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GENERAL PROVISIONS
The members of the Council shall be elected and serve for a four-year term as is provided by statute. The Council shall be the legislative division of the city government and shall perform duties and have powers as may be authorized by statute. The term of office for an elected member of the City Council shall commence on the first regular meeting in the month following the person’s election.
(1980 Code, § 2.101)
The regular meeting of the Council shall be held in the Council room each Monday in every month at the hour of 7:00 p.m., provided that if the regular meeting falls on a legal holiday, the meeting shall take place on the next day at the same hour and place. Adjourned meetings may be held at other time as the Council may determine. Notwithstanding the above, on a motion approved by the majority of the City Council members, a regular meeting of the Council may be held at a location other than the Council room of City Hall.
(1980 Code, § 2.102) (Ord. 9048, passed 7-25-2005; Ord. 9320, passed 10-10-2017)
Special meetings of the Council may be called by the Mayor or three Aldermen; provided that a written notice of the meeting shall be given to each member of the Council at least 48 hours before the time set for the meeting. If all the elected members of the Council are present at any special meeting then, the requirements of notice shall be unnecessary and shall be deemed waived.
(1980 Code, § 2.103)
(A) The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City Council. He or she shall not vote on any ordinance, resolution or motion except:
(1) Where the vote of the Aldermen has resulted in a tie;
(2) Where one-half of the Aldermen elected have voted in favor of an ordinance, resolution or motion, even though there is no tie vote; or
(3) Where a vote greater than a majority of the corporate authorities is required by this code to adopt an ordinance, resolution or motion.
(B) In each instance specified, the Mayor shall vote. Nothing in this section shall deprive an acting Mayor or Mayor pro tempore from voting in his or her capacity as Alderman, but he or she shall not be entitled to another vote in his or her capacity as acting Mayor or Mayor pro tempore.
(1980 Code, § 2.104)
(A) All resolutions and motions shall be deposited with the City Clerk which:
(1) Create any liability against the city;
(2) Provide for the expenditure or appropriation of its money; or
(3) Sell any city property and ordinances passed by the City Council.
(B) If the Mayor approves of them, he or she shall sign them. Those of which he or she disapproves he or she shall return to the City Council, with his or her written objections, at the next regular meeting of the City Council occurring not less than five days after their passage. The Mayor may disapprove of any one or more sums appropriated in any ordinance, resolution or motion making an appropriation, and if so, the remainder shall be effective. However, the Mayor may disapprove entirely of an ordinance, resolution or motion making an appropriation.
(C) If the Mayor fails to return any ordinance or any specified resolution or motion with his or her written objections within the designated time, it shall become effective despite the absence of his or her signature.
(1980 Code, § 2.105)
Every resolution and motion specified in the preceding section, and every ordinance, which is returned to the City Council by the Mayor, shall be reconsidered by the City Council. If, after reconsideration, two-thirds of all the Aldermen, then holding office on the City Council, shall agree to pass an ordinance, resolution or motion, notwithstanding the Mayor’s refusal to approve it, then it shall be effective. The vote on the question of passage over the Mayor’s veto shall be by yeas and nays, and shall be recorded in the journal.
(1980 Code, § 2.106)
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