The Mayor, or in his absence the President Pro Tempore of Council, shall take the chair at the hour appointed for Council to meet and immediately shall call the Council to order. The roll shall then be called by the Clerk, who shall enter in the journal of each meeting the names of members present. In the absence of a quorum at the time appointed for a meeting, the members present may by a majority vote take a recess or recesses and cause the Clerk to contact absent members.
(1980 Code 30.12)