Council Rules — Transaction of Business

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The council shall determine its own rules and order of business subject to the following provisions:

  1. The affirmative vote of at least one half (½) of the members of the council shall be required to make any authorized appointment or remove such appointees;
  2. All other actions, except those listed in §§ 6-32-102 and 6-32-104, may be passed by the affirmative vote of a majority of those present when there is a quorum;
  3. There shall be a journal of the proceedings of all council meetings, signed by the mayor and clerk and to which the public shall have access at all reasonable times;
  4. A summary of council proceedings shall be published in the official city newspaper within fifteen (15) days after a meeting, showing the substance of each council action;
  5. A vote upon all proposed ordinances and resolutions shall be taken by “yea” and “nay” vote and the vote of each council member entered upon the journal, except that where the vote is unanimous it shall be necessary only to so state;
  6. The journal shall also report the names of the council members present and absent, each motion considered, and the title of each ordinance or resolution considered; and
  7. There shall be no standing committee of the council.


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