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<br />:E <br />at <br />W~ <br />-10 <br />~ <br />-"1 <br />~ <br /> <br />~ L.n <br />O~ C) <br />C) <br />("-..J <br />W~ C"I <br />J-9 -'" <br />rc~J~ z <br /><J <br />~ - <br /> <br />(/J <br />o <br />l:9 ~~ <br />o a: ns <br />C'-.J UJ~ <br />...-l ...J c: <br />Uns <br />,.-4 >-C/) <br />z t:'Q <br />c:::( U >. <br />...., .'!:: <br />() <br /> <br />59. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO 2005---6- <br /> <br />II) <br />o <br />~~ <br />a:: ns <br />w~ <br />...J C <br />Uco <br />>-C/) <br />1-- <br />- 0 <br />0>- <br />- <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, ADDING SECTION 2 046 OF THE <br />CITY CODE TO ESTABLISH VOTING PROCEDURES FOR <br />THE CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING PROCEDURAL <br />PROVISIONS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY <br /> <br />RECITALS <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />The CIty CouncIl has tradItIonally used ll1formal rules to govern votll1g by CouncIl <br /> <br />I <br />Members. <br /> <br />2 The CIty CouncIl wIshes, by ordll1ance, to estabhsh formal rules to govern votll1g by <br />CIty CouncIl Members. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, <br />TEXAS <br /> <br />SECTION I SectIOn 2046 of the CIty Code IS added to read as follows <br /> <br />Sec. 2.046. Voting procedures. <br /> <br />(a) Votll1g by councIl members on all matters on whIch a vote IS reqUIred shall be <br />conducted by VOIce vote USll1g a roll call procedure <br /> <br />(b) The order of roll call votll1g shall follow the order of the councIl members as they are <br />seated at the meetll1g. The order of votll1g shall be rotated by one councIl member for <br />each vote taken. Each councIl member shall cast hIS or her vote when called upon to vote <br /> <br />(c) CouncIl members shall vote eIther "aye," "nay," or "abstam" on each matter on whIch <br />a vote IS reqUIred. A councIl member who IS present at a meetmg and does not vote "aye," <br />"nay," or "abstalll on a matter for any reason shall be deemed to have abstallled from the <br />vote If a councIl member IS present at a meetll1g but not present m the meetmg room at <br />the tune a vote IS taken, the councIl member's vote shall be mdIcated m the mmutes as <br />"abstam - not present for vote" A councIl member who IS not present at a meetmg shall <br />be mdIcated m the mmutes as "absent from meetmg" <br /> <br />SECTION 2 If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of thIS ordmance IS held <br />to be unconstItutIOnal or mvahd by a court of competent JUrISdIctIOn, the other prOVlSlons of thIS <br />ordmance wIll contmue m force If they can be gIven effect WIthout the mvahd portIOn. <br /> <br />SECTION 3 All ordlllances and resolutIon or parts of ordmances or resolutIOns m <br />conflIct WIth thIS ordmance are repealed <br />