Resolution - 1980 - 1-80 - Establishing Rules And Order Of Procedure; City Council Meetings - 02/26/1980
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RESOLUTION 1-80
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING RULES AND ORDER OF PROCEDURE GOVERNING
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OF THE EAGLE CITY COUNCIL.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COU~CIL OF THE CITY OF
EAGLE, IDAHO THAT:
SECTION 1.
The rules or order of procedure herein
contained shall govern deliberations and meetings of the
Council of Eagle, Idaho.
Section 2.
Regular meetings of the Council shall be held
on the second Tuesday of every month.
Section 3.
Special meetings may be held at the call of
the mayor by written notice to each member of the council stating
the object of the meeting as provided by Section 50-604,
Idaho Code.
One-half (1/2) plus one (1) of the members of the
full council shall have the power to call special meetings of
the city council by serving written notice to all members of
the council stating the object of the meeting as provided by
Section 50-706, Idaho Code. The city clerk shall record the
proce~ings of all special meetings in the city council meeting
records.
Section 4.
All regular meetings shall convene promptly
at 7:30 P. M. at the Eagle City Hall.
Section 5.
A quorum shall be a majority of the full council
and questions before the council shall be decided by a majority
of the members present unless otherwise provided by law.
Section 6.
The presiding officer of the council shall be
the mayor, or in his absence the president of the council.
In
the absence of both the mayor and president of the council, the
clerk shall call the council to order and call the roll.
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there is a quorum present, the council shall elect, by majority
vote, a chairman to act until the arrival of the mayor or president
of the council.
The presiding officer shall preserve strict
order and decorum at all regular and special meetings.
Section 7.
Before proceeding with the business of the council,
the city clerk or deputy city clerk shall call the roll of the
members and the names of those present shall be entered in the
minutes.
Section 8.
The mayor shall have a vote at city council
meetings only when the council is equally divided.
The mayor shall have the power to veto or s~gn
Section 9.
any ordinance passed by the council.
The council may pass a
vetoed ordinance by a vote of one-half (1/2) plus one (1)
of the members of the full council.
Should the mayor neglect
or re~use to sign an ordinance and return it to the council at
the next regular council meeting, the same shall become law
without his signature upon proper publication.
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The order of business shall be as follows:
Section 10.
Call to order
Roll call
Approval of minutes of previous meetings
Consideration or ordinances, resolution and contracts
Reports from city officials and boards
Old business
New business
Appointments and announcements
Public hearings
Public appearances, petitions and other communications
from residents
Approval of claims against city
Adjournment
Section 11.
No council member shall speak more than twice
on the same subject without permission of the presiding officer.
shall be allowed to address the council only after obtaining
Section 12.
Any person who is not a member of the council
permission from the presiding officer.
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SECT!ON 13.
Motions shall be in writing when required
by the presiding officer or any member of the council.
All
resolutions and ordinances shall be in writing.
SECTION 14.
voted with the majority, and at the same or next regular
Motions to reconsider must be by a member who
meeting of the council.
SECTION 15.
Whenever it shall be required by one or
more members, the "yeas" and "nays" shall be recorded; and
any member may call for a division on the question.
SECTION 16.
All questions of order shall be decided by
the presiding officer of the council with the right of appeal
to the council by any member.
SECTION 17.
Motions to lay any matter on the table shall
be first in order; and on all questions, the last amendment,
the most distant day, and the largest sum shall be first put.
SECTION 18.
to the public.
SECTION 19.
in order.
SECTION 20.
All meetings of the council shall be open
A motion for adjournment shall always be
The rules of the council may be altered,
amended or temporarily suspended by a unanimous vote of th~
members present.
SECTION 20
The chairman of each respective committee,
or the council member acting in his place, shall submit or
make all reports to the council when so requested by the
presiding officer or any member of the council.
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SECTION
2J.
All ordinances, resolutions or propositions
submitted to the council which require the expenditure of
money, shall lie over until the next regular meeting; provided
that such ordinances, resolutions or propositions may be con-
sidered earlier by unanimous consent of the members present;
and provided further, that this rule shall not apply to current
expenditures of, or contracts previously made with, or regular
salaries or wages of employees of the city.
SECTION
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The city clerk, city treasurer, attorney,
building inspector, librarian and such other employees of the
City of Eagle, shall, when requested, attend meetings of the
council and shall remain in the council room for such length
of time as the council may direct.
SECTION
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No ordinance or resolution of a permanent
nature shall be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced
unless unanimous consent of the members present be obtained for
the immediate consideration of such ordinance or resolution,
such consent shall be by roll call and the vote thereon spread
on the minutes.
SECTION
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The passage of all ordinances or resolutions
shall be by roll call vote of the council with the yea or nay
of each being recorded.
SECTION
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This resolution shall go into effect upon
its passage.
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PASSED BY the Council this 2t:. day of Jariuary, 1~80.
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dayo. JaB~ary, 1980.
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Clty Clerk
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