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Subd. 3. First Meeting in January. <br />January of eai:h year, the council shall: <br /> <br />At the first regular council meeting in <br /> <br />a. designate the depositories of city funds; <br /> <br />b. designate the official newspaper; <br /> <br />choose an acting mayor from the council members who shall perform the <br />duties of the mayor during the disability or absence of the mayor from the <br />city, or in the case of a vacancy in the office of the mayor, until a successor <br />has been appointed and qualifies; and <br /> <br />d. appoint such officers and employees and such members of boards, <br /> commissions, and committees as may be necessary. <br /> <br /> ~ Subd. 4. Public Meetings. <br />adjourned meetings, shall be open to the public. <br /> <br />All council meetings, including special and <br /> <br />2.01.02 <br /> <br />meetings of <br />absence of b <br />members pre.~ <br /> <br />Presiding Officer. <br /> <br /> Subd. 1. Mayor as Presiding Officer. The mayor shall preside at all <br />'.he council. In the absence of the mayor, the acting mayor shall preside. In the <br />oth, the Clerk shall call the meeting to order and shall preside until the council <br />ent at the meeting choose one of their number to act temporarily as presiding officer. <br /> <br /> Stlbd, 2. Presiding Officer Duties. The presiding officer shall preserve <br />order, enforc* the rules of procedure herein prescribed, and determine without debate, subject to <br />the final decision of the Council on appeal, all questions of proCedure and order. Except as <br />otherwise provided by statute or by these rules, the proceedings of the council shall be conducted <br />in accordanc6 with Robert's Rules of Order Revised. <br /> Subd. 3, Appeal of Presiding Officer Ruling. Any member may <br />appeal to the Council from a ruling of the presiding officer. If the appeal is seconded, the presiding <br />officer may egplain his/her ruling, but no other council member shall participate in the discussion. <br />The appeal shall be sustained if it is approved by the majority of the members present exclusive of <br />the presiding bfficer. <br /> i Subd. 4. Presiding Officer Participation. The mayor or such other <br />members of the council as may be presiding may move, second and debate from the chair. The <br />presiding officer shall not be deprived of any of the privileges of a council member by reason of <br />acting as presl~ding officer. <br /> <br />2.01.03 Minutes. <br /> <br /> i. Subd. 1. Preparation of Minutes Required. Minutes of each <br />council meeting shall be kept by the Council Secretary. Ordinances, resolutions and claims need <br />not be record~xl irt full in the minutes if they appear in other permanent records of the City and can <br />be accurately identified from the description given in the minutes. <br /> <br /> : Subd. 2. Procedure for Minutes. The minutes of each meeting shall be <br />reduced to typewritten form, shall be signed by the Council Secretary and copies thereof shall be <br />delivered to ~ch.council member as soon as practicable after the meeting. At the next regular <br />council meeting following such delivery, approval of the minutes shall be considered by the <br />council. The minutes need not be read aloud, but the presiding officer shall call for any additions <br />or correetiona. If there is no objection to the proposed addition or correction, it may be made <br />without a vote of the council. If there is an objection, the council shall vote upon the addition or <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />