(A) The following order of business shall be followed in all meetings of the Board of Trustees unless suspended by unanimous consent of the Trustees present. At the hour selected for the meeting, the Village Clerk, or someone appointed to fill his place, shall proceed to call the roll of Trustees, mark the absentees and announce whether a quorum is present. If a quorum is present the meeting shall be called to order, the President taking the chair if present and the Trustees appointing a temporary chairman if he should be absent. If a quorum does not appear, the Board shall not thereby stand adjourned unless by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Trustees present. When a quorum is present, the Board of Trustees shall then proceed to the business before it, which shall be conducted in the order designated on the agenda for the meeting, which order can be amended or changed by a majority vote of the members present.
('77 Code, § 30.004)
(B) All questions relating to the priority of business shall be decided by the chair without debate, subject to appeal to the Board of Trustees present.
('77 Code, § 30.005)
(C) (1) The Village Manager shall prepare an agenda for each meeting of the Village Board, including a consent agenda. The consent agenda shall include all items of a routine and non-controversial nature which shall be limited to the following:
(a) Interim appointments of officers or employees not lasting more than six months;
(b) Payments of all bills, including payroll;
(c) Honorific resolutions;
(d) Proclamations;
(e) Approval of block parties, parades and fundraisers;
(f) Authorizing advertising for bids;
(g) Authorizing reductions in or release of letters of credit; and
(h) Setting hearing dates and times.
(i) Items of a routine nature previously and unanimously approved by a Standing Committee. However, the following items shall not be placed on the consent agenda:
1. Items which will result in the expenditure of more than $100,000;
2. Items related to zoning matters.
(2) The Village Manager shall be responsible for determining what items are subject to placement on the consent agenda. The consent agenda shall include a specific enumeration of the various items and the proposed action relating thereto. Any such item on the consent agenda is subject to removal at the request of any board member, including the President, at the Board meeting. A roll call shall be taken on approval of the consent agenda and recorded in the minutes. The Village Clerk shall enter the words “omnibus vote” in the journal and in each case in lieu of entering the names of the members of the Village Board and their respective votes on the passage of each item included in the consent agenda.
(Ord. 94-0- 010, passed 4-26-94; Am. Ord. 2017-O-040, passed 5-16-17; Am. Ord. 2017-O-053, passed 9-5-17; Am. Ord. 2021-O-048, passed 6-29-21)