A quorum of any standing committee shall be a majority of that committee, except that in the absence of the necessary number of committee members, any council member present but not a committee member may help constitute the quorum. If more than one (1) council member who is not on the committee is present and council members not on the committee are needed to constitute a quorum, the chair shall only recognize the number of council members not on the committee as are deemed necessary to constitute the quorum. If a quorum is not present, the standing committee shall take one of the following procedural actions: 1) take measures to obtain a quorum including recessing for a specified period of time; 2) fix the time which to adjourn; or 3) adjourn. If it is determined that a quorum is not present, the chair of the standing committee shall recess for up to a maximum of fifteen (15) minutes, after which time, if no quorum is present, the committee shall adjourn until its next scheduled meeting.
(Res. No. 599-2023, § 2, 11-2-23)