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HomeMy Public PortalAbout378CITY OF MEDINA ORDINANCE NO.378 An Ordinance Amending Section 200 et seq. of the Code of Ordinances Regarding Various Amendments to Council Procedures The city council of the city of Medina ordains as follows: SECTION I: Section 200 et seg. of the Medina code of ordinances are hereby amended by adding the underlined material and deleting the material shown in deleted boxes as follows: CHAPTER 2 ADMINIS !'RATION 200. COUNCIL PROCEDURES 200.01 Regular Meetings. The Council shall hold regular meetings on the first and third Tuesday of each calendar month at the hour of t7:00 o'clock p.m. at the City Hall. Any regular meeting falling upon a legal holiday shall be held on the next following business day at the same hour and place. 200.03.Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Council may be called by any two members in writing and filed with the Clerk -Treasurer at least 24 hours prior to the time specified for such meeting. The Clerk -Treasurer shall immediately notify each member of the time and purpose of such meeting by causing a written notice thereof to be delivered to each member personally if he can be found; if he cannot be found, an adult member of the family. The Clerk -Treasurer shall cause an Affidavit showing service of such notice as herein provided to be filed in his office prior to the time fixed for such special meeting. Special meetings may be held without such notice when all members of the Council are present in person, and consent to the holding of said meetings. Notice of the special meeting shall be posted at City Hall and at two other places in the City, unless the time and place thereof are set at a regular or special meeting. 200.05.Agenda. All reports, communications, ordinances, resolutions, contract documents, or other matters to be submitted to the Council shall, at least five days prior to each council meeting, be delivered to the Clerk -Treasurer whereupon the Clerk -Treasurer shall immediately arrange a list of such matters according to the order of business and furnish each member of the Council with a copy of said agenda prior to the Council meeting and as far in advance of the meeting as time for preparation will permit. The agenda will be added to at the beginning of the meeting with the consent of a majority vote of the members present. 200.07.Adiournment. The Council may, by a majority vote of those present, adjourn from time to time to a special date and hour. Ordinance No. 378 January 4, 2005 I _ . _ - { Deleted: 7:30 200.09.Order of Business. The business of the council shall be conducted in the following order: Subd. 1. Called to order by the presiding officer. Subd. 2. Roll Call. Subd. 3. Additions to the Agenda Subd. 4 Approval of Minutes. , Subd. 5 Approval of Consent Agenda Subd. 6. Comments and suggestions from citizens present. Subd. 7 Unfinished business from previous meetings. Subd. New Business. Subd. 9. Reports of Departments. Subd. j, Reports of afficers. Subd. 11, Communications and miscellaneous business. , Subd.12, Adjournment. 200.11 Rules of Order. The proceedings of the meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the parliamentary rules contained in Roberts Rules of Order, unless otherwise provided by statute or these rules. Rules of order may be suspended by a 4/5 vote of the City Council. 200.13 Addressing the Council. Any person desiring to address the Council shall first secure the permission of the presiding officer to do so. Each person addressing the Council shall give their name and address in an audible tone of voice for the record and unless further time is granted by the Council shall limit his address to three minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body and not to any member thereof. No questions shall be asked of council members except through the presiding officer. 200.15 Misconduct. Any person making offensive, impertinent, or slanderous remarks, or who shall become boisterous while addressing the Council, shall forthwith, by the presiding officer, be barred from further audience before the Council unless permission to continue be granted by a majority vote of the Council. 200.17.Sergeant at Arms. The Chief of Police or such member or members of the Police Department as jnay be designated by the Chief of Police, shall be Sergeant at Arms of the Council meetings. ,The Sergeant of Arms shall carry out all orders and instructions given by the presiding officer for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the Council meetings. Upon Ordinance No. 378 January 4, 2005 { Deleted: 3 { Deleted: ¶ Subd. 4. Reports of Departments. j { Deleted: 5 { Deleted: 6 l Deleted: Deleted: 7 t Deleted: o Deleted: 8 Deleted: ¶ Deleted: Subd. 9. Comments and suggestions from citizens present. ¶ l Deleted: 0 I_---{ Deleted: his l Deleted: he l Deleted: He or they instructions of the presiding officer, it shall be the duty of the Sergeant at Arms, or any one of them present, to place any person who violates the order or decorum of the meeting under arrest and cause tsuch person to be prosecuted, the Complaint to be signed by the presiding officer. 200.19. Council Salaries. Salaries of City Council members shall be established as follows: Subd. 1. Mavor. The salary of the Mayor shall be $2,700.00 per annum commencing on the 1st day of January, 1989. Subd. 2. Council members. The salary of each member of the City Council shall be $1,800.00 per annum commencing on the 1st day of January, 1989. 200.21. Two -Year Term for Mavor. The term of office for mayor shall be two years, beginning in January, 2005. Section 200.21 amended to two-year term in April 15, 2003. effective January 2005 January 4, 2005—Ord 78 adopted this section in its entirety. SECTION II: This ordinance shall become effective upon its adoption and publication. Adopted by the city council of the city of Medina t4`h day of January, 2005. orkman, Mayor ATTEST: Chad M. Adams, City Administrator -Clerk Published in the South Crow River News this 4t' day of January 2005. Ordinance No. 378 January 4, 2005 -- t Deleted: him -' Deleted: (Deleted: Formatted: Superscript