The following rules shall govern the Council in its deliberations:

(a)     The Mayor shall state and put to a vote all questions which are regularly moved or which necessarily arise in the course of the proceedings, and shall announce the result of such vote. (Ordinance No. 1981-94)

(b)      A majority of the members of the Council shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time, and may compel the attendance of absentees. Any member of the Council who willfully shall fail to attend a legally authorized meeting of the Council to which he has been personally notified to attend by an officer or other person designated by a minority of the Council to serve said notice, shall forfeit his seat in the Council and his successor shall be selected according to law. (Ordinance No. 1981-94)

(c)      The Mayor shall restrain all members within the rules of order when engaged in debate. He shall preserve order and decorum and shall decide all points of order, subject to an appeal by any member and may speak on points of order in preference to other members. (Ordinance No. 1981-94)

(d)      The yeas and nays shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances, and all propositions to create any liability against the City, or for the expenditure or appropriation of its money, and in all other cases at the request of any member, which shall be entered on the journal of its proceedings. The concurrence of a majority of the members elected to the Council shall be necessary to the passage of any such ordinance or proposition except where otherwise provided by law or by ordinance. (Ordinance No. 1981-94)

(e)     Robert's Rules of Order, except when otherwise provided by law and when not in conflict with these rules, shall govern on all questions of parliamentary law at the meetings of the Council. (Ordinance No. 1981-94)