The foregoing rules are adopted to facilitate the transaction of Council business and functions. They should not be permitted to defeat or hinder the plainly expressed intent and desire of the Council. Informal compliance and substantial performance shall be sufficient under the foregoing rules in the absence of objection seasonably taken. Objection is hereby declared not to have been seasonably taken as to procedural matters provided for herein if a Council member present at a meeting fails to object during the meeting and requests compliance with these rules, and the objection shall not be seasonably taken by an absent member later than the next regular meeting after the proceedings to which the objection is made.
(Prior Code, § 202.22)