03-23-20 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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6.10. Enforcement of Decorum. The Chief of Police, or such member or members of the Police Department as he may designate, shall be Sergeant-at-Arms of the Council meetings. He, or they, shall carry out all orders and instructions given by the Presiding Officer for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the Council meeting. Upon instructions of the Presiding Officer unless otherwise directed by a majority vote of the Council, it shall be the duty of the designated Sergeant(s)-at-Arms to remove any person who violates the order and decorum of the meeting. 6.11. Special Committees. The establishment of and appointment of members to all special committees shall be decided by a majority vote of the Council, unless otherwise prescribed by the City Charter or other action of the Council. 6.12. Ordinances, Resolutions, and Contracts. (A) All ordinances, resolutions and contract documents shall, before presentation to the Council, have been approved as to form and legality by the City Attorney or his/her authorized representative, and shall have been examined and approved for administration by the City Manager or his/her authorized representative, where there are substantive matters of administration involved. (1) Ordinances, resolutions, and other matters or subjects requiring action by the Council must initially be produced/written, introduced, and sponsored per the guidelines of 3.03 Agenda, above. (2) No ordinance shall relate to more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title, and no ordinance, or section thereof, shall be amended or repealed unless the new ordinance contains the title of the ordinance or section amended or repealed, and when practical all ordinances shall be introduced as amendments to existing ordinances or sections thereof. 6.13. Reports and Resolutions to be Filed with the City Secretary. All reports and resolutions shall be filed with the City Secretary and entered on the minutes. Section 7 CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES 7.01. Council Committees Established. (A) The following standing committees of the City Council are established: (1) Fiscal Affairs Committee (2) Drainage and Flooding Committee (B) Each standing committee shall review matters in its area of responsibility that are referred to it by the City Council or the City Manager. A standing committee may, by majority vote, recommend action to the City Council, but committee recommendation is not necessary for a matter to be placed on the City Council agenda. The committee chair may make a statement on behalf of the committee on an item in a meeting of the Council. 7.02. Appointment. Appointment to and composition of the committees has been established through prior Council action and may be amended by such. 7