Sec. A2-30. Governing body rules of procedure.
(a) Meetings. The governing body shall meet at least twice in every month at times and places as may be prescribed by ordinary ordinance. Special meetings may be held on the call of the Mayor or of four (4) or more district Councilmembers in the manner prescribed by rules of the governing body.
(b) Rules and journal. The governing body shall determine its own rules and order of business and shall provide for keeping a journal of its proceedings.
(c) Voting; Quorum.
(1) Six (6) members of the governing body shall constitute a quorum.
(2) All actions by the governing body shall be taken by an affirmative vote of six (6) or more members, unless a greater or lesser number of votes is required by ordinance or state law.
(3) All actions by the Council with regard to ordinances enacted pursuant to Article 12, § 5(b) of the Kansas Constitution (ordinary ordinances) shall be taken by an affirmative vote of five (5) or more Councilmembers.
(d) Form. Proposed ordinances and resolutions shall be in written or printed form. Any ordinance which repeals or amends an existing ordinance shall set out in full the sections or subsections to be repealed or amended, and shall indicate matter to be omitted by enclosing it in brackets or by strikeout type and shall indicate new matter by underscoring or by italics.
(e) Procedure. All ordinances shall be considered at a governing body meeting. Persons interested in a proposed ordinance shall be given an opportunity to be heard in accordance with such rules and regulations as the governing body may adopt.
(f) Publication. The City Clerk or such other city officer as the governing body may designate shall cause all ordinances, as soon as practicable after they have been passed and signed, to be published once in the official city newspaper, unless Kansas Statutes or other applicable law require more publications. In lieu of publication of the entire ordinance, the City Clerk may publish a summary of the ordinance in accordance with state law.
(g) Signature, authentication and recording. All ordinances and resolutions shall be authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and City Clerk or such other appointive officer as the governing body may designate. (C.O. 117 § 7, 2-9-16.)