for each office. Upon the completion of the canvass and before installing the new members, the City Council shall pass a resolution reciting the fact of the election and such other matters as are enumerated in Elections Code § 22933. Sec. 1-2-107. Compensation for City Council members - Determination. Compensation for City Council members shall be set, and from time to time shall be changed, in accordance with the compensation schedule for Council members established in Government Code § 36516. Sec. 1-2-108. Same - Amount. Compensation for City Councilmembers shall be $880 per month. CHAPTER 3. RULES OF ORDER Sec. 1-2-301. Agenda All meetings of the City Council shall be noticed via posting of the agenda in accordance with the notice and agenda requirements set forth in (Division 15 of Title 1). Except as provided in Section 15-1-107 and/or as otherwise provided in Government Code § 54954.2, no action shall be taken on matters not appearing on the posted agenda. Sec. 1-2-302. Order of business. Promptly at the hour set by law on the day of each regular meeting the members of the City Council, the City Manager, the City Clerk and the City Attorney shall take their regular stations in the Council chambers and the business of the Council shall be taken up for consideration and disposition in the order established by resolution of the City Council. Sec. 1-2-303. Duties of the presiding officer – Generally. The Mayor, or in the Mayor's absence the Vice Mayor, shall be the presiding officer, and shall assume the place and duties of such office immediately following election. The Mayor shall preserve strict order and decorum at all meetings of the Council, state questions coming before the Council, announce its decision on all subjects and decide all questions of order, subject, however, to an appeal to the Council as a whole, in which event a majority vote of the Council members present shall govern and conclusively determine such question of order. The Mayor shall vote on all questions, and on roll call his or her name shall be called last. The seating arrangement for the City Council shall be determined by the Mayor unless such determination is overturned by a majority vote of the City Council.
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