§ 2-50. Presiding officer's powers and duties

The presiding officer shall assume his place and duties immediately following his election. He shall preserve order at all meetings, have the power to reasonably limit the time of any citizen speaking from the floor, state questions coming before the council, announce its decision on all subjects and decide all questions of order; subject, however, to majority vote of the council determining questions of order. He shall vote on all motions. The mayor shall sign all ordinances and other documents adopted and approved by the council at meetings at which he is in attendance. In the event of his absence, the mayor pro tempore shall sign such documents as have been adopted and approved by the council.

(Code 1960, § 2213; Ord. No. 72-38, § 2, 10-16-72; Ord. No. 03-10, § 2, 11-3-03 )