No member of the city council shall be excused from voting except on matters involving the consideration of his or her own official conduct, or where his or her financial interests are involved. The council shall determine its own rules of procedure, and may punish its members for misconduct, and may compel the attendance of absent members.
(1964 Code, § 2-2.1) (Ord. 8613, § 1, passed 8-3-1982)