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Council members are hereby to be provided with and authorized to use official Village stationary and postage when sending correspondence only when the content of the correspondence is concerning action taken by either committee of Council, acting as a committee, or by Council, as a body. Council members shall have similar use of all Village communication facilities (telephone, facsimile, Website, etc.) for similar purposes. Any form of correspondence/communication shall be approved by a majority of the committee requesting the correspondence/communication.
(Ord. 17-00. Passed 3-6-00.)
All regular Council meetings shall contain a time for public participation. Comments from the visitors, unless requested by a majority vote, shall be limited to that portion of every council meeting set aside for visitors in Section 121.03(d), (6)K. Persons desiring to address the Council must first secure recognition of the chairperson before they speak. All persons securing permission to address Council must first give their names and home addresses for the record. Remarks must be confined to one subject at a time and the speaker shall be provided a maximum of five minutes, unless the requirement is waived by a majority of Council. All personalities must be avoided and the Chair's call to order must be obeyed. Persons violating this order may be removed by the Sergeant of Arms from the Council Chamber before any further business is conducted.
(Ord. 17-00. Passed 3-6-00.)
In case of the absence of the Mayor and the President of Council, the Clerk-Treasurer shall call the Council meeting to order. The Clerk-Treasurer shall call the roll and if a quorum is found to be present, the Council shall then proceed to elect by a majority vote the president pro-tem of the meeting until the appearance of the Mayor or President of Council.
(Ord. 17-00. Passed 3-6-00.)
The Mayor shall have no voting power and shall have no vote except in the event of the tie vote of Council Members present. In such a case, the Mayor shall have the power to vote and his vote shall have the same legal effect as the vote of a Council Member. Any Council Member serving as chair person shall have the same power to vote as other members.
(Ord. 17-00. Passed 3-6-00.)
(a) Absence. Council Members shall make every effort to notify the Mayor or Clerk-Treasurer of their absence prior to a Council meeting.
(b) Excused During Meeting. No Council Member shall be excused while Council is in session except by permission of the Chair.
(Ord. 17-00. Passed 3-6-00.)
The Mayor may appoint special committees, as he deems necessary. However, no topic may be assigned to a special committee that is already before or the province of a standing committee unless the members of the standing committee unanimously agree.
(Ord. 17-00. Passed 3-6-00.)
(a) The following procedures shall apply to the passage of ordinances and resolutions by Council:
(1) Each ordinance and resolution shall be read by title only, provided Council may require any reading to be in full by a majority vote of its members.
(2) Each ordinance or resolution shall be read on three different days, provided Council may dispense with this rule by a vote of at least three- fourths of its members.
(3) The vote on the passage of each ordinance or resolution shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the minute book.
(4) Each ordinance or resolution shall be passed, except as otherwise provided by law, by a vote of at least a majority of all the members of Council.
(b) Action by the Council, not required by law to be by ordinance or resolution, may be taken by motion approved by at least a majority vote of the members present at the meeting when the action is taken.
(c) Emergency ordinances and resolutions require a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, and must set forth the reason for the emergency in one section of the ordinance. If the emergency ordinance or resolution fails to receive the required two-thirds affirmative vote, but receives the necessary majority for passage as a non-emergency ordinance or resolution, it shall be considered passed as such and shall become effective as provided in the case of a nonemergency ordinance or resolution.
(Ord. 17-00. Passed 3-6-00.)
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