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8. When feasible, four (4) days before each meeting of the Council, the
Clerk shall supply to each Alderman at his residence a printed copy of
the minutes of the preceding meeting. By majority action of those
present, the Council may dispense with the reading of the minutes at the
ensuing minutes.
State Law Reference: Section 62.11, Wis. Stats.
2.0218 RECONSIDERATION OF QUESTIONS
When a question has been once decided, any member of the majority, or in case of
a tie, any member voting in the affirmative, may move a reconsideration thereof at
the same or at the next succeeding meeting except confirmation of the
appointment of City officials. A motion to reconsider being put and lost shall not
be renewed.
2.0219 CALL OF THE COUNCIL
A call of the Council may be ordered at any time by the request of two (2) or more
members and absent members shall be sent for, but a call cannot be made after a
meeting has commenced. When a call of the Council has been requested and
ordered, the door be closed until the report of the policeman has been received and
acted upon, or until further proceedings under the call are dispensed with by a
majority of the entire Council. State Law Reference: Sec. 62.11(3)(b), Wis. Stats.
2.0220 PUBLICATION AND EFFECT OF ORDINANCES
A. All general ordinances of the City and all regulations imposing any penalty
shall be published in the official paper of the City once and shall be
immediately recorded by the City Clerk in a book kept for that purpose. A
printed copy of such ordinance or regulation in any book, pamphlet, or
newspaper and published or purporting to be published therein by direction
of the Common Council shall be prima facie proof of due passage,
publication, and recording thereof.
B. All ordinances shall take effect and be in force from and after passage, and
publication, unless otherwise provided and published copies thereof shall
have appended the date of first publication.
State Law Reference: Section 62.11(4), Wis. Stats.
2.0221 AMENDMENT OF RULES
The rules of this Chapter or any part thereof may be temporarily suspended in
connection with any matter under consideration by a recorded vote of two-thirds
(2/3) of the members present.
2.0222 ESTABLISHING FEES FOR SPECIAL MEETINGS
A. Purpose
It is the purpose of this ordinance to deter the inefficient allocation of City
resources by recovering those costs, including but not limited to, per diem
costs, publication costs and administrative costs, when circumstances arise
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