Substitute Bill No. 42-22 Replacing & Amending Chapter 2, Article 1, Sect 2-1

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term(s) for such initial or renewal appointments(s) begin, except as provided by section 2- 10 regarding citizen appointments to standing committees of the Common Council. Sec. 2-3. Organization meeting of the Common Council; officers; election; terms. (a) The members of the Common Council shall hold their first regular meeting on the first Monday of January after their election at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers. This meeting shall take place at 5:00 p.m. on the first Monday of each succeeding January thereafter. (b) At each first regular meeting, the Council shall choose from members a presiding officer or president, a presiding officer pro tempore or vice-president, the Chairperson of the Committee of the whole, and all other Council officers who shall serve until 7:00 p.m. of the first Monday in January of the next succeeding year. The Council shall also choose its Council Attorney at said meeting if the Council chooses to appoint a Council Attorney pursuant to Sec. 2-7.2(a) of this Article. Sec. 2-3.1. Mayor's Annual Address to Council. (a) The Mayor shall annually address the Common Council at the first regularly scheduled Council meeting each February. (b) The Mayor shall provide a statement of finances and a general condition of the City in his or her annual address. (c) If the Council meeting location needs to be moved from the Council Chambers for the Mayor's annual address in any calendar year, an announcement shall be made by the Council President at the first or second regularly scheduled Common Council meeting in December of the prior year under the "Special Business" portion of that meeting announcing the exact location for that meeting. Sec. 2-4. Regular meetings of Common Council; calling of Council to order; Council informal meetings. (a) The regular meetings of the Common Council shall be held at the Council Chambers on the second and fourth Monday evenings of each month at the hour of 7:00 p.m. If any regular meeting date falls on a holiday established by Federal, State or City law, or if a serious conflict for the Council arises as to a meeting date, the Council, at its election at the last preceding regular meeting, may meet on the regular meeting date or the next succeeding night. The regular meeting may be rescheduled for any date or time by majority vote of the Council. At the hour named, the President shall call the Common Council to order, and if the President is absent, the Vice-President shall act in the President's stead. If the latter is absent, any member of the Common Council may, upon motion, passed by a majority of Council Members present, be called to the Chair, and act as presiding officer only until the arrival of one entitled to preside. (b) The President of the Council shall schedule Council informal meetings as necessary, giving all Council Members reasonable notice in writing or by other appropriate means. Such informal meetings shall be open to both the press and public as are all regular and special meetings of the Council. The President shall call the Common Council to order at the prescribed time, or in the President's absence, the Vice-President shall act in the President's