(A) The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the Council, but he shall have a vote only where the state statutes or the municipal ordinances require more than a majority vote of the corporate authorities or in the event of a tie, or where one-half of the Alderpersons elected have voted in favor of an ordinance, resolution, or motion, even though there is no tie vote.
(B) During the absence or disability of the Mayor, the Council shall elect one of its number Mayor Pro Tem of the Council, and he shall act as presiding officer of the Council. Where the absence or disability of the Mayor is to be of very short duration and no individual is required to be granted the powers of the Mayor, the Council shall elect one of its member Temporary Chairman. The Mayor Pro Tem or the Temporary Chairman when acting as presiding officer, shall vote on all questions on which the vote is taken by “yeas” and “nays,” his name being called last. The Mayor Pro Tem shall have all of the powers and duties of the Mayor; the Temporary Chairman shall only have such powers and duties as accrue to a presiding officer.
(C) Each meeting of the Council shall convene at the time appointed for such meeting, as provided by ordinance. The Clerk or in his absence a member of the Council or a Recording Secretary shall thereupon immediately call the roll of members. If no quorum be present, the Council shall not thereby stand adjourned, but the members present shall be competent, by majority vote, to adjourn or recess the Council to another time or date prior to the next regularly scheduled meeting.
(D) If no quorum is present and the members present desire to compel the attendance of absent members, they themselves, or by their agents, shall attempt to communicate the call to the session personally to the absentees. Any absent member who refuses to attend the meeting (or a new meeting to which the members present have adjourned) after personal notice to attend, may be fined by the members present a sum not to exceed $25 for each occurrence.
(`79 Code, § 30.003) (Ord. 919, passed 12-1-80)