Sec. 2-47. General order of business.
At every regular meeting of the city council, the order of
business shall be as follows:
1. Call to order.
2. Opening ceremonies.
3. Roll call.
4. Approval of minutes of preceding meetings, not already
approved. When texts of minutes have been furnished all
members of council and have been read by them, the formal
reading aloud may, on motion of any member, be dispensed
with, and the minutes approved.
5. Petitions and communications. After their purport has
been briefly stated by the member offering same, the city
council may consider the same or otherwise dispose of them.
6. Reports and communications from city officers, including
financial statements.
7. Reports of committees.
8. Offering of original resolutions, orders and ordinances.
9. Ordinances for second reading.
10. Miscellaneous and unfinished business.
The order of business shall not be departed from except by
unanimous consent. (Code 1959, § 2-47; 6-21-71.)
