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RCS OF ORDER- E#OVExNING THE- COiJNCIL OF gIE CITY OF NORM OLBILSTED Page 2 , SECTION II. OFFICERS i~ND EMPLOYES OF COI~TCIL Rule 9, Presiding Officer. The president oY council, and in his absence the president oP council pro tem, shall preside over the meeting of the council. The presiding officer shall call all meetings of the council to order at the hour appointed and shall proceed with the order of business. If a quorum be present, he shall give the members an opportunity for correcting the journal oP the previous meeting, a copy oP which shall be placed on the desk of each member oP council. In the absence of any objections or correcticns the minutes shall stand approved as read, rie shall preserve order and decorum, prevent personalities or the impugning of members' motives, oonf ins members in debate to the questions imdsr discussion, shall decide all points of order subject to an appeal to the council, and shall appoint all standing committees and such select committees as may be authorized by council Prnm time to time, except in those oases where the resolution authorizing such select committees specif ically names the ~mbera thereof, The president pro tem shall preside until the president of council appears, and shall discharge all the duties and be clothed with all the powers of the president of council as such presiding officer during his absence. Rule 10. bdembers Presiding. The president of the council during any meeting thereof may designate the president pro tem to perform the duties of the chair. During the absence of the president oP council or in the event the president pro tem is absent, then the council may choose a member to serve Por that meeting only, but such substitution shall not extend beyond such meeting, Rule 11. The Vote Necessary for Election of President Pro Tem, Clerk and Other Employes of Council. No candidate Por president or clerk of council shall b® declared elected unless h® shall have received a majority vote oP all members elected to council and no parson shall be employed by this council except pursuant to a majority vote of all the members sleeted to council. No vacancy which council is authorized to fill shall be filled except pursuant to majority vote oP all members elected to council. Rule 11-1. Roll Call upon Election of President Pro Tem, Clark and Other Employes of Council, end Filling Vacancies in the Membership of Council. Upon the roll call for the election of President of Council Pro Tem, Clerk of Council or employe of Council, or filling any vacancy in the membership of Council, each member shall respond by stating the Hams of the candidate of his choice eligible for such office or appointment, upon motion duly seconded, and adopted, voting for the election of employes here and above referred to shall be by written ballot. Rule 12. The City Clerk. The council shall choose a clerk and such other officers and employes as may be deemed necessary and Pix their compensation, The clerk shall keep the record oP the council. He shall keep a proper file of all papers and documents which are a part of the transactions of the council, reports of committees iP turned over to the clerk, said all orders of the council, and shall make such records available to the public. '~dhen directed by any committee he shall cause to be kept minutes of each meeting of such committee which shall be kept in record form end be made available Por public inspection. The record of committee meetings may be kept in loose leap sheet form and need not be copied in any other book, In addition, the clerk shall report to council the reasons advanced by ,~ members Por absence from council meetings; and shall perform such other and Further duties as may From time to time by charter, statute or ordinance be required oP him. ~a. The cle rk shall see that the following rules are observed in the preparation and introduction of ordinances and resolutions. (a) The title of all ordinances and resolutions shall be confined to a brief statement oP the subject matter of the bill and shall be typed in bold Face type. (b) The practice of introducing resolutions of condolence and congratulatory resolutions shall be discontinued except in cases of the death of outstanding citizens or occasions of great civic importance upon the request of any member of Gouncil. t~tesolutions of condolence shall be sent to relatives of the deceased and bear the names of all members of Council, the Clerk, and the Mayor,