Amending Article 1 of Chapter 2 The Common Council

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• amend the Title of said Bill, the Clerk shall read the amended title on second and/or third reading(s) . The Bill shall receive third reading by title only, after which a formal vote of the Common Council shall be taken on the Bill. (x) No bill filed for Ordinance consideration or resolution shall appear on the agenda of a regular meeting of the Common Council unless said bill or resolution has been properly filed in the Office of the City Clerk on or before the Wednesday at 12 noon immediately prior to said regular meeting. This subsection is not applicable to special meetings. The City Clerk's office may reject all ordinances and resolutions not meeting the filing deadline, or in the alternative, may schedule such late filing(s) for the next subsequent Council meeting agenda. (y) When a bill is introduced, it shall be read by title by the City Clerk after which the ehair presiding officer shall state-that-antis-is-the-first-reading-ef the-bill;-if-there-is-me-ebieetiem;-it-shall-be-set-fer seeemd-readimg-u--lf-there-is-met-ebieetem;-the-bill shell-be-set-fer-seeemd-readng---If-there-is ebieetiem--it-shall-be- m-order-for-amy-member-te-make a-proper-metem-for-dspestiem-ef-the-bill. entertain a motion for disposition. (z) The seeemd third reading of the bill shall be by title, after which the enair presiding officer shall state that "This is the seeemd third reading of the bill, the question is shall the bill pass?" (ii) Each member of the public who wishes to be recognized by the presiding officer in order to speak during a public hearing, must give his or her name and address for the record. (jj) No member of the public may speak twice on the same issue, unless a majority of the Councilmen present vote to allow such a second presentation. A three (3) minute limit shall apply to such a second presentation. Section 2-10. Standing Committees of Common Council, titles and responsibilities. (m) All reports of committees shall be in writing, and maierty-reports-shall-be-sigmed-by-a ma*erity-ef-the-members-thereef. shall be consistent with Indiana Code 5-14-1.5-4, as it may be amended from time to time. Section 2-11. Committee of the Whole Council: Composition; procedure; powers and duties. (a) A committee of the whole of the Common Council shall be formed at the first organizational meeting after their election and at each annual reorganizational meeting thereafter, by the members choosing by majority vote of all Councilmen and from their number, a chairman of such committee, which chairman shall serve for a one-year term. He or she shall preside at all meetings of such committee and in his or her