Amending Chapter 2 Standing Committee of the Common Council

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(o) It shall be the duty of the Chairman of each Council committee to report promptly to the Common Council on all bills, resolutions, reports, or other matters referred to it for considera- tion; and each chairman shall take or cause to be taken the neces- sary steps to bring such matters to a vote of the Council. (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 Chairman or his 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 Chairman 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 shall make such public announcement at the earliest possible date. (3) The committees are authorized to received exhibits, hear witnesses, and report to the Common Council for final action, to- gether with.such recommendations as may be agreed upon by the Com- mittee. (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 toassure the proper fact- finding mission through the hearing process, the Chair - :man 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 II. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, and its proper execu ion by the ayor. mb r f the Common Council % 7 PASSED � 7 -3- FILED IN CUR �'� U��l�E r) 7 Irene GaMmOn CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IND.