(A) The Mayor shall preside at meetings of the Council. Pursuant to KRS 83A.130(5), at any regular or special meeting of the City Council, at which the Mayor is absent, the Council Member present at the meeting who has served the most consecutive years on Council shall preside at such meeting without any further action required of Council. The calculation of consecutive years must include the current term that the Council Member is serving. If two or more Council Member have served the same number of consecutive years on Council, and both or all are present at the meeting, then the Council Member receiving the most votes in the most recent general election of Council Members shall preside.
(Ord. 1981-8, passed 4-20-81; Am. Ord. 2015-01, passed 4-20-15)
(B) The Mayor may participate in Council proceedings, but shall not have a vote, except that he may cast the deciding vote in case of a tie.
(KRS 83A.130 (5))
('88 Code, § 32.20)