(a) The following order of business shall be observed by the Common Council at its meetings:

(1) Call the meeting to order
(2) Devotions
(3) Call of the roll and note absentees
(4) Reading and correction of the journal of the previous meeting
(5) Time for presenting of petitions, memorials, or remonstrances, and introductions, motions, resolutions, and so forth. These must be in writing.
(6) Communication from the Mayor
(7) Report of the Board of Public Works and Safety
(8) Special reports from city departments if requested and placed upon the agenda
(9) Reports from standing committees
(10) Reports from special committees
(11) Introduction of miscellaneous business
(12) Introduction of ordinances on first reading
(13) Ordinances on second reading, and engrossment
(14) Ordinances on third reading
(15) Unfinished business
(16) Call for adjournment

(b) The reading of the journal may be dispensed with at any time by a majority vote of Council.

(c) Special orders may be taken up immediately after Reports from Special Committees, if so ordered by Council.

(d) The Council may return to any order of business after the call of the regular order of business, by a majority vote of Council or at the discretion of the President.