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ORDINanCE NO. ~0~6 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING RULES GOVERNING THF PR~CEOURE OF'THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ~ANTA ANA. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLI. O~B: SECTION l: The newly elected City Council shall convene at their first meeting i~e~iately following the adjournment of the prior council on the 3rd Monday in each April, during which month a general municipal electicn has been held. The newly elected council shall proceed to organize by electing one of their members as Mayor of the City. The City Clerk shall receive and put the motion to elect such Mayor, who shall in~nediately become the presiding officer of the City Council. SECTION 2: The regular meetings of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana shall be held on the 1st and 3rd M~ndays of each month, and shall convene at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P.M. In the event any such Monday is a legal holiday, the City Council shall convene on the 1st day thereafter which is not a legal holiday, at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P.M. SECTION 3: The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of such City Council, and at the hour set for convening the same, shall call the members to order, and procee, with the business before thc Council. In the absence of the Mayor, a Chairman pro- t.empore shall be chosen by the members present, with the City Clerk acting as the presiding officer for such purpose, and such Chairman pro ~empore shall have the power and perform the duties of the Mayor only during the day on which such meeting is hel~, and during such time shall be acting Mayor of the City of Santa Aha. In case the Mayo~ shall appear at the me~ting and take his seat thereat, the power of the acting Mayor, ag such, shall cease. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to prevent the Mayor or acting Mayor from casting his vote upon each and every matter that comes before the board, whether there be a tie or not; and nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to permit the Mayor or acting Mayor to have a d~ciding vote after he has already voted. SECTION 4: The Mayor or acting Mayor shall decide all questions of parlis~nentary procedure, subject to appeal to the City Council, and all appeals shall be decided by a majority vote of the members present. No matter shall be acted upon except by the agreed vote of at least three members of the City Council. ~ECTION 5: The presiding officer shall propound all questions in the order in which they are moved, and shall consider a motion to adjourn always in order, unless a member has the floor, or a question has been put and not decided. A motion to adjourn is not debatable. SECTION 6: The order of business before the City Council shall be such as shall be decided by the Mayor of the City of Santa Aua, subject to appeal to the Counci~ but shall, unless particular circumstances require or indicate that other procBdure is preferable, be (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) as follows: Reading of minutes of meetings held Communications and petitions. Reports of standing committees. Reports of special committees. Reports of City Officers. since the last regular meeting.