(a) Not later than the second regular council meeting in January, the mayor shall appoint two standing committees, consisting of three members each from the members of the council. The mayor shall appoint each council member to only one standing committee and shall appoint the chairperson of each committee. The mayor, or the vice-mayor at the request of the mayor, may act as an ex officio, voting member of each committee when one or more regular committee members are absent.
(b) The standing committees shall be designated, respectively, committee on finance and committee on policy and services, and shall meet at 7:00 p.m. in the city hall on the day established by Section 2.04.200.
(c) Council members may attend meetings of committees of which they are not members, without participating in any manner, but only committee members or ex officio committee members shall vote in committee in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.
(d) Council members who submit matters to the council which are referred to a standing committee may appear before the standing committee to which the referral has been made in order to speak as proponents of the matter. Standing committee meetings during which such referrals may be considered shall be noticed as council meetings for the purpose of enabling the standing committee to discuss and consider the matter with a quorum of the council present.
(e) In addition to standing committees the mayor may, subject to approval of the council, appoint such other special committees of council members, private citizens or both as deemed desirable and necessary to assist and advise the council in its work.
(Ord. 5455 § 2, 2018: Ord. 4692 § 1 (part), 2001)