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Section 3. Voting Procedures. After a roll call establishing that a quorum is physically <br /> present,the presiding officer shall call for a motion that a member may be permitted <br /> to attend the meeting electronically after specifying the reason entitling the absent <br /> member to attend electronically. The motion must be approved by a vote of a <br /> majority of the City Council. <br /> Section 4. Adequate Equipment Required. The member participating electronically and <br /> other members of the City Council must be able to communicate effectively, <br /> and members of the audience must be able to hear all communications at the <br /> meeting site. Before allowing electronic attendance at any meeting, the City <br /> Council shall provide equipment adequate to accomplish this objective at the <br /> meeting site. <br /> Section 5. Minutes. Any member attending electronically shall be considered an off-site <br /> attendee and counted as present electronically for that meeting. The meeting <br /> minutes shall also reflect and state specifically whether each member is <br /> physically present or present by electronic means. <br /> Section 6. Rights of Remote Member. A member permitted to attend electronically will be <br /> able to express his or her comments during the meeting and participate in the same <br /> capacity as those members physically present, subject to all general meeting <br /> guidelines andprocedures previously adopted and adhered to.The member attending <br /> electronically shall be heard, considered, and counted as to any vote taken. <br /> Accordingly, the name of any member attending electronically shall be called <br /> during any vote taken, and his or her vote counted and recorded by the City Clerk <br /> and placed in the minutes for the corresponding meeting. A member attending <br /> electronically may leave a meeting and return as in the case of any member, <br /> provided the member attending electronically shall announce his or her leaving and <br /> returning. <br /> Section 7. Chair. If the Mayor is attending electronically, the Mayor Pro Tem shall be <br /> the Chair of the City Council meeting so long as the Mayor Pro Tem is <br /> physically present at the City Council meeting. <br /> Section 8. Validity. All votes, appropriations, ordinances or resolutions adopted with a <br /> member attending electronically shall have the same force, validity and effect as <br /> if the member was physicallypresent. <br /> %T <br /> These rules are effective this 1 day of 12023. <br /> JULIE MOORE WOL E, MAYOR <br /> KIM ALTHOFF, CITY C <br />