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Jasper City Council appoints presiding officer and adopts updated procedural ordinance
Summary
At a post-inauguration organizational meeting, the Jasper City Council unanimously appointed Jenny Short as presiding officer for a two-year term and adopted an amended organizational (procedural) ordinance that sets regular meeting dates, changes agenda deadlines, and schedules council work sessions.
After the inauguration and a scheduled reception, the Jasper City Council returned to conduct organizational business, adopting procedural changes and selecting a presiding officer.
The council opened nominations for presiding officer; a councilmember nominated Jenny Short and another councilmember moved to close nominations. A motion to appoint Short as presiding officer for a two-year term passed by unanimous voice vote.
Councilmembers then considered an amended organizational (procedural) ordinance that the clerk had circulated. The proposed changes included setting regular council meetings for the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 10 a.m., changing the deadline for submitting agenda items to Fridays at 4 p.m. (from a previous Thursday at noon), and scheduling work sessions on the Mondays preceding council meetings beginning at 11:30 a.m. The council voted to suspend the rules for immediate consideration by unanimous consent and then finally approved the ordinance by unanimous voice vote.
Tally information in the record shows unanimous approval of both the motions to consider and to adopt the ordinance; the transcript records multiple "yes" voice votes by members present. The council then made and approved a motion to adjourn.
No ordinance number or formal citation was recorded in the transcript; the ordinance text was said to have been distributed to members the day before and discussed during the work session. The clerk indicated the organizational ordinance contained only a few recommended amendments and presented the timetable and procedural updates for approval.
