New Franklin Meetings ordinance (§ 110.170)

A. The regular meetings of the Board of Aldermen shall be held on the second (2nd) Monday evening of each month beginning at 7:00 P.M.

B. At the hour appointed for the meeting, the Mayor or in his/her absence the Acting President of the Board shall call the meeting to order. Thereupon the City Clerk shall call the roll of the members and note the absentees and announce whether a quorum be present.

C. A majority of members elected to the Board of Aldermen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. When a quorum is lacking, a less number may adjourn the meeting to a stated time.

D. If the Mayor or any member of the Board of Aldermen shall absent himself/herself from any meeting of the Board without good excuse, he/she shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which amount shall be deducted from the next installment of his/her salary to fall due.

E. The Chair shall preserve order and decorum and shall decide all questions of order subject to an appeal to the Board.

F. Every member who shall be present when a question is put shall vote thereon unless excused by the Board or unless he/she is interested in the matter pending.

G. No motion shall be debated or put until it is seconded and every motion made and seconded shall be stated by the Chair before any debate thereon and every motion shall be reduced to writing if requested by any member.

H. These rules may be temporarily suspended by unanimous consent of all members present, if such suspension does not violate any provision of Statute law.

I. The proceedings of the Board shall be governed by general parliamentary usage in all matters not provided for in the foregoing rules.