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A. Presentation: All proposed ordinances of the city shall be typewritten or printed, and presented to the city council by a member at any regular or special meeting.
B. Readings: Every proposed ordinance shall be read in meetings of the city council on three (3) different days. At each reading of an ordinance it shall be open to discussion and amendment and may be referred to a committee and shall be passed to the next reading unless by vote at the meeting some other disposition is made. On final passage, the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded and a concurrence of a majority of the city council members present and voting shall be required for passage; provided, however, that one-half (1/2) plus one of the full city council may dispense with the portions of this subsection requiring all ordinances to be read on three (3) different days, and on the vote upon the motion to dispense with the above provisions, the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded. (Ord. 348, 1-9-1998; amd. 2004 Code)
C. Passage And Approval By Mayor: When any proposed ordinance is passed, it shall be signed by the city clerk, and the date of its passage by the city council shall be added thereto, and within three (3) days it shall be presented to the mayor, or, in the case of his absence from the city, to the president of the city council for his approval. If the proper officer approves the same, he shall attach his signature thereto. Should the mayor refuse or neglect to sign such ordinance and return the same with his objection in writing at the next regular meeting after the same has been presented to him, it shall become a law without his signature. The city clerk shall annex to such ordinance a certificate to the effect that the mayor has failed to sign or veto the same, and it has therefore become a law without his signature. (1983 Code § 2.04.090)
D. Veto By Mayor; Reconsideration: Should the mayor not approve the ordinance, he shall, before the next regular meeting after such ordinance is presented to him for his approval, return the same to the city council with his objections to the same in writing. When any ordinance is so returned by the mayor, it shall be reconsidered by the city council at the first regular meeting thereafter. If, on such reconsideration, one-half (1/2) plus one of the full members elected to the city council shall vote in the affirmative, the ordinance shall become a law notwithstanding the mayor's veto 1 . In such case, the city clerk shall annex a certificate to the ordinance stating that the same was vetoed by the mayor and that, on its reconsideration, it received the required majority of votes. (1983 Code § 2.04.100; amd. 2004 Code)
E. Recording Ordinances: It shall be the duty of the city clerk to safely keep the original ordinances, and after final passage he shall copy the same at length in a book to be known as the "Ordinance Book of the City of Harrison No. ", which book is to be provided by the city council for that purpose and shall be kept as a permanent record of the city. (1983 Code § 2.04.110)
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A. Preserve Order: The presiding officer shall preserve order and decorum, and may speak to points of order in preference to other members; and shall decide all questions of order, subject to appeal to the city council, on which appeal no member shall speak more than once without permission of the city council. (1983 Code § 2.04.120)
B. Motion Under Debate: When a motion is under debate, no motion shall be received except to adjourn, to lay on the table, to postpone to a certain day, to refer, to amend or to postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are stated. (1983 Code § 2.04.130)
C. Motion For Adjournment: A motion for adjournment shall always be in order, except when once put and voted down, the same shall not again be in order until some other business shall have been taken up, and the motion shall always be decided without debate. (1983 Code § 2.04.140)
D. Voting: Every member who shall be present when the question is put shall vote for or against the same, unless the city council shall excuse him; but no member shall be permitted to vote on a question when the ayes and nays are called for unless present when his name is called in regular order; except that after having once voted, the member may change his vote if he so desires at any time before the vote is announced by the presiding officer. (1983 Code § 2.04.150)
E. Consideration Of Motions: No motion shall be considered unless the same shall be recorded. When a motion is recorded, it shall be stated by the presiding officer before debate. It shall be reduced to writing if desired by any member of the city council; but the mover may withdraw it at any time before a decision or amendment is made to it. (1983 Code § 2.04.160)
F. Roll Call Vote: Upon a division of the city council, the names of those voting for and those who voted against a question shall be entered upon the journal, when requested by the mayor or any member of the city council, and in such case, it shall be the duty of the city clerk to enter on the journal the names of the members so voting. (1983 Code § 2.04.170)
G. Majority Vote Determines Question: All questions, unless otherwise fixed by this chapter, shall be determined by majority vote. (1983 Code § 2.04.180)
H. Suspension Of Rules: No standing rule or order of the city council shall be suspended except by vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the members present; nor shall the order of business established by the rules of the city council be postponed or changed except by vote of one-half (1/2) plus one of the members; and the ayes and nays of all present shall be recorded on any proposition to suspend a rule. (1983 Code § 2.04.190; amd. 2004 Code)
I. Vote Of Presiding Officer: A member of the city council acting as presiding officer may vote on all questions presented to the city council. (1983 Code § 2.04.200)
J. Alteration Or Amendment. These rules and order of business may be altered, amended or repealed only by one-half (1/2) plus one vote of the whole city council, and any member desiring to have the rules so altered, amended or repealed, must give notice in writing at a previous meeting. (1983 Code § 2.04.210; amd. 2004 Code)
K. Time Limit For Adding Business To Agenda: Any matters to be brought to the attention of the city council, and upon which the city council will be requested to consider or make a decision, or both, must be submitted, in writing, to the city clerk not later than twenty four (24) hours prior to the commencement of the meeting at which such matters are to be considered or decided. Any matters not presented to the city clerk and placed upon the agenda in accordance with this section shall not be taken up, or acted upon, by the city council. (1983 Code § 2.04.220)
L. Consent Calendar:
1. When the mayor determines that any item of business requires action by the city council, but is of a routine and noncontroversial nature, he may cause such item to be presented at a regular meeting of the city council as a part of a consent calendar.
2. The consent calendar shall be introduced by a motion "to approve the consent calendar", and shall be considered by the city council as a single item.
3. There shall be no debate or discussion by any member of the city council regarding any item on the consent calendar, beyond asking questions for simple clarification.
4. On objection by any member of the city council or public to inclusion of any item on the consent calendar, that item shall be removed from the consent calendar forthwith. Such objection may be recorded at any time prior to the taking of a vote on the motion to approve the consent calendar. All such items shall be considered individually, in the order in which they were objected to, immediately following consideration of the consent calendar.
5. Approval of the motion to approve the consent calendar shall be fully equivalent to approval, adoption or enactment of each motion, resolution or other item of business thereon, as if each had been acted upon individually.
6. The city clerk shall record in the city council minutes each item passed under the consent calendar individually and in full or, if possible, separately. (Ord. 348, 1-9-1998)
A. The city council shall, prior to passing the annual appropriation ordinance, prepare a budget, estimating the probable amount of money necessary for all purposes for which an appropriation is to be made, including interest and principal due on the bonded debt and sinking fund, itemizing and classifying the proposed expenditures by department, fund or service, as nearly as may be practicable, and specifying any fund balances accumulated under Idaho Code 50-1005A.
B. To support such proposed expenditures, the city council shall prepare an estimate of the total revenue anticipated during the ensuing fiscal year for which a budget is being prepared, classifying such receipts by source as nearly as may be possible and practicable, said estimate to include any surplus not subject to the provisions of Idaho Code 50-1004 and 50-1005A, nor shall said estimated revenue include funds accumulated under Idaho Code 50-236.
C. The proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal year shall list expenditures and revenues during each of the two (2) previous fiscal years by fund and/or department.
D. Following tentative approval of the revenues and expenditures estimated by the city council, the same shall be entered at length in the journal of proceedings.
E. Prior to certifying to the county commissioners, a notice of time and place of public hearing on the budget, which notice shall include the proposed expenditures and revenues by fund and/or department including the two (2) previous fiscal years, and a statement of the estimated revenue from property taxes and the total amount from sources other than property taxes of the city for the ensuing fiscal year, shall be published twice at least seven (7) days apart in the official newspaper of the city. At said hearing any interested person may appear and show cause why such proposed budget should or should not be adopted. (Ord. 348, 1-9-1998)