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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 10.08.1906 - Council MeetingsAN ORDINANCE REGU k TING THE BUSINESS AND MATINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. BH IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of George- town, Texas that: Section l.' The City Council shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its own members, and shall deter- mine the rules of its proceedings, and keep a correct journal thereof which shall be open to the inspection and examination of any citizen. Section 2. Meetings of the City Council shall at all times be open to the public, except when in executive session. Stated meetings shall be -held in the City Hall on the Second Monday in each month at such hour as the Council may by reso- lution prescribe. Special meetings may be called at any time by the Mayor of his own volition, or on the application of three aldermen by notice specifying the time and oirjeot of such meeting to each alderman, the Secretary and City Attorney, served person- ally, or left at their usual place of abode or business. Section 3. Three aldermen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Section 4. At each meeting the Mayor, or in his absence the Mayor pro tem, or in the absence of both, then some alder- man shall be elected to preside, shall at the hour of meeting take the chair and call the meeting to order. The Secretary shall then call the roll of members, and if there be a quorum present, the Council shall proceed with the business before it. served: Section 5. The following order of business shall be ob- 1. Reading, correcting and approving the minutes of the preceding meeting. 2. Presentation of petitions, remonstrances and other communications. 3. Reports of officers. 4. Reports of standing oommittees. 5. Reports of special committees. 11 6. Bills and accounts. 7. Presentationp reading and passage of ordinances. 8. Unfinished business. 9. New business. 10. Miscellaneous business 11. Adjournment. Section 6. .The mayor shall preserve order, and shall decide all points of order, subject however, to an appeal to the eopneil. Section 7. All committees shall be appointed by the Mayor, unless othewise specially directed by the Council. Section 8. The standing committees of the Council shall be appointed annually by the Mayor at the first regular meeting of the new Council after the annual election, and the first person named on each committee shall be chairman. Section 9. The following shall be the standing committees and shall consist of the following number of members: 1. Finance and Revenue s p two members. 2* later and Lignt, two members.' 3. Health and Sanitary Regula tions, two members. 4. Accounts, one member. 5. Printing, one member. 6. Fire, one member. 7. Streets and Alleys, one member. 8. Ordinances, two members. 9. Public improvements, three members. ,33 Section 10. All special committees shall consist of three members each, unless some other number is specified, and the first person named thereon shall be chairman. Section 11. Upon the acceptance of a final report from a special committee# said committee shall be considered as dis- charged. Section 12. Standing and special committees to whom ref- erences are made# shall report in writing the state of facts# with their opinion thereon# which opinion shall be summed up in the form of a resolution or reoommeddation. The Secretary shall deliver all papers to the appropriate committees as soon after reference has been made as possible. Section 13. All ordinances on their passage shall be read before the Council at three different meetings# and upon the first reading shall be referred to the proper committee without debate, unless on motion the rules are suspended# in which case ordinances may be read three several times# twice by title# and put upon final passage at the same meeting when introduced. Section 14. Resolutions and orders granting or conferring a special privilege, franchise or right upon or to any person# persons or corporations, shall be referred to a committee and shall not be finally acted upon until the next meeting of the Council# and notice of same shall be published once in the of- fioial paper. Section 15. Resolutions for the Dispatch of business, providing for nimor affair$, operating as instructions to offic- ers# or affecting matters not amounting to permanent law# may be introduced by any councilman and adopted at the same meeting. Section 16. Any councilman may demand the ayes and noes on any question# when the roll shall be called alphabetically. The ayes and noes shall also be called on all questions requir- ing more than a majority. Section 17. Any councilman may have any question before the Council divided# if it be susceptible to a division, so as to have a separate vote upon two or more points involved. Section 18. These rules may be temporarily suspended by the unanimous consent of all the members present, or by 3Y a two-thirds vote of all the members of the Council. PA893D AND APPROVED this 8th, day of October,A.D. 1906. ATTESTS Geo Renhe3r, Secretary., R.B. Ward,@ Mayor.