Arcadia Municipal Code Div. 5 Record of Actions

Whenever a recorded or roll call vote of the Council is in order, the City Clerk shall call the names of the Councilmen in order of alphabet, except that the name of the presiding officer shall be called last.

Unless a Councilman affirmatively states that he is abstaining from voting, his silence shall be recorded as an affirmative vote.

The minutes of a council meeting shall succinctly and accurately reflect the councilmen present, the councilmen absent, the actions taken by the Council and the votes of the respective councilmen on action taken. The Council shall be the final judge of the accuracy of the minutes in reflecting the intent of the City Council as to matters recorded, and to this end may amend the minutes as presented so as accurately to reflect such intent. Except as to hearings required by law or ordinance to be recorded in detail, the Council shall be the final judge of the amount of detail to be contained in the minutes. Any councilman desiring the Clerk to make a verbatim transcript of his comments shall make request therefor through the Chair prior to the making of such remarks. Any councilman desiring an abstract of his statements on any subject to be recorded in the Council minutes shall make timely request therefor through the City Clerk prior to the Clerk's preparation of the minutes of such meeting. The minutes of any City Council meeting or a summary of the actions taken thereat shall be prepared and made available by the City Clerk no later than the close of the fifth working day, excluding weekends and holidays, after the conclusion of said meeting.

Any Councilman at his request shall have the right to have the reasons for his dissent from or protest against any action of the Council entered in the minutes.

(Part 2, Divisions 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 added to Chapter 1 by Ord. 1263 adopted 10-20-64; effective 11-20-64)