(A) All standing committees and all vacancies thereon shall be filled by the President subject to the approval of the Town Council.
(B) (1) No ordinance shall be presented for consideration or discussion to the Town Council unless each Councilmember shall first have had a draft copy of the ordinance 48 hours prior to the time it is presented for the discussion or consideration.
(2) In the event any ordinance is not reported out by the Committee to which it is assigned, any one Councilmember at the Council meeting may move that the ordinance be brought out of committee at the next regular meeting, and if the motion is carried as such, the ordinance shall be reported out either favorably or unfavorably at the next regular meeting.
(C) All proposed amendments to these rules shall be referred to the Committee on Rules without debate. The Committee shall have the power to report at any time, any change in the rules, or in the order of business, and any such report shall be disposed by the Council without delay. Any change in these rules or in the order of business shall be determined by a majority vote of all the Councilmembers elect and not otherwise.
(D) Unless otherwise provided in these rules, all committee meetings may be called at any time.
(E) Standing and special committees, to which reference of any matter is made, shall in all cases report at least once each month unless further time is granted by a majority vote of all the members of the Council, with their opinions and recommendations thereon. Minority reports of all committees may be received at the same time with the reports of the majority.
(F) All written reports of committees shall be addressed “To the President and Town Council of Lowell, Indiana.” They shall be framed and summed up in the form of an ordinance, order, resolution, recommendation or such other distinct proposition and such reports may be presented to the Council by the Chairperson of the committee upon call of reports of committees.
(G) The rules of parliamentary practice comprised in Robert's Rules of Order, Revised shall govern the Council in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules of the Town Council.
(H) These rules may be temporarily suspended by the consent of all the Councilmembers elect and not otherwise.
(I) A majority of the committee must approve an ordinance before it is submitted to the Council. In any event, the above rules shall apply. The committee Chairperson or a member, in his or her absence, may deliver a copy of the ordinance to the Clerk-Treasurer.
('80 Code, § 1.20.060)