(A) Establishment. To facilitate the transaction of business, the Common Council may by resolution establish standing committees and define the duties and responsibilities of each committee. If those committees are established, the President Pro-Tempore shall appoint at least three Council members to each committee, observing the preference of each member as closely as possible, and shall appoint a chair-person for each committee. Legislation and questions before the Council may be referred for investigation and report to the standing committees and the committees may investigate other areas within their jurisdiction. All Council members may attend the meetings of any standing committee but only those members who have been appointed to the committee shall be permitted to vote on questions before the committee. The Council may create or abolish standing committees by adoption of subsequent resolutions.
('71 Code, § 29.03(A))
(B) Meetings. A committee shall meet on call of its chairperson or any two of its members. Notice shall be communicated by the City Clerk-Treasurer who shall keep a record of those notices. A majority of the membership of a committee shall constitute a quorum which shall be necessary to conduct business by the committee. The chairperson may act as secretary of the meeting or the committee may appoint a secretary, who shall keep a memorandum of the proceedings and recommendations made at the committee meeting. At committee meetings the rules of debate shall be relaxed in order to encourage discussion but general procedural decorum shall prevail. The committee shall make a written report to the Council.
('71 Code, § 29.03(B))
(Ord. 48-85, passed - - 85; Am. Ord. 288, passed 2-22-88)