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ORDINANCE NO. 5484 -73 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATION, OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND. SECTION I. The following sections of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend shall be amended to read as follows, to -wit: Sec. 2 -3. Organization meeting of Common Council; officers; elections; terms. The members -elect of the Common Council shall hold their first regular meeting on the first Monday in January after their election at the hour of 7:30 P.M. in the Council chamber. At this meeting they shall choose from the members a presiding officer or presi- dent and a presiding officer pro tempore or vice - president, which officers shall serve until noon of the first Monday in January of the next succeeding year. Their successors shall be chosen to serve for one (1) year on or before the first Monday of the next succeeding year. Sec. 2 -4. of Common Council, The regular meetings of the Common Council shall be held at the Council chamber on the second and fourth Monday evenings of each month at the hour of 8:00 P.M. If any regular meeting date falls on a holiday established by State law 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 re- scheduled 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 he is absent, the Vice - President shall act in his stead. If the latter is absent, any member of the Common Council may, upon motion, be called to the chair, and act as presiding officer only until the arrival of one entitled to preside. Sec. 2 -10. Standing committees of Common Council; powers and duties. (a) There shall be eleven (11) standing committees in the Common Council, which shall consist of not less than three (3) members each, and shall be appointed as herein provided by the President of the Common Council, which committees shall be as follows: (1) Ways and Means. (2) Administration and Finance. (3) Law. (4) Public Works. (5) Public Safety. (6) Human Resources and Economic Development. (7) Parks and Recreation. (8) Ordinances. (9) Fees and Salaries. (10) Elections. (11) On supervision and inspection of minutes, of which committee the President of the Common Council shall be chairman. (b) The first named member of each committee shall be chairman, and in his absence the next named member.