§ 6.7. Organization and Rules of the Council:

The Council shall determine its own organization, rules and order of business subject to the following provisions:

(a)

A journal of the proceedings of each meeting shall be kept in the English language by the Clerk and shall be signed by the presiding officer and clerk of the meeting.

State Law reference— Mandatory that charter provide for keeping legislative journal in English, MCL 117.3(m), MSA 5.2073, (m).

(b)

A vote upon all ordinances and resolutions shall be taken by "Yes" and "No" vote and entered upon the records.

(c)

No member of the Council shall vote on any question in which he has a financial interest, other than the common public interest, or on any question concerning his own conduct, but on all other questions each member who is present shall vote when his name is called unless excused by the unanimous consent of the remaining members present. Any member refusing to vote except when not so required by this paragraph shall be guilty of misconduct in office.

(d)

In all roll call votes the names of the members of the Council shall be called in alphabetical order and the name to be called first shall be advanced one position alphabetically in each successive roll call vote.

(e)

The proceedings of the Council, or a brief summary thereof, shall be published within fifteen days following each meeting. Any such summary shall be prepared by the Clerk and approved by the Mayor and shall show the substance of each separate proceeding of the Council.

(f)

There shall be no standing committees of the Council.