1-5 MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

CHAPTER 5
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

SECTION:

1-5-1: Composition Of City Council

1-5-2: Meetings

1-5-3: Quorum, Attendance Of Members

1-5-4: Order Of Business

1-5-5: Ordinances Of The City

1-5-1 COMPOSITION OF CITY COUNCIL:

There shall be a mayor and four (4) city council members, who shall be elected at the time and in the manner as provided by the state of Idaho¹. (Ord. 198, 2-3-1964; amd. 1988 Code)

1-5-2 MEETINGS:

A. Regular Meetings: The city council shall hold regular meetings at such place in the city as is designated in the notice, at six o’clock (6:00) P.M. and thereafter until further action of the council, as follows: The second and fourth Mondays of each month, unless such day be a legal holiday, in which event such meeting shall be held on the day following such holiday. The mayor or the majority of the council may reschedule such regular meetings with at least twenty four (24) hour notice, in writing, where the meeting does not actually fall on a legal holiday but in the estimation of the mayor or the majority of the council, the holding of the meeting at the regular time would unduly interfere with the observance of the legal holiday, and be inconvenient for the public. (Ord. 909-09, 3-9-2009)

B. Special Meetings: The mayor or a majority of the council shall have the power to call special meetings of the city council, the object of which shall be submitted to the council members in writing at least twenty four (24) hours before the meeting. Notice of the meeting shall also be posted.

C. Meetings Open To The Public: All meetings of the council shall be open to the public, except that executive sessions may be closed by the presiding officer pursuant to Idaho Code section 67-2345.

D. Presiding Officer: In the event of the mayor’s absence, the council meetings shall be presided over by a council president to be selected by the council from its members each January. Such position shall rotate yearly. (1988 Code)

1-5-3 QUORUM, ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS:

At all meetings of the city council, a majority of the members shall constitute a quorum to do business; a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. Whenever at or during any meeting less than a quorum shall be present, the members present may, by order entered upon the minutes, direct any absent member or members to attend forthwith or at a stated time and place and cause said direction to be communicated orally or in writing to, or served upon, such absent member or members. Successive directions may be ordered, communicated or served. Any member to whom any such direction has been served, who shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey such direction, shall be guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction before the proper magistrate, shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). (Ord. 1, 6-11-1949; amd. 1988 Code)

1-5-4 ORDER OF BUSINESS:

The business of the city council shall be presented in the following order:

A. Call to order;

B. Pledge of Allegiance;

C. Roll call;

D. Changes to agenda;

E. Consent agenda;

F. Special business;

G. Ordinances, resolutions, contracts;

H. Unfinished business;

I. New business;

J. Executive session, if necessary;

K. Adjournment. (Ord. 909-09, 3-9-2009)

1-5-5 ORDINANCES OF THE CITY:

A. Manner Of Passing: Ordinances shall be read on three (3) different days, two (2) readings of which may be by title only, and one reading of which shall be in full, unless one-half (1/2) plus one of the full council shall dispense with the rule. At each reading it shall be open to discussion and amendment and may be referred to a committee and shall be passed to the next reading, unless by a vote of the city council some other disposition is made of it. On final passage, the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded and a concurrence of a majority of all the members of the city council shall be required for its passage.

B. Effective Date: Unless otherwise provided in such ordinance, all ordinances shall take effect and be in force from and after their passage, approval and publication, in a newspaper having general circulation in the city².

C. Preserving And Recording Ordinances: It shall be the duty of the city clerk/treasurer to safely preserve the original ordinances, and when passed and approved, to record the same in a book provided for that purpose, said book to be designated as the "Ordinance Book Of The City Of Garden City". The city clerk shall attach a certificate, under the seal of the city, to each ordinance so recorded to the effect that the same is a true and correct copy of the original ordinance as passed. (Ord. 1, 6-11-1949; amd. 1988 Code)

IC § 50-701