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252333 � 252�33 •OR161NAL TO CITY CLCRK` • +. CITY OF ST. PAUL couNCi� i OFFICE OF Th�E CITY CLERK �F��E _ � NO. OUNCIL UTION—GENERAL FORM VRESENTED BY 1 COMMISSIONE � `� ��`�' 9—�-� , at the Stan es of the Coun il, having been amended and brought up to date, be and the same are hereby adopted as follows: Rule I. Special meetings - How called. "The Council shall meet at the City Hall of said City on the first Tuesday of June of each year at ten o'clock in the morning, and daily thereafter at ten o'clock in the morning, and at such other times as it may determine, except Sundays and legal holidays. The Mayor may call special meetings of the Council, and the City Clerk shall do so upon the written request of four councilmen at such time as may therein be specified. Notice in writing of special meetings of the Council shall be served upon each member thereof personally or be left at his usual place of abode at least six hours in advance of such meetings, except with the unanimous consent or waiver of such notice by the entire Council which consent or waiver shall be in writing." (Sec. III of the Charter.) All meetings of the Council, including special meetings shall be held in the Council Chamber at the City Ha.11, or such room as may be designated by the Council by resolution. Rule II. uorum. Four members of the Council, including the Mayor, shall constitute a quorum. Rule III. Minutes Read and Corrected. Should the roll call show a quorum, and if not, as soon as a quorum shall appear minutes of the previous meeting shall be read by the Clerk and any mistakes therein shall be corrected. Rule IV. Number of Votes Required. The number of votes which shall be required for any matter before the Council shall be as provided in the Charter, as follows: COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Counci� 19— Yeas Nays Butler Garlson Approve� 19` Levine d _�n Favor Meredith Sprafka Mayor Tedesco A Sainst Mr. President, McCarty �� '��► •ORI6INAL'TO CITY CLERIF ��",�� • <. CITI( OF ST. PAUL couNCi� '��" .�� . OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK •F��E NO. COUNCIL RESOLUTION—GENERAL FORM PRESENTED BY COMMISSIONErt nprF - 2 - Section 53 - To authorize extra pay for extra labor. Majority vote of Council and Mayor. On report of emergency requiring extra labor of employees. Council, by majority vote, may direct�work of the department to proceed on normal basis. Section 59 - Removal of elective officer. Four votes of the Council, exclusive of Ma.yor and the accused. Section 120 - Ordinances and resolution. Four-sevenths vote of the Council, including Mayor. Section 121 - Mayor's Veto. Five votes necessary to pass over. Section 122 - To pass rejected items in appropriation ordinances. Five votes necessary to pass over. Section 129 - Vacation of streets, etc. Four-sevenths vote of all members. Acceptance of plat commission; report of plat commission. Four-sevenths vote. Section 137 - Emergency ordinances. Six votes of Council, including the Mayor. Section 150 - Franchise: temporary license. Four-sevenths vote to grant. License may be renewed from year to year by five- sevenths vote. COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Counci� 19— Yeas Nays Butler Carlson Approved 19` Levine Tn Favor Meredith Sprafka Mayor Tedesco A gainst Mr. President, McCarty � �� •ORI6INAL•TO CITY CL6RIF ��g '�,�� , CITY OF ST. PAUL COUNCIL �w��ti`',• , OFFICE (3F THE CITY CLERK F��E NO. COUNCIL RESOLUTION-GENERAL FORM PRESENTED BY COMMISSIONER DAT° - 3 - Section 172 - Sale or lease of franchise. Five-sevenths vote necessary. Section 203.1 - Expenditures, to fix amount. Four-sevenths vote necessary. Section 203.2 - Revision within adopted budget. Six-sevenths vote. Section 203.3 - Increase in adopted budget. Six-sevenths vote. Section 203.4 - Optional procedure in emergencies. Six-sevenths vote. Section 206 - Emergency appropriation; power to borrow. Unanimous vote of all members. Section 208 - Transfer of balances in budget. Unanimous vote necessary. Section 217 - Issue of bonds; refunding bonds previously issued; Water Board bonds. Five-sevenths vote. Section 219 - Sinking Fund, Cash Basis Bonds, in lieu of tax levy certificates. Five-sevenths vote necessary to authorize. Section 232 - Surplus money in any fund may be invested temporarily. Five-sevenths vote. Section 234 - Gradual condemnations: building lines, opening, widening and extension of streets, alleys, etc. Four-sevenths vote. COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Council 19_ Yeas Nays Butler Carlson Approved 19� Levine _jn Favor Meredith Sprafka �y�r A gainat Tedesco Mr. President, McCarty � �� •ORIGINAUTO CITY CL6R�S �,�� r . , C�TY OF ST. PAUL . FoENC�� N0, r� J OFFICE OF T�IE CITY CLERK COUNCIL RESOLUTION—GENERAL FORM PRESENTED BY COMMISSIONER DATF - 4 - Section 243 - Petition of Remonstrance: no effect if Council declared improvement necessary by Five-sevenths vote. Section 410 - Conditions upon which City may accept donations of money or property for library, museums, etc. Four-sevenths vote. Section 464 - Water Department Bonds, issue and sale. Five-sevenths vote. Section 476 - Additional powers of the Council; power to supplement. Unanimous vote. RULE V. ,� - Duties of President. The President or presiding officer of the Council shall preserve order and decorum, and shall decide questions of order subject to appeal to the Council. Any ruling of the President or presid- ing officer may be appealed by any member, a�.d upon request of any member, a roll-call vote shall be taken thereon. The votes of at least four members shall be required to overrule the President or presiding officer.'' RULE VI. StandinQ and Special Committees. Each member of the Council shall be a com- mittee of one to investigate and report to the Council upon the business of the department to which he may be assigned as head by the Mayor. The Standing Committees of the Council shall be as follows: Board of Abatement Health, Welfare & Insurance Research Management Board of Equalization Lands Rules Cab Legislative Sinking Fund City Hall & Court House License Traffic Deten. & Corrections Auth. Personnel Ways and Means Election Public Utilities Welfare Budget Advisory COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Councii 19— Yeae Nays Butler Carlson Approve� 19� Levine _�n Favor Meredith Mayor Sprafka A gainst Tedesco Mr. President, McCarty �� ORI6INAL TO CITY CL6RK . �� ' . CITY OF ST. PAUL . couNCi� �`'$�"�"' . OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK FILE , NO. COUNCIL RESOLUTION—GENERAL FORM PRESENTED BY COMMISSIONER DATF - 5 - The Mayor shall appoint such other standing or special committees as may be authorized by the Council from time to time. RULE VII. Motions. Any member shall have the right to bring any motion before the Council, and a roll-call vote shall be taken on any motion at the request of any member. RULE VIII. Minutes of Motions. After a motion shall be stated by the President or the presiding officer, it shall be in possession of the Council, but it may be withdrawn at any time before amended or acted upon, by the Councilman presenting the motion. All motions and amendments thereto shall be entered at large upon the minutes with the vote thereon, whether they be adopted or rejected. RULE IX Precedence of Motions. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous question, or to postpone indefinitely. Motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged in this rule. RULE X. The Previous Question. The previous question shall be put in this form: "Shall the main question now be put?" It may be ordered by a majority of the members present and its effect shall be to put an end to all debate and bring the Council to a direct vote upon amendments, if any, and then upon the main question. All incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question, during the pending of such motion, or after the Council shall have determined that the main question shall not be put, shall be decided whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate. COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Council 19— Yeag Nays Butler Carlson Approved 19� Levine Tn Favor Meredith Sprafka Mayor A gainst Tedesco Mr. President, McCarty �� OR161NAL TO CITY CL6RK . , CITY OF ST. PAUL FIOE NCIL NO. OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK COUNCIL RESOLUTION-GENERAL FORM PRESENTED BY COMMISSIONER DAT� - 6 - When the previous question is decided in the negative, it shall leave the main question under debate for the rest of the session unless sooner disposed of. RULE XI. Petitions, Memorials, etc. Petitions, memorials and other papers addressed to the Council shall be presented by the presiding officer, or by a member in his place, or may be read by the Clerk at the request of a member or of the presiding officer. All petitions, memorials and other communications, which may be filed with or delivered to the City Clerk prior to the meeting of the Council, shall be placed upon the desk of the presiding officer. RULE XII. When �. question is put by the chair, every member of the Council present shall vote. The Chairman shall vote last. Every other member of the Council shall vote in alphabetical order according to his surname, ex- cept that on the first of every month the order of voting shall be rotated so that the member voting first the previous month shall vote last and every other member shall advance one place in the order of voting. Any member of the Council failing to vote shall be considered as voting in the negative. Yeas and nays shall be called upon the order of the pre- siding officer and upon the request of any member. (Atnended 1-14-69, Council File 241725 - effective 2-1-69) RULE XIII. May Divide Question. If the question before the Council contains several points, any member, upon request, may have it divided and a separate vote taken on each point. RULE XIV. Meeting called to Order. A member called to order shall cease speaking unless permitted to explain, and the Council if appealed to, shall decide COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Counci� 19— Yeas Nays Butler Carlson Approved 19� Levine _jn Favor Meredith Sprafka Mayor A gainst Tedesco Mr. President, McCarty �� ' b ' � ��3 , OR161NAL TO CITY CLFItK ' . CITY OF ST. PAUL FOENCIL NO. . OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK COUNCIL RESOLUTION-GENERAL FORM PRESENTED BY COM M I S51 ON ER DATF - 7 - the case. No member shall speak more than once on the same subject matter until all other members have had an opportunity to speak, and then only with leave of the Council. RULE XV. Questions Put in Order. All questions shall be put in the order in which they were made except in cases of privileged questions. RULE XVI. Reading of Paper Objected to. When the reading of any paper is called for, if objection be ma.de, the Council shall decide whether the paper shall be read; and every paper presented shall be read unless the Council, by unanimous vote, shall determine otherwise. RULE XVII. Reconsideration. When a qu�ion has been voted upon, it shall be in . order for any member who voted on the prevailing side to move a recon- sideration at either of the next- t�o-regular Council meetings occurring thereafter. (Auiended 7-27-67; Council File 234422) RULE XVIII. (Stricken out) RULE XIX. Name of Member of Council on Ordinances or Resolution. No ordinance or resolution shall be read or placed before the Council unless the same be introduced by and bear the m me of some member of the Council. RULE XX. • Journal. The City Clerk shall keep a journal which shall be a correct record of council proceedings provided for in Section 114 of the City COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Counci� 19— Yeas Nays Butler Carlson Approved 19�. Levine �n Favor Meredith Sprafka Mayor Tedesco A Sainst Mr. President, McCarty �� ORIGINAL TO CITY CL6RK �r�s�� CITY OF ST. PAUL couNCa �`��+�'�� OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK F��E • NO. COUNCIL RESOLUTION—GENERAL FORM PRESENTED BY COMMISSIONER DATF - 8 - Charter. The yeas and nays when taken on any question shall be entered therein. Any member of the Council present who fails to vote shall be counted in the negative. The presiding officer, at each regular session shall sign during the session, the City Clerk's* record of the proceedings of the last meeting after the same has been approved and corrected by the Council. RULE XXI. Clerk shall inform Officers. Members of the Council or of the Committee thereof, as well as other officers of the City, shall be kept informed by the Clerk of such duties as they may be charged with by the Council from time to time. He shall perform such other duties as appertain to his position as Clerk. The Clerk shall see that no journal records or papers are taken from the table or out of his custody, other than as may be required by regular Council procedure, or by a Commissioner, the Corporation Counsel, or the Comptroller; and any Commissioner receiving any record or paper from the Clerk shall leave a receipt therefor. If any paper or document in his charge should be missed, the Clerk shall report the facts to the presiding officer so that:�the paper may be _zecouered _and its loss inquired into. RULE XXII. Ordinances and Resolutions. How Drawn. It shall be the duty of the Corporation Counsel to prepare all ordinances and resolutions on request of any Commissioner, the Mayor, or the Comptroller. No ordinance shall be introduced until it shall have been approved as to form by the Corpora- tion Counsel. Any ordinance not prepared by the Corporation Counsel shall be submitted to him and he is authorized to retain the same in his office for examination for a period of not to exceed three days from the time of its delivery to him. RULE XXIII. " Absence. Every member of the Council about to absent himself from the City for a period of more than three days shall formally apply to the COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Counci� 19.— Yeas Nays Butler Carlson Approved 19� Levine �n Favor Meredith Sprafka Mayor Tedesco A Sainst Mr. President, McCarty � �" C/� t�s��* .ORI6INAL TO CITY CI.ER(C � /��f�d`.`//�e�� - , CITY OF, ST. PAUL FIOENCIL NO. , OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK COUNCIL RESOLUTION-GENERAL FORM PRESENTED BY COMMI551 ONER �ATF - 9 - Council for a leave of absence, which may be withheld or granted by motion of the Council. Absence for more than three days without leave may be punished by the Council. RULE XXIV. Tardiness. Every member of the Council who shall be tardy at roll call for three successive regular meetings of the Council may be reprimanded by the majority vote of the Council, including the Mayor. Every member of the Council who shall be tardy at five consecutive regular meetings may ba�punished by the Council by a fine which shall not exceed $5.00 for each day's tardiness. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep a daily record of attendance of commissioners at Council meetings, and to report to the Council tardiness of any Commissioners for three successive days and for five successive days. RULE XXV. Rules of Order. The rules of parliamentary practice embraced in Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the Council procedure in cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with standing rules and order of business of the Council. RULE XXVI. Suspension of Rules_. No rule of the Council shall be suspended without the concurrence of five members of the Council, including the Mayor. RULE XXVII. Order of Business. The order of business for the City Council shall be as follows: (1) Scheduled public hearings (2) Ordinances (3) Resolutions COUNCILMEN � Adopted by the Council 19— Yeas Nays Butler Carlson Approved 19� Levine _In Favor I Meredith Sprafka Mayor A gainst Tedesco Mr. Preaident, McCarty � .. `► �� ORIGINAL TO CITY CLERK �i�+i�el�ty,�` - . CITY OF ST. PAUL F�EN�� NO. . OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK COUNCIL RESOLUTION-GENERAL FORM PRESENTED BT COMMISSIONER DATF - 1� - All members of the Council, including the Chairman, shall, during this order of business restrict their discussion to comments germane to the business before the Council. After each side has been heard, there shall be no further discussion except when a member of the Council shall ask a proponent or opponent - questions to clarify any points which will be useful to the Council in making its decision. To facilitate the business of the Council, a speaker shall be con- sidered out of order when his remarks are repetitious, and it shall be the duty of the chair to rule a speaker out of order when he repeats remarks or arguments made by himself or another person representing his side in the debate. At the first reading of any ordinance, resolution or official act of the City Council, such ordinance, resolution or act shall be in fact read in its entirety at an open public meeting of the Council. In lieu of the reading of the entire ordinance, resolution or act, copies may be supplied to each member of the Council prior to it8 introduction, and copies shall be made available for public examination in the office of the City Clerk. Following each vote taken by the City Council, the City Clerk shall announce the outcome; for example, resolution passed 7 to 0, or reso- lution failed 3 to 4. No ordinance may be treated as an emergency ordinance unless failure to pass such ordinance would create a clear and present danger to the health and safety of the citizens of St. Paul or jeopardize the opera- tion of the city government. No ordinance concerning wages, working conditions, duties or responsi- bilities of city employees, both classified and unclassified, shall be passed unless all city employees are given notice at least two weeks prior to the first reading on such ordi�ance. Posting such notice on bulletin boards or service of notice to employees by city payroll clerks COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Councii 19— Yeas Nays Butler Caxlson Approved 19` Levine _�n Favor Meredith Mayor Sprafka A gainst Tedesco Mr. President, McCarty �� 'ORIGINAL TO CITY CLHR�C ��J�.�� ' ,, CITY OF ST. PAUL ' FI�E N�� NO. , OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK COUNCIL RESOLUTION-GENERAL FORM PRESENTED BY COMMISSIONER DATF - 11 - shall constitute notice to employees under this section. Members of the Council and citizens who wish to be heard on matters of interest to the good and welfare of the city shall be heard after the regular formal order of business has been completed. A change in the order of business shall require the unanimous consent of all members present. � The Council shall not tolerate vulgar, offensive or derogatory remarks about any groups or individuals because of race, color or creed, and any speaker using such remarks shall be ruled out of order. If the rules as adopted by the City Council do not cover a given situa- tion, then the rules as contained in Robert's Rules of Order shall apply. (Adopted July 14, 1966, C.F. 229501) RULE XXVIII. Improper Motions, etc. Any motion or resolution which in effect con- �emplates a violation of law, or is in conflict with any ordinance, shall be ruled out of order. RULE XXIX. Applica.tions for License when Reiected. Whenever an application shall be made to the Council for the issuance by the Council of any license or permit required by law or ordinance or resolution as a precedent to conducting any business in the City of St. Paul, and such application shall be unfavorably acted upon by the Council in the regular course of its proceedings, such applicatior�shall not be presented to the Council again within a period of thirty days. Whenever a license has been re- voked by the Council no application shall be presented to the Council to conduct the same business at the same location within a period of thirty days. COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Counci� 19—. Yeas Nays Butler Carlson Approved 19` Levine �n Favor Meredith Mayor Sprafka A gainst Tedesco Mr. President, McCarty �� <� 'OR161NAt TO CITY CLBRjC ,,, , �� ` .. �ITY OF ST. PAUL FCOENCIL NO. . OFFICE OF'THE CITY CLERK COUNCIL RESOLUTION—GENERAL FORM PRESENTED BY COMMI551 ONER DAT� - 12 - Any application for license or permit affecting the same premises or location as the application rejected or revoked by the Council shall be considered a repetition of the rejected or revoked application. When, in the judgment of the Council, it seems proper to suspend this rule by the method provided for suspending rules of this body, the application for licenses or permit upon which the rule is suspended shall not be voted upon by the Council for a period of two weeks following such suspension of the rule. RULE XXX. Only one citizerE shall be heard at one time before the Council and those appearing and waiting opportunity to be heard on any matter shall remain seated until the person speaking shall have finished his argu- ment or statement and has seated himself. Each person appearing before the Council before commencing his argument or statement shall take a position at the foot of the Council table and shall continue in such position until he shall have concluded his argument or statement. RUI.E XXXI. Al1 members of the Council, including the Mayor, shall meet in the City Hall promptly at ten o'clock in the morning on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays of each week, exclusive of holidays, and the pre- siding officer shall call the session to order and direct the taking of the roll promptly at ten �o'clock. (Amended 7-30-68, Council File 239633) �EB 81� COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Council 19.— Yeas Nays 91971 Butler �E� Carlson Appr 19� Levine T�n Favor Meredith r Sprafka � Tedesco A gainst Mr. President, McCarty FEB l 31971 �'i�BLISH�D �