§ 2-17. Official rules of parliamentary procedure.

(a)

Definitions.

Formal session means any time during a city council meeting where any member of the governing body invokes a rule contained in Roberts Rules of Order, 10th Edition.

Informal session means all other times during a city council meeting which are not designated a formal session shall be deemed informal session.

(b)

Procedures used during formal session.

(1)

If any member of the city council/mayor wishes to invoke formal session to deal with a single issue they shall indicate to the chair that they wish that this issue be dealt with in formal session. A motion to enter formal session and a second to that motion may accomplish this.

(2)

The chair shall then deal with the issue according to Roberts Rules of Order, 10th Edition.

(c)

Procedures used during informal session. The chair shall administer city council meetings informally in a manner to expedite public business and encourage civic debate.

(Ord. No. 15-O-07, § 3, 9-28-2015)