§ 2-106. Council meetings: Presiding officer.

(a)

The presiding officer of Council meetings shall be one of the following individuals, based upon the following order of priority:

(1)

The Mayor.

(2)

The Mayor Pro Tem, who is a Councilman yearly elected by his colleagues to serve in that position when the Mayor is not available to preside.

(3)

The temporary chairman, a Councilman elected by his colleagues to serve in that position for that single meeting when the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem are not available to preside.

(4)

The City Clerk, who presides only for the purposes of calling the meeting together for an election of a temporary chairman.

(b)

Upon the subsequent arrival to a Council meeting of a higher priority individual, the lower priority presiding officer shall relinquish the chair upon the conclusion of that business then before the Council.

(Ord. No. 0-7475-35)