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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 2']

City of El Paso, IL City Council
§ 18-1 Membership; terms of office; powers and duties.
§ 18-2 Oath or affirmation; compensation.
§ 18-3 Meetings.
§ 18-4 Special, rescheduled regular and reconvened meetings.
§ 18-5 Presiding officer.
§ 18-6 Quorum; majority required for liabilities, appropriations and expenditures.
§ 18-7 Order of business.
§ 18-8 Reconsideration or rescission of actions.
§ 18-9 Resolutions.
§ 18-10 Public participation.
§ 18-11 Robert's Rules of Order.
§ 18-12 Suspension of rules.
§ 18-13 Committees.
§ 18-14 Disruptions prohibited.
New Laws (36) Index Notes
City of El Paso, IL / Part I: Administrative Legislation
Chapter 18 City Council
Ord. No. 1011
City Council Amendment
Ord. No. 1025
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of El Paso as Ch. 2.08 of the 1979 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Ethics — See Ch. 31.
The City Council shall consist of the Mayor and six Aldermen who shall be elected and serve for a four-year term as is provided by statute. The Council shall be the legislative department of the City government, and it shall perform such duties and have such powers as may be delegated to it by statute.
[Amended 1991 by Ord. No. 643; 2-6-2017 by Ord. No. 994]
The members of the City Council shall take the oath or affirmation of office prescribed by statute, and they shall receive compensation as set from time to time by ordinance.
[Amended 1978 by Ord. No. 507; 12-6-2010 by Ord. No. 909]
The regular meetings of the City Council shall be held at the City Hall on the first and third Mondays of each month at 7:30 p.m., except when the first or third Monday shall be on a public holiday, in which case the Council shall meet at the same hour on the next day following. Public notice of the schedule of regular meetings shall be given by the City Clerk in the manner required by law.
[Amended 1978 by Ord. No. 507]
Special meetings. The Mayor or three Aldermen may call a special meeting by giving at least 24 hours' notice, stating the object and purpose of the meeting to all members of the corporate authority and providing such public and media notice as is required by law.
Rescheduled regular meetings. The City Clerk shall give such additional public and media notice as is required by law of any rescheduled regular meeting.
Reconvened meetings. Public and media notice of reconvened meetings shall be given in the same manner as notice given for special meetings; provided, however, no such notice need be given to meetings reconvened within 24 hours nor to meetings where an announcement of the time and place of the reconvened meeting was made at the original meeting and there is no change in the agenda.
The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City Council and at all times when the Council meets as a committee of the whole. In the absence of the Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and Acting Mayor, the Aldermen present may elect an Alderman to serve as a presiding officer.
A majority of the corporate authority shall constitute a quorum to do business. Unless otherwise provided by law, any ordinance and any resolution or motion creating a liability against the City or making an appropriation or expenditure of its money shall require the concurrence of a majority of all members of the corporate authority.
[Amended 1-6-2014 by Ord. No. 955]
The order of business at meetings of the City Council shall be as follows:
Approval of Agenda.
Approval of Consent Agenda.
Bills Against the City.
Petitions and Communications.
Mayor's Report.
City Council Comments.
No vote or action of the Council shall be reconsidered after adjournment of the meeting where rights of other persons have intervened nor shall any such vote or action be reconsidered or rescinded at a special meeting unless there are present at the special meeting as many Aldermen as were present when the vote was taken.
Any resolutions submitted to the Council shall be reduced to writing before being voted upon on request of any two members of the Council.
No person other than the Mayor or a member of the Council shall address that body at any regular or special meeting except upon the consent of a majority of the members present. Upon obtaining the majority consent of the Council, such person may address the Council, subject to the following rules:
Persons may address the Council only during the Public Comment portion of the agenda and after being recognized by the Mayor, or at such other time as may be permitted by the Mayor or Council members.
Upon being recognized, persons addressing the Council shall identify themselves by name and address. Comments shall be limited to 15 minutes per person addressing the Council. The Mayor may lengthen or shorten a person's opportunity to speak.
All comments shall be limited to matters over which the Mayor and Council has supervisory, appointive or legislative authority, or matters involving redress of a citizen's grievance.
Persons addressing the Council shall not expect an answer at the conclusion of the presentation.
The Mayor shall have the authority to determine procedural matters regarding public participation not otherwise defined herein.
[Amended 1979 by Ord. No. 533]
Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the deliberation of the Council except when in conflict with any of the other specific provisions of this Code.
The rules of order, other than those prescribed by statute, may be suspended at any time by the consent of a majority of the members present at any meeting.
[Amended 1978 by Ord. No. 507; 1982 by Ord. No. 569]
The following shall be standing committees of the Council:
Streets, Alleys, Sidewalks, and Public Grounds.
Sewer, Water and Light.
Traffic and Police.
Local Improvements.[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 2.08.130I of the 1979 Code, Park and Recreation Committee, as amended, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 2-6-2017 by Ord. No. 994.
Beautification.
Civil Defense.
[Added 6-6-2005 by Ord. No. 828]
Special committees shall be created from time to time as directed by the Council.
All standing and special committees, other than Civil Defense, shall consist of three members, including the Chairman, unless the Council directs otherwise. The Civil Defense Committee shall consist of two Council members, the City Police Chief, and three or four at-large members of the community. All committees shall be appointed by the Mayor.
It is unlawful for any person to knowingly do any act or engage in any conduct which disrupts, disturbs or interferes with the orderly presentation and transaction of business pending before the Council or any of its committees or to continue any such act or conduct after being declared out of order by the officer presiding at the meeting.