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7 <br /> <br />weekly council meeting. The Vice President will attend any community events where the <br />Council President / Mayor Pro Tempore is unable to attend. <br /> <br />SECTION 10: PROCEDURE FOR COUNCIL INITIATED LEGISLATION <br /> <br />If or when a councilmember is ready to formally request staff assistance, and to promote <br />the orderly development and consideration of proposed legislation and the efficient use <br />of staff time, Council will initiate legislation as follows: <br />1. Requests for information and advice regarding potential legislation <br />At a City Council meeting, Councilmembers may request information from Administration <br />or legal advice from the City Attorney regarding any draft or outline of the proposed <br />legislation the councilmember has prepared for consideration at a Council meeting. <br />If/When a councilmember requests the City Attorney’s office keep the preliminary work <br />confidential, the City Attorney shall do so to the extent it is consistent with their job duties <br />and responsibilities. Once a councilmember is ready to move forward with an outline of <br />draft legislation, the Councilmember will notify the President, who may assign the <br />proposal to the appropriate Council committee for consideration. <br />2. Requests for assistance drafting potential legislation <br />Following council committee discussion, which may include a determination by the <br />committee regarding whether work on the proposed legislation should continue, two or <br />more councilmembers (from the committee or not) may request that staff or the City <br />Attorney help prepare or review a draft ordinance or resolution. Once the legislation has <br />been prepared and reviewed by the councilmembers initiating the request, the Council <br />President or Presiding Officer will return it to the appropriate Council committee for <br />consideration. Only after it has been fully vetted by the Council committee and <br />recommended by the committee to be considered by the full Council will the President or <br />presiding officer place it on the Council agenda. The amount of administrative input and <br />involvement will vary and in part is determined by the level of impact to the budget, city <br />operations and community. <br />Provided, however, the obligations of this section shall be consistent with the Washington <br />Court Rules for Rules of Professional Conduct, State law, the Charter and City Ordinances. <br /> <br />SECTION 11: MOTIONS – VOTING <br /> <br />In presiding over Council meetings, the Council President /presiding officer shall cause <br />the business of the Council to be transacted in accordance with these rules and shall <br />determine all question of procedure subject to the appeal of the majority, of the Council <br />members present. Council's procedural practice shall not be based on Robert's Rules of <br />Order. As it relates to motions, the following shall apply: <br />1. A motion that does not receive a second fails; <br />2. A motion receiving a tie vote fails;