Council affirms roll‑call voting preference and discusses order of votes and clerk duties

Councilors discussed voting mechanics and meeting operations, including the role of the clerk and the order of speakers when votes are taken.

Members voiced a strong preference for roll-call, tallied voting so the public can see how each member voted. Discussion focused on whether the current practice—calling the person who made the motion, then the seconder, then others, with the presiding officer voting last—should be codified or left flexible. Some suggested rotating the order across agenda items to avoid predictable advantage for any member.

Clerk duties were clarified: council agreed to language stating that the city clerk should attend regular and special meetings and shall call the roll for recording attendance and tallying votes. Members removed conditional phrasing such as "if possible" to make the clerk's responsibilities explicit.

Council did not adopt a fixed rule on vote order; members preferred to test a rotation or allow the clerk to manage the order administratively while keeping the public roll-call requirement in the policy.