Amending Article 1 of Chapter 2 The Common Council

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The Mayor shall annually address the Common Council at the second regularly scheduled Council meeting each January. The Mayor shall provide a statement of finances and a general condition of the City in his or her annual address. Section 2-7. Duties of City Clerk as Clerk of Council. (e) The Councilmen shall be called in the following order: First, the District Councilmen in the order of their districts; next the Councilmen-at-Large in alphabetical order; last, the presiding officer. On all requested roll call votes when sitting as Committee of the Whole, on all third readings of Bills, and on all Resolutions, the Clerk shall call the roll rotating the call of each Councilman by one position. Section 2-9. Parliamentary Procedure for the Common Council. (h) The presiding officer shall decide whether any question is carried by affirmative or a negative vote; but if he or she is in doubt, and the "ayes" and "nays" or a division be called for, the eettneil-shall-dee4de. ln-ease-e€-a-rising vetei-these-veting-in-the-affirmative-shall-first rise;-and-be-eettntedr-a€terwards-these-veting- n the-negatve. presiding officer shall call for a roll call vote. (1) The-previous-question-shaII-be-put-in-ths €erml---uShell-the-main-queston-be-new-put?u--It shall-only-be-admitted-when-demaneled-by-a-maierity ef-the-members-present;-anal-its-e€€eat-shall-be-te put-an-anal-te-all-debate;-amd-until-dee:ided7-shall preelude-all-ether-motions-er-amemdments;-emeept the-meter-te-aelieurn---if-the-metier- s sustained -the-presiding-of€ie:er-shall-at-ene:e-put the-queston;-first-open-paneling-amendments;-anal then-open-the-main-question. A "call for question" motion shall be proper after each member present has had the opportunity to address the specific issue under debate. Said motion shall not require a second and upon such a motion all debate shall cease. The presiding officer shall then repeat the motion pending before the Council and ask for a voice vote on said issue. (v) Form of ordinances and resolutions: All legislation of the City shall be by ordinance or by resolution. The word "resolution" as used in this chapter shall be the official action of the Council in-the-€arm-ef-a-motion, and stxeh-aetien shall be limited to matters required or permitted to be done by resolution by this chapter or by State or Federal law and to matters pertaining to the internal affairs or concerns of the City Government. All Resolutions shall be assigned a Bill No. by the City Clerk's Office upon proper filing with said office. Each Resolution must have a short title identifying the subject matter of