§ 2-132. Appointment; term; vacancy.

(a)

The president of the council shall annually at the first council meeting in December appoint the chair of each standing committee and members of such committees established by the council pursuant to section 2-131 and its rules.

(b)

All such appointments shall be for one year. However, in the year of each general city election held quadrennially on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, the annual committee appointments shall be made as provided in this section by the incoming president of the council in January following the quadrennial general city election after the incoming president of the council and incoming council have taken office.

(c)

The president of the council shall serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member of each of the standing committees.

(d)

Any such appointment shall be subject to rejection by a majority vote of the total membership of the council. All motions to reject annual committee appointments that have been made by the president shall be made by the council at the next regular meeting of the council following the annual committee appointments by the president. A motion to reject any committee appointment shall be considered a question of privilege and shall take precedence over all other business before the council. However, for committee appointments by the president other than annual committee appointments made at the first council meeting in December or the first meeting in January after each quadrennial election, no motion to reject any such appointment by the president to any committee shall be in order, unless the motion shall be made at the meeting of the council next succeeding the announcement by the president of such appointment.

(e)

Should a vacancy occur in any committee by the withdrawal for whatever reason of any committee member, the appointment may be made at any time by the president, provided any such appointment shall be subject to rejection by a majority vote of the total membership of the council at the next regularly scheduled council meeting. All such appointments shall be for the unexpired term of the position created by the vacancy.

(f)

Each committee shall elect its own vice-chair.

(g)

The regular committee meetings, with the exception of the committee on council, which shall meet the Monday of council meetings, shall take place on two days of the week preceding council meetings. These days and times shall be determined by the council president in consultation with each committee chairperson.

(Code 1977, § 1-1022; Ord. No. 1996-74, § 3, 10-29-96; Ord. No. 2006-36, §§ 1—3, 5-24-06; Ord. No. 2016-49(16-O-1650) , § 2, 12-14-16)

Charter reference

Council president to make committee appointments, § 2-203(3).