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Chapter 2.05
CITY COUNCILSections:
2.05.010 Meetings – Time and place.
2.05.020 Special meetings – Time and place.
2.05.030 Meetings – On holidays.
2.05.040 Agenda.
2.05.050 Procedural rules.
2.05.060 Compensation.
2.05.070 Mayor and mayor pro tem.
2.05.010 Meetings – Time and place.
The time and place for the regular meetings of the council shall hereafter be on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month in the council chambers at City Hall or such other place as shall be designated, in advance by the city council, to begin at seven p.m.; provided, however, during the months of November and December, regular meetings of the city council shall hereafter be held beginning at seven p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of the month in the council chambers at City Hall. (Ord. 94-12 § 1(Exh. A)(part), 1994).
2.05.020 Special meetings – Time and place.
When it is necessary to hold special meetings of the city council, the same shall be scheduled at such time and place as the notice of a special meeting shall designate in accord with the provisions of RCW Chapter 42.30. (Ord. 94-12 § 1(Exh. A)(part), 1994).
2.05.030 Meetings – On holidays.
Should any day fixed for regular meeting of the council fall on a city designated holiday, such meeting shall be canceled. (Ord. 94-12 § 1(Exh. A)(part), 1994).
2.05.040 Agenda.
Prior to each regular council meeting, the city manager shall prepare an agenda of such meeting, which agenda shall fix the order in which council business for such meeting shall be considered. The council may, with the consent of a majority of the council present, vary or add to the agenda at any such meeting. (Ord. 94-12 § 1(Exh. A)(part), 1994).
2.05.050 Procedural rules.
Except as may otherwise be provided by laws of the state or the ordinances of the city, the council shall be governed in the conduct of its meetings by the Rules of Parliamentary Procedure contained in the then latest revised edition of Robert’s Rules of Order, modified as follows:
A. At all meetings of the council a majority of the council members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. While a lesser number may not transact business, they may adjourn to another time and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance.
B. All meetings of the council shall be presided over by the mayor, or in his absence, by the mayor pro tempore. If the clerk is absent from a council meeting, the deputy clerk shall act as clerk pro tempore.
C. No person, not a member of the council, shall be allowed to address the same while in session without the permission of the presiding officer. In general, the presiding officer shall give this permission at an appropriate time.
D. Motions shall be reduced to writing when required by the presiding officer of the council or any member of the council. All resolutions and ordinances shall be in writing.
E. Motions to reconsider must be by a member who voted with the majority, and at the same or next succeeding meeting of the council.
F. The clerk shall keep a correct journal of all proceedings and the yes and/or no votes shall be taken on any question and entered in the journal.
G. All questions of order shall be decided by the presiding officer of the council with the right of appeal to the council by any members.
H. The presiding officer of the council may, at his/her discretion, call the mayor pro tem to take the chair and thereafter address the council from the floor, make a motion or discuss any matter at issue. If the mayor gives up the chair, he/she thereafter cannot vote on the matter at issue before the council.
I. Each member present must vote on all questions put to the council with three exceptions:
1. Matters with respect to which such council member has a personal financial interest;
2. Matters with respect to which such council member has a conflict of interest; and
3. The approval of the minutes of a meeting in which the member did not attend.
If a council member refuses or fails to vote on the question, and such refusal or failure to vote is determined by the chair to not fall within one of the three exceptions listed above, the council member’s vote shall be regarded as having been cast with the majority of those council members present and voting, and shall be so recorded in the minutes. In the event of a tie vote by the council members present and voting, the abstaining council member’s vote shall be recorded as a vote in a negative.
J. During all regular meetings of the council, a break may be taken or provided as called by the presiding officer.
K. All regular and special meetings of the council shall be public and no ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order or directive shall be adopted except in a regular or special meeting open to the public, the date of which is fixed by law, rule or notice; but executive sessions, from which the public is excluded, may be held in accordance with the provisions of RCW Chapter 42.30 (Open Public Meetings Act).
L. The rules of the council may be altered, amended or temporarily suspended by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the council.
M. The chairman of each respective committee, or the council member acting for him/her in his/her place, shall submit or make all reports to the council when so requested by the presiding officer or any member of the council.
N. It shall be the duty of the presiding officer of the council meeting to:
1. Call the meeting to order;
2. Keep the meeting to its order of business;
3. State each motion and require a second to that motion before permitting discussion. Questions relative only to background information may be asked and answered before the motion is made;
4. Handle discussion in an orderly way:
a. Give every council member who wishes an opportunity to speak,
b. Permit audience participation at appropriate times,
c. Keep all speakers to the rules and to the questions,
d. Give pro and con speakers equal opportunity to speak;
5. Put motions to a vote and announce the outcome;
6. Suggest, but not make, motions for adjournments;
7. Appoint committees when authorized to do so. (Ord. 94-12 § 1(Exh. A)(part), 1994).
2.05.060 Compensation.
The mayor shall receive as compensation a salary of five hundred dollars per month. All other members of the city council shall receive as compensation a salary of four hundred dollars per month. (Ord. 2007-19 § 1, 2007: Ord. 94-12 § 1(Exh. A)(part), 1994).
2.05.070 Mayor and mayor pro tem.
A mayor and mayor pro tem shall be elected by the city council at the time and in the manner provided for in RCW Chapter 35A.13. (Ord. 94-12 § 1(Exh. A)(part), 1994).
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