(a) The mayor shall take the chair precisely at the hour appointed for the meeting, and shall immediately call the city council meeting to order.
(b) In the absence of the mayor, the city council chair, or in the chair’s absence, the council vice chair, as acting mayor, shall call the city council meeting to order.
(c) Upon the arrival of the mayor, the acting mayor shall relinquish the position of presiding officer upon the conclusion of the business immediately before the city council.
(1992 Code, § 2-10) (Ord. 50-95, passed 3-20-1995; Ord. 31-96, passed 3-18-1996; Ord. 52-11, passed 7-11-2011)