(A) Appointment of committees.
(1) The following standing committees consisting of three members each are hereby authorized. Appointment of members to such committees shall be made by the Mayor:
(a) Finance Committee (President of Council is a permanent Chairperson);
(b) Safety Committee;
(c) Utilities Committee;
(d) Street Committee;
(e) Recreation Committee;
(f) Ordinance Committee; and
(g) Salary and Allowance Committee (consisting of Chairpersons of Finance Safety and Street Committees).
(2) The Mayor may appoint such special or ad hoc committees as he or she deems necessary provided that matters referred to or pending before a standing committee may not, without consent of its members, be referred to or considered by a special committee.
(B) Committee of the Whole. The President of Council shall preside when Council resolves itself into the Committee of the Whole. These Rules of Council shall govern the Committee of the Whole except that no limit shall be placed on time or frequency of speaking and that the previous question cannot be moved. All questions shall be decided by a majority vote of those members present. When this Committee arises, any measure, together with any amendments thereto, reported out, shall receive the immediate consideration of Council unless otherwise ordered placed upon the agenda.
(C) Meetings. Committees shall meet on call of the Chairperson, or on request of two members, communicated to the Village Clerk.
(D) Quorum. A majority of members of a committee shall constitute a quorum.
(E) Temporary Chairperson. In the absence of the Chairperson, the member named next shall act as a temporary Chairperson.
(F) Reports. Reports of committees shall be agreed to by a majority thereof. All documents referred shall be returned to Council with the report of the committee. Upon motion, and by a majority vote, Council may relieve a committee of further consideration of any question, and order it placed on the agenda. When any matter is referred to a committee with instructions to report at a time named, in the order of reference, failure to report at such time shall be considered as if reported back with recommendation, unless the time for report is extended by Council. If no such extension is granted, the committee shall forthwith return to the Village Clerk the documents pertaining thereto, and the matter shall take its appropriate place on the agenda.
(Ord. 1142-00, passed 1-2-2001)