Michigan Compiled Laws 215-1895-viii Chapter VIII The City Council. (88.1...88.20)

• Section 88.1 City Council; Members.
  The legislative authority of cities incorporated under this act shall be vested in a council consisting of the mayor, two aldermen elected from each...
• Section 88.2 Mayor To Be President.
  The mayor shall be president of the council, and preside at the meetings thereof, but shall have no vote therein, except in case of...
• Section 88.3 President Pro Tempore; Powers, Duties.
  On the first Monday in May in each year, the council shall appoint 1 of their number president pro tempore of the council, who,...
• Section 88.4 Clerks; Duties.
  The city clerk shall be clerk of the council, but shall have no vote therein. He shall keep a full record of all the...
• Section 88.5 Aldermen; Required Attendance; Loss Of Vote, Interest.
  Each alderman shall be required to attend all sessions of the council, and serve upon committees when appointed thereon. No alderman shall vote on...
• Section 88.6 Election Returns; Qualification Of Membership; Meetings, Notice.
  The council shall be judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members. It shall hold regular stated meetings for the transaction...
• Section 88.7 Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice; Quorum; Adjournment; Pending Business; Compelling Attendance Of Absent Members; Concurring Vote Required For Certain Actions; Reconsidering Or Rescinding Vote At Special Meeting; Appropriation Of Money; Passing Or Adopting Resolution.
  (1) The business which the council may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the council held in compliance with Act No....
• Section 88.8 Rules For Council Proceedings; Record Or Journal Of Proceedings; Availability Of Writings To Public; Taking Votes; Entering Votes On Journal; Publication Of Record And Votes.
  (1) The council shall prescribe rules for council proceedings, and keep a record or journal of the proceedings. A writing prepared, owned, used, in...
• Section 88.9 Compelling Attendance At Meetings; Fines For Nonattendance; Sanctions For Disorderly Conduct; Ordinance.
  The council, by ordinance, may compel the attendance of council members and other officers of the city at its meetings, may enforce fines for...
• Section 88.10 City Officers; Attendance At Meetings; Public Attendance And Participation Not Prohibited.
  (1) The attorney, marshal, street commissioner, surveyor, and engineer of the fire department may take part in proceedings and deliberations of the council on...
• Section 88.11 Powers Of Council; Control Of Finances, Property.
  The council shall have control of the finances and of all property of the city corporation, except as may be otherwise provided by law....
• Section 88.12 Powers Of Council; Ordinances, Enactment.
  Whenever by this act or any other provisions of law any power or authority is vested in, or duly imposed upon, the corporation or...
• Section 88.13 Powers Of Council; Standing Committees; Appointment, Duties.
  The council may provide for the appointment of standing committees of its members, who shall perform such duties, investigate, have charge of, and report...
• Section 88.14 Records, Books, Documents, Or Papers; Location; Filing; Inspection; Defacement Or Destruction; Violation; Penalty.
  (1) The council shall cause the records of the corporation, records of the proceedings of the council, and all books, documents, reports, contracts, receipts,...
• Section 88.15 Members; Compensation.
  No member of the council shall receive any compensation for his services, either as alderman, committeeman or otherwise, except as herein provided. History: 1895,...
• Section 88.16 Repealed. 1968, Act 317, Eff. Sept. 1, 1968.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided that city council members not be interested in contracts; penalty; exception.
• Section 88.17 Removal From Office; Preferring Charges Against And Trying Officers.
  A person appointed to office by the council under this act, may be removed from office by a vote of the majority of the...
• Section 88.18 Investigation Of Charges Or Other Matters; Procedure.
  To enable the council to investigate charges against an officer, or other matters as they consider proper to investigate, the mayor, at the request...
• Section 88.19 Witnesses; Summons, Oath.
  Whenever the council, or any committee of the members thereof, are authorized to compel the attendance of witnesses for the investigation of matters which...
• Section 88.20 Claims Against City; Audit, Allowance; Rules; Defense To Suit.
  The council shall audit and allow all accounts chargeable against the city but no account or claim or contract shall be received for audit...

Last modified: October 10, 2016