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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Relating to City Council, Repealing Ordinance 355 * 1 1 ORDINANCE NO. 816 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE POWER, DUTIES AND BUSINESS, THE MEETINGS AND THE RULES OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE APPOINTMENT OF A MAYOR PRO TEMPORE AND OTHER OFFICERS, THE FIXING OF THE COMPENSATION OF COUNCILMEN, THE TERM OF OFFICE OF OTHER OFFICER: ! ELECTED BY THE COUNCIL ANDREPEALIlCx ORDINANCE NO. 355 AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES$ IOWA. Section 1. Membership. The Council shall consist of six members, one from each of the four wards, and two elected from the City at large. One councilman at large shall be elected from Washington Township and one from Franklin Township. It shall have such powers as are now or may hereafter be conferred by the laws of the State. i Section 2. Organization. The council shall assemble on the second secu- lar day of January following their election at 12:00 0'4ock noon in the council chamber in the City Hall and then and there qualify and organize. Four memberb shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. Section 3. Officers Appointed. The council upon qualification and at said first meeting shall elect a Clerk, Solicitor, City Manager and Health Offices, fix their terms of employment not to exceed two year s and fix the compensation of such elected employees. i Section 4. Powers. The council has and shall exercise all legislative powers and functions conferred upon the city by the laws of the state. It shall levy all taxes, apportion and appropriate all funds, and audit and allow all bills, claims and payrolls and order payment thereof. It shall make all assess- ments for the cost of public improvements or repairs which maybe specially assessed. It shall make or authorize the making of all contracts, and no.contra t shall bind or be obligatory upon the city unless either made by ordinance or resolution adopted by the Council, or reduced in writing and approved by the 1 Council, or expressly authorized by ordinance or resolution adopted by the Council. i Section 5. Regular Meetings. The regular meetings of the Council shall"' Council Chamber of the City Hall on the first (1st) and third (3rd) i be held in the Cou c Y Tuesdays of eaFh month at 8 o'clock P. .N1. except when such day is declared a 1 legal holiday in which case such meetings shall be held on the next succeeding day. Section 6. Quorum. At all meetings of the Council four (4) members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, but a smaller number shallhave jurisdiction to adjourn to any date prior to that of the next regular meeting or Yanner Council by ordinance may compel the attendance of absent members in such and under such penalties as they may prescribe. i hold special meetings Section 7. Special Meetings. The Council shall s p g when called by the Mayor or four (4) members of the Council, notice thereof shall be given personally or left at the usual place of residence of each member of the Council by the Chief of Police, or his deputy, and a record of the services of notice returned to the Clerk and a record of such services made by e the Clerk. Section 8. Estimate and Levy. The Council at least twenty days prior to, August 15th of each year shall file with the Clerk the estimate and levy of the E proposed ro osed budget for the succeeding year and shall fix a date, time and place of hearing thereon. They shall cause to be published a notice of such hearing and the estimates and levies as required by statute. Section 9. Allocation of Revenue. The Council shall at the first meeting" after January 1st allocate by resolution the estimated revenue from all levies Ii i i i to the purposes authorized by law and shall allocate sufficient revenue to the debt service fund to pay all bonds and interest thereon as they become I ttaxae.Said allocations shall also include receipts from sources other estimates of unencumbered balances from the previous year, and any contem- plated transfer of funds; Section 10. Mayor Pro Tempore. The Mayor shall designate one member of the Council as Mayor Pro Tempore subject to the approval of the Council. The andive bond Mayor Pro Tempore shall be vice-president of the linabilitylofthe Mayor ,II in the sum of five hundred dollars. in case of absence or Councto act he shall perform all ofthe duties of the Mayor except as otherwise herein provided. if, at any meeting of the council, the Mayor is not present, the Mayor Pro Tempore shall act as presiding officer pro tempore and his acts as prmeding officer pro tempore shall have the same force and legality as though the duly elected Mayor. He shall have the power to sign all resolutions and cts or other documents finally adopted or ordinances and execute all contra approved at such meeting. The Mayor Pro Tempore shall have no power to employ or discharge any officer or employee that the Mayor has power to appoint or employ. The said Mayor Pro Tempore shall have the right to cast a vote as, member of the Council. i The Council shall in the absence of Section 11. Temporary Chairman. the Mayor, Mayor Pro Tempore, or their oaClerknumber, which appointmenthall be clerk as the case may appoint a temporary chairman or be, from thei entered of record. i i Section 12. Minutes. The Council shall determine the rules of their own � proceedings and the Clerk shall keep a journal thereof which shall be open to ( public inspection. J ' Section 13. Vacancies in Appointive Offices. The Council shall elect by ballot persons to fill vacancies in offices not filled by election by the Council, and the person receiving a majority of the votes of the whole number of members shall be declared to fill the vacancy. Section 14. Reading of Ordinances. All ordinances shall be fully and i distinctly read on three different days, unless three-fourths of the council Mshall dispense with the rule. Section 15. Adoption of.Resolutions and Ordinances. No resolution or ordinance shall be adopted without a concurrence of a majority of the whole number of members elected to the council, by call of the yeas and nays which shall be recorded. � I Section 16. Veto by Mayor. Upon the return within fourteen (14) days from date of passage by the Council of an ordinance or resolution vetoed by the a call of Y Mayor, it may pass han a two the ethirds vote of the Counc over his objections, upo l,1 and the Clerk shall !� nays, by not le s s certify on said ordinance or resolution that the same was passed by atwo-third vote of the Council, and sign it officially as Clerk. Section 17. Compensation of Councilmen. Each Councilman each and receive as full compensation for his services, ten dollars ($10. ) f or every regular or special meeting of the Council which he attends, the aggregate; of which shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300. 00) in any oneyear. Suck compensation shall be audited and paid at the end of each six months. ees. The Mayor shall appoint six standingt Section 18. Standing Committ committees each of which shall consist of three members of the council, nd Finance and Ordinance, Streets and Alleys, Electric ter t and Buildings. The ,4 Water, Sewer and Sewage Disposal and Airport, Ce y first member named shall be chairman thereof. j � Section 19. Duties of Committees. It shall be the duty of each of such eds of the City in committees to investigate and report to the Council the ne I respect to matters included within the scope of such committee assignments.. Section Z0. Finance Committee. The Finance Committee shall as a special duty examine, check and audit, and approve or disapprove all bills and to the regular meetings of the council. For this purpoe claims filed, preliminary rg they shall meet before each regular meeting. The Finance Committee may require the presence of any city official to aid in determining the correctness or authenticity of any bill or claim. Section Z1. Bills and Claims. All bills and claims shall be filed with the City Clerk on the standard claim forms of the city. Claims or bills filed later than 5:00 P.M. on the day prior to the day of the regular meeting of the Council may not be checked and audited until the following regular meeting of the Council.Section 22. Rules Governing Meetings. The following rules shall governi the meetings of the Council and its order of transaction of business. Section 22. 1. Order to be Preserved. The Mayor or in his absence the , Mayor Pro Tempore or Chairman shall preserve order and decorum and shall decide questions of order subject to an appeal to the Council. A member called to order shall immediately suspend his remarks unless permitted by the Mayor i to explain. If there be no appeal the decision of the Chair shall be conclusive; I but if the member appeals to the Council from the decision of the Chair, the Council shall decide the question without debate. j I Section 22. 2. Order of Business. At the hour appointed for the meetings a quorum being present, the order of business shall be as follows: (1) Reading of the minutes of the last meeting and the approval, amendment, or correction of the same. (2) Consideration of the bills and claims filed, their approval, disapproval, or other action. (3) Petitions and other communications. I (4) Unfinished business. Resolutions in relation to public improvements shall have precedence. (5) Reports of officers, committees, and other unfinished business. (6) New busine s s. I I Section 2Z. 3. Motions and Resolutions. No motion or resolution shall i be put until it is seconded. When seconded, it shall be stated by the Mayor or presiding officer before debate. Upon request of the Chair or any Councilman every motion shall be reduced to writing. Section 2Z. 4. Motion Withdrawn. After a motion o r resolution is stated by the Chair it shall be deemed in the possession of the Council, but it may be withdrawn at any time before decision or amen Section 22. 5. Name of Member Making Motion to be Recorded. In all cases where a resolution or a motion is entered on the Minutes of the City I Council the name of the member moving the same shall be entered also. Section Z2. 6. Motions in Order. When a question is under debate, the �1y motions in order shall be: First. To adjourn. Second. The previous question. Third„ To lay on the table. Fourth. To postpone indefinitely. Fifth. Adjourn to a certain day. Sixth. To refer. Seventh. To amend. i i r j And such motions shall have precedence in the order herein arranged, the first three to be decided without debate. Section 22. 7; Adjournment. A motion to adjourn the City Council shall always be in order, except: �4 First. When a member is in possession of the floor. Second. While the ayes and nayes are being called. ` Third. When the members are voting. j Fourth. When adjournment was the last preceding motion. Fifth. When it has been decided that the previous question shall be taken. Section 22. 8. Motions to Adjourn. A motion simply to adjourn cannot be amended; but a motion to adjourn to a given time may be, and is open to debate. Section 22.9. Previous Questions. When the previous question is moved and put, it shall be in this form "Shall the main question be now put?" If this is carried, all proposed amendments and all further motions and debates shall b excluded, and the question is put without delay. Section 22. 10. To Lay on the Table. A motion to lay a question on the table simply is not debatable but a motion to lay on the table and publish, or any other condition, is subject to amendment and debate. Section 22. 11. Indefinite Postponement. When a motion is postponed t p indefinitely it shall not be taken up again during the same meeting. Section 22. 12. To Refer. A motion to refer to a standing committee sh�ll take precedence of a similar motion for a Special Committee. Section 22. 13. To Amend. A motion to amend an amendment shall be in order; but to amend an amendment to an amendment shall not be entertained. Section 22. 14. Motions to Amend. An amendment modifying the intentio# of a motion shall be in order but an amendment relating to a different subject j i shall not be in order. Section 22. 15. Motions to Strike Out. On motion to "Strike out and insert" the paragraph to be amended shall first be read as it stands, the words proposed to be struck out, and those to be inserted, and finally the paragraph asl it would stand if so amended. Section 22. 16. Reconsideration. A motion may be reconsidered at any time during the same meeting, or at the first meeting held thereafter. A motion for a reconsideration being once made, and decided in the negative, shall not be renewed before the next meeting. Section 22. 17. Who May Move to Reconsider. A motion to reconsider must be made and seconded by members who voted in the majority, or by J Y those who were absent and did not vote upon the question to be reconsidered. Section 22. 18. QuestionNo question shall be reconsidered to Reconsider. ` more than once, nor shall a vote to reconsider be reconsidered. Section 22. 19. Rules May Be Suspended. The foregoing rules maybe suspended for a certain meeting or a certain purpose only by the unanimous vot of the Council. Section 22. 20. Roberts Rules of Order. Upon questions arising, not covered by the foregoing, Roberts Rules of Order shall govern. I Section 23. Repeal. That Ordinance No. 355 and amendments thereto and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. �` I 1 � I I Section 24. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law. j i Passed this 27th day of September, 1955. 211 i ,� -.- - J. �W. P�rathe�rCi�tyCl�erk J. P. Lawlor, Mayor Moved by De Hart and seconded by Griffith that Ordinance No. 816 be passed on its first reading. Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, De Hart, Bolton and Bliss i Voting Nay: None Absent: Smith I Moved by Griffith and seconded by Bolton that the rules governing the passage of ordinances be suspended, the second and third readings omitted and Ordinancel) i No. 816 be placed on its final passage. 4 Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, De Hart, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: None i Absent: Smith Moved by Bolton and seconded by Bliss that Ordinance No. 816 do now pass. , Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, De Hart, Bolton and Bliss I Voting Nay: None I Absent: Smith I Mayor Lawlor declared Ordinance No. 816 duly adopted. i I I, J. W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 816 was duly and properly passed at a meeting of the City Council on the 27th day of September, 1955 and published; in the Ames Daily Tribune on the lst day of October, 1955. 1 f � - J.I W. P�rath —er, City Clerk I i R I I I I�