Agenda - Charter Commission - 10/10/1996

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CASE REVIEW CHAPTER 3 OF THE CITY CHARTER AS IT PERTAINS TO ROLL CALL VOTING By: Jo Thieling, Recording Secretary Background: Included with thi'$ case is some information staff researched with regard to roll call voting for ordinances. The;memo, dated April 16, 1996, explains how this subject came about and what information was found. In addition to whgt research is stated in the memo, I contacted the Recording Secretaries for the Cities ofAnoka, gmdover and Blaine to see what their practice is for ordinance voting. The City of Anoka is a Charter City. They adopt ordinances with a roll call vote and the vote is called for by the Recording Seqr~ etary. The City of Andover is not a Charter City. They do not call for a roll call vote on the adoption of an ordinance. The City of Blaine is a Charter City. They do not call for a roll call vote on He adoption of an ordinance. I talked with Joyce Twistol fi:om the City of Blaine and she stated th0ir Charter, for voting on ordinances, follows Roberfs Rules of Order which states that if the o~dinance is voted on unanimously, a roll call vote is not necessary. If the vote is not unanimous and it is not known for certain who voted in what way, the Mayor can then call for a roll call vote wt~ich is performed by the Recording Secretary or City Clerk. The persons are called on in alphal~tical order with the exception of the Mayor/Chair being called on last. For your information, prese;nfly, all Councilmembers' votes are shown in the minutes which achieves the same goal as a roll call vote. Also included wi~ this case is a copy of a page from the Handbook for Minnesota Cities that deals with motions for resolutions and ordinances, and also the pages from Robert's Rules of Order that deal with same. Commission Adtion: Based upon discussion. #l Copies distributed to: City Administrator City Attorney Mayor and Council Charter: 10/10/96 ]jmt