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Bill Tracking - 2011 session> Legislation Page 5 of 15 members of City Council. The Mayor shall be recognized as the head of the city government for all ceremonial purposes, the purposes of military law, and the service of civil process. In the absence or disability of the Mayor, the Vice-Mayor shall perform the duties of Mayor. 9 3.10. City Council Prohibited from Furnishing City Anything Requiring Payment. No member of the City Council shall be allowed to furnish any goods or services except services as a member of City Council for which he or she received any consideration in money or otherwise, either directly or indirectly, under penalty of the forfeiture of office. Any person making under oath a charge of this nature before any judge of the Portsmouth Circuit Court shall cause the accused council member to show cause why he or she should not be removed. If such charge is sustained, the judge shall remove the person from office and order the forfeiture of the consideration involved. 9 3.11. Noninterference in Appointments or Removals. Neither the City Council nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to or the removal of any person from any office or employment by the City Manager or by any of the Manager's subordinates, or in any way take part in the appointment of or removal of officers and employees of the city except as specifically provided in this Charter. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the City Council and its members shall deal with the administrative services of the city solely through the City Manager. Neither the City Council nor any member thereof shall give orders either publicly or privately to any subordinate of the City Manager. Any Council Member violating the provisions of this section or votingfor a motion, resolution. or ordinance in violation of this section shall be guilty of a class three misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall forfeitoffice as a Council Member. 93.12. Council as Continuing Body. The City Council shall be a continuing body and no measure pending before such body shall abate or be discontinued by reason of the expiration of the term of office or removal of the members of said body or any of them. Provided, however, that any measure, ordinance or resolution which is notfinally adopted or approved by the City Council within six (6) months of the date of its introduction or presentation to the Council shall not thereafter be considered by such body unless such measure, ordinance on:esolution shall again be introduced in or presented as required by law. 9 3.13. SpecialMeetings. Special meetings of the City Council may be called by the Mayor or any three (3) members of the Council. Notice of each special meeting shall contain a statement of the specific item or items of business to be transacted, and no other business shall be transacted at such meeting except by the unanimous consent of all the members of the City Council. 93.14. Procedures. No ordinance or resolution appropriating money exceeding the amount offive hundred dollars ($500), imposing taxes, or authorizing the borrowing of money shall be passed except by a recorded affirmative vote of a majority of all members elected to the governing body. 9 3.15. Ordinances Subject to Initiative and Referendum. The provisions of this charter pertaining to the processes of initiative and referendum shall not apply to administrative, appropriation, financial or revenue ordinances. CHAPTER 4. CITY CLERK. 94.01. City Clerk. The City Council shall appoint a City Clerk who shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council. The City Clerk shall be chosen solely on the basis of his or her professional qualifications. 94.02. Powers and Duties. httn://lis.virQ"inia.Q"ov/cQ"i-bin/leQ"D604.exe?111 +fu1+CHAP0640 6/30/2011