Amending Various Sections of Article 1 Chapter 2 The Common Council

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(p) If a standing committee desires to conduct a formal hearing the following procedures shall be followed: (1) The proceedings of the committee shall be recorded by the ehairman Chair Person or his or her designate in a journal which shall, among other things, show those present at each meeting and include a record of the votes on any question on which a record vote is requested. (2) The ehairman Chair Person shall make public, pursuant to the Office of the City Clerk, the announcement of the date, place and subject matter of any hearing to be conducted on any measure or matter at least one week before the commencement of that hearing unless the committee determines that there is good cause to begin such hearing at an earlier date. In the latter event the Chairman Chair Person shall make such public announcement at the earliest possible date. (3) The committees are authorized to receive exhibits, hear witnesses, and report to the Common Council for final action, together with such recommendations as may be agreed upon by the committee. (4) Any public hearing of a Council Committee may be covered by the news media. However, in order to assure respect to the conduct of the public hearings observing acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, courtesy and decorum, and to assure the proper fact-finding mission through the hearing process, the ehairman Chair Person may provide special rules governing such matters as to placement of microphones, location of cameras, and the allocation of space for representatives of the media in the hearing rooms, as circumstances may require. Section 2-10.1. Powers, duties and procedures of the Council Rules Committee. (a) Standard of conduct generally: The Common Council recognizes that its eeuneilmen Council Members hold their offices as a trust conferred upon them by the citizen voters of the community, and that this public trust requires all eetimeiimen Council Members to observe the highest standard of conduct in carrying out their official duties. (d) Vacancies: A vacancy on the Rules Committee due to cause shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. A temporary vacancy shall be deemed to exist if the matter under investigation by the committee involves any of the committee members. Said member may return to the committee after the matter has been finally resolved and if the eouneilman Council Member desires to be reinstated. (f) (1) To receive and hear any complaint properly filed which alleges misconduct of any eeumeilinan Council Member or any violation of the rules and regulations thereof; (3) To recommend to the Common Council whatever sanction deemed appropriate with respect to particular eetxnei3men Council Members as will best maintain in the minds of the public the highest standard of conduct and character in carrvina out official Council anti =.