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Mayor Billy G. Moore and City Council Members Page 8 January 11, 1999 Rationale: The proposed change from three ordinance readings to two would expedite the adoption of routine ordinances while ensuring deliberation and opportunity for public input. This change would also mean that there would be less need to use emergency adoption of ordinances, and the special treatment of rezoning ordinances in subsection (h) could be eliminated. 8. Amend Section 3.17 as follows: Sec. 3.17. Expulsion or removal of city officials. (a) The city council shall have the authority to expel any city council member who is absent three (3) consecutive regular city council meetings unless the council member has secured permission, in advance, from the city council to be absent from at least one (+) of the meetings; provided that any such action for expulsion of a city council member shall require five (5) affirmative votes of city council members. (b) The city council shall have the authority to remove any city official appointed or approved by the city council. Any such removal of a city official by the city council shall require a majority vote of the membership of the city council and shall be preceded by adequate notice to the official of the time and location of the meeting, the nature of the charge against the official, and an opportunity for a hearing. At any such hearing, evidence both for and against the city official may be offered for the council's consideration. The council may, by ordinance, provide for further or more detailed procedures pertaining to the removal of city officials, not inconsistent with this provision. Rationale: The title of this section should be changed to add a reference to the council's authority to remove city officials. 9. Amend Section 5.07 regarding, election returns as follows: Sec. 5.07. Conducting and canvassing elections. The returns of every municipal election shall be delivered by the election judges to the central counting station city secret immediately not later than twelve (12) hours after the closing of the polls. Returns of the elections, general and special, shall be presented to the city council on any date permitted by the Texas Election Code at which time the council shall canvass and declare the results of such election.