Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Dearborn County Council Formalized the 5 Vote Rule for Salary Ordinances in 1995

Dearborn County Council Formalized the 5 Vote Rule for Salary Ordinances in 1995  - below is the text of the official approved minutes of that meeting obtained from the Auditor's Office. The pertinent text is highlighted in bold and underlined for a quick read. All salary ordinances passed with only 4 votes since then will need to be reviewed by Council.

DEARBORN COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING —JUNE 20, 1995

The Dearborn County Council met in the Administration Building on June 20, 1995 at 7:30 P.M.

Members Present: James B. Wismann, President, Vera Benning, George “Bo” Lansing, Larry Given, Charles Fehrman, Dennis Kraus, Joel E. Blasdel. Karen Shell, Auditor, was unable to attend.

The meeting was opened with the Pledge to the Flag.

Jim Wismann needs a motion to approve the minutes of the last meeting. Jody Blasdel motioned to approve the minutes and Larry Given seconded. Motion carried.

JOE MEYER- COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Joe Meyer spoke to the “new” Council meeting rules.

THE FOLLOWING WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM THE 2ND DAY OF JUNE, 1995 AND FORWARD WITH REGARD TO PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCTING MEETINGS OF THE DEARBORN COUNTY COUNCIL.

  1. Meeting opened by President or representative.
  2. Pledge of Allegiance.
  3. approval of minutes of the previous meeting.

AGENDA
  1. Five (5) minutes time will be allotted to each person who has contacted the County Auditor beforehand and will be heard in the order in which they are listed. ( Time may be extended in the event it is absolutely necessary.)
  2. County elected and appointed officials will be heard next. If they have been placed on the agenda ahead of time they will be heard first. Those not on the agenda will be heard next.
  3. Any other persons (citizens, etc.) wishing to speak and not on the agenda, will be permitted to speak at the end of the meeting, after ALL other matters have been completed, and shall be allotted three (3) minutes time to do so. 
  4. While a County Official or other person is speaking or making a presentation, no one except Council persons shall be permitted to ask questions or make comments to that person.
  5. After the County Official or other person has completed their presentation, questions may be asked or comments made by persons in the audience, but must be done before any motions made regarding the presentation. Two (2) minutes time will be allotted for such questions or comments.

MOTIONS AND VOTING
  1. The President shall call for a motion. If no motion has been made by the third(3rd) call, the matter will be considered as denied.
  2. Once a motion has been made, the President shall call for  a second. If no second is made by the third (3rd) call, the matter will be considered as denied.
  3. No less than FOUR (4) votes will be necessary to pass any matter except those involving salaries.
  4. All salary matters shall require no less than FIVE (5) votes.
  5. Once a matter has been presented, a motion and second made, and voting has been competed, the matter may not be reconsidered at the same meeting. 

DEARBORN COUNTY COUNCIL
JAMES B. WISMANN, President June 2, 1995

The meeting minutes then continue for three more pages. 

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

No less than 5 votes for a salary change does this aplay to the county Administrator pay raise.

Anonymous said...

Get over it. State law trumped this. Granted it was used selectively. Either move on, or quit whining and throw the polticians out of office that voted for the salary thing.

adc said...

State Law does not trump local laws that are more strict than the state law. You cannot change rules will nilly for some special people and not for everyone. That's a red flag for corruption