of the nature of the services for which the income was received. This section shall not be construed to require the disclosure of clients of attorneys or patients of persons certified under State statutes which would be otherwise confidential nor the disclosure of individual items of income that constitute a portion of the gross income of the business or profession from which the person derives income.
(Ord. 63-1974. Passed 4-1-74.)
(2) The source of each gift of over seventy-five dollars ($75.00) received by the person in his or her own name or by any other person for his or her use or benefit during the preceding calendar year, from any person, firm or corporation which is interested directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever in business dealings with the City. Gifts received by will or by virtue of State law, or received from the immediate family, or received by way of distribution from any intervivos or testamentary trust established by a spouse or by an ancestor need not be reported. The “intermediate family” shall be limited to a spouse, child, parent (including a foster parent), stepmother, stepfather, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandmother, grandfather, grandmother-in-law, grandfather-in-law, grandchild, stepchild, foster child, sister, brother, sister-in-law and brother-in-law.
(Ord. 36-1996. Passed 2-5-96; Eff. 3-5-96; Ord. 126-2010. Passed 9-20-10.)
(b) The statement shall be as follows:
(1) The statement shall be notarized and filed with the Clerk of Council of the City no later than April 15 of the year following the calendar year being reported.
(2) The statement shall be on a form provided by the Clerk of Council and is to be filed by each and every official listed above pursuant to this section, whether or not any gifts, salaries, wages or commissions are in fact received and accepted, and in the event that no gifts, salaries, wages or commissions are in fact received or accepted that would be reportable, the statement shall so state.
(3) The notarized statement shall remain in the Clerk of Council's office as a matter of public record for five years.
(Ord. 63-1974. Passed 4-1-74; Ord. 25-2008. Passed 2-4-08.)
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