07-21-03 Special Called Regular and Workshop Meeting

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e e Ordinance No. 1435, Page 2. before the Council, announce the decision of the Council on all subjects and decide all questions of order, subject, however, to an appeal to the Council, in which event a majority vote of the Council shall govern and conclusively determine such question of order. He shall be entitled to vote on all questions. He shall sign all ordinances and resolutions adopted by the Council during his presence. In the event of the absence of the Mayor, the Mayor Pro Tern shall sign ordinances or resolutions as then adopted. Section 1-205. Call to Order~-Presiding Officer. The Mayor, or in his absence, the Mayor Pro Tern, shall take the chair precisely at the hour appointed for the meeting, and shall immediately call the Council to order. In the absence of the Mayor or the Mayor Pro Tern, the City Secretary, or his Assistant,. shall call the Council to order, whereupon a temporary chairman shall be elected by members of the Council present. Upon arrival of the Mayor or the Mayor Pro Tern, the temporary chairman shall immediately relinquish the chair upon the conclusion of the business immedi- ately before the Council. Section 1-206. Roll.Call. Before proceeding with the busi- ness of the Council, the City Secretary or his deputy shall call the roll of the members, and the names of those present shall be entered in the minutes. Late arrivalS or departures of Council members shall be noted by the Presiding Officer, and recorded by the City Secretary in the minutes. Section 1-207. Quorum. A majority of all the members elected to the Council shall constitute a quorum at any regular or special meeting of the Council. In the absence of a quorum, the Presiding Officer shall, at the instance of any three (3) members present, compel the attendance of absent members. Section 1-20B. Order of Business. All meetings of the Council shall be open to the public, in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Law. Promptly at the hour set by law on the day of each regular meet i ng , the members of the Counc i 1, the City Secr!'!tary, the City Attorney, the Mayor, and the City Manager, shall take their regular stations in the Council Chambers, and the business of the Council shall be taken up for consideration and disposi~ion in the following order: 1. Invocation. 2. Public Hearings. 3. Approval of minutes of previous meeting. 4. Petitions, remonstrances, communications, and citizens and taxpayers wishing to address the Council. 5. Report of Officers--Boards--Committees. 6. Introduction and adoption of resolutions and ordinances. 7. Unfinished Business. B. Consent Agenda. (Any member of the Council may remove any item from the Consent Agenda for discussion.) 9. New Business. 10. Workshop Items, if time permits. (Any Council Member present may tag any item, which shall have the effect of tabling the same until the next regular meeting of Council.)