(A) The rules of order and parliamentary procedure contained in Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall govern the transaction of business by and before the Board of Mayor and Aldermen at its meetings in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with provisions of the charter or this code.
(B) The following procedures are hereby adopted as rules of order governing meetings of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
(1) Once any matter is brought before and acted on by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, no motion, resolution or ordinance pertaining to the same subject matter may be brought before the Board for its consideration for a period of six months from the date of such action subject to the following exceptions.
(a) Any such matter may be brought before the Board if a petition signed by five members of the Board requesting such action is filed with the Recorder 72 hours prior to a meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
(b) If any such matter brought before the Board by petition fails to get a majority vote of the Board, then the same matter cannot be brought back for reconsideration for a period of one year.
(c) If the Mayor, in his or her discretion, deems that extraordinary circumstances require a matter to be reconsidered, he or she may move that the matter be brought before the Board by motion. If such motion is passed by a majority of the members present, the matter may be considered by the Board.
(2) There is further established as a rule of order of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen that no matter may be placed upon the agenda of any of its meetings, except by the Mayor, an Aldermen, the Recorder or the City Attorney.
(2011 Code, § 1-103) (Ord. 02-21, passed 9- -2002)