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Rule No. 38 Public Hearing at All Regular Meetings of Committees
Persons desiring to be heard by a committee of Council on any matter then under consideration ma...
Rule No. 37 Reports of City Officers
All the ordinances, resolutions and communications that are referred to Council committee and tha...
Rule No. 36 Attendance Required
The Mayor and directors of all departments shall be required to attend the regular meetings of Co...
Rule No. 35
EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Rule 35 was repealed by Ordinance 21-03.
Rule No. 34
EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Rule 34 was repealed by Ordinance 21-03.
Rule No. 33 Appropriation Ordinances
Ordinances making appropriations shall be confined to the subject of the appropriation. No money ...
Rule No. 32 Form of Ordinances
The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be “Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Shef...
Rule No. 31
EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Rule 31 was repealed by Ordinance 21-03.
Rule No. 30 Introduction
Ordinances and resolutions shall be introduced in Council only by members of Council then present...
Rule No. 29
EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Rule 29 was repealed by Ordinance 8-03
Rule No. 28 To Take from the Table
A motion to take from the table shall be in order only when that order of business is being tran...
Rule No. 27 To Adjourn
To motion to adjourn shall always be in order unless Council is engaged in voting. A motion to a...
Rule No. 26 Measures to be in Writin
When required by any member, any motion or proposition (except privileged questions) shall be red...
Rule No. 25 Motions; Withdrawals
When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be upon the request of any member of Council, stated...
Rule No. 24 Emergency Ordinances
If any emergency ordinance or resolution fails to receive a two-thirds affirmative vote, such mea...
Rule No. 23 Reconsideration
After the decision on any question, any member who voted with the prevailing side, or who was abs...
Rule No. 22 Division of Question
If the question contains two or more divisible propositions, the Presiding Officer may, and upon ...
Rule No. 21 The Previous Question
When the previous question is moved and seconded, it shall be put as follows: “Shall the main que...
Rule No. 20 Precedence of Motions
When a question is before Council, no motion shall be entertained except the following: (1) ...
Rule No. 19 Roll Call Vote
On the passage of every ordinance or resolution and on the appointment of every officer the vote ...