Section 13. Meetings. The council shall hold a regular meeting at least once each month at a time and at a place in the City which it designates and shall adopt rules for the government of its members and proceedings. The mayor upon his own motion may, or at the request of three members of the council shall, by giving notice thereof to all members of the council then in the City, call a special meeting of the council for a time not earlier than three nor later than 48 hours after the notice is given. Special emergency meetings of the council may be held at any time by the consent of all members of the council.

Section 14. Quorum. A majority of the members of the council shall constitute a quorum for it to do business, but a smaller number may meet and compel the attendance of absent members in a manner provided by ordinance.

Section 15. Journal. The council shall cause a journal of its proceedings to be kept. Upon the request of any of its members, the ayes and nays upon any question before it shall be taken and a record of the vote entered in the journal.

Section 16. Meetings to be Public. All deliberations and proceedings of the council shall be public.

Section 17. Mayor’s Functions at Council Meetings. The mayor shall be chairman of the council and preside over its deliberations. He shall have authority to preserve order, enforce the rules of the council, and determine the order of business under the rules of the council. He shall have a vote on all questions before it.

Section 18. President of the Council. At its first meeting after this charter takes effect and thereafter at its first meeting of each odd- numbered year, the council by ballot shall elect a president from its membership. In the mayor’s absence from a council meeting, the president shall preside over it. Whenever the mayor is unable, on account of absence, illness, or other cause, to perform the functions of his office, the president of the council shall act as mayor.

Section 19. Vote Required. Except as this charter otherwise provides, the concurrence of a majority of the members of the council present at a council meeting shall be necessary to decide any question before the council.