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Chapter IV Council

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The council shall hold a regular meeting at least once a month at a time and at a place in the city where it is designated. It shall adopt rules for the governing of its members and proceedings. The mayor, upon his/her own motion may, or on the request of two members of the council then in the city, call a special meeting of the council for a time not earlier than twenty-four hours after the notice is given. Special meetings of the council may also be held at any time by the common consent of all members of the council.

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Three members of the council shall constitute a quorum, excluding the mayor, for its business, but a smaller number may meet and compel the attendance of absent members in a manner provided by ordinance.

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The council shall cause a journal of its proceedings to be kept. The ayes and nays upon any question before it shall be taken, and a record of the vote be recorded by name (ORS 192.650(1)(a)), and entered in the journal.

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Subject to the provisions of Chapter 192 ORS, all meetings and deliberations of the council shall be public.

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The mayor shall be chairman of the council and preside over its deliberations. He/she shall have no vote on any or all questions before it, except in case of a tie, and with the full membership of the council present. He/she shall have authority to preserve order, enforce the rules of the council and determine the order of business under the rules of the council.

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At its first meeting after this charter takes effect and thereafter at its first meeting of each odd-numbered year after the general election, the council by ballot shall elect a president from its membership.

In the mayor’s absence from a council meeting, the president shall preside over it. Whenever the mayor is unable to perform the functions of his/her office, the president shall act as mayor. The council president may vote as a regular member of the council even when acting as mayor, but may not serve to break a tie by voting twice.

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Except as this charter otherwise provides, the concurrence of a majority of the members of the council present at a council meeting shall be necessary to decide any questions before the council.