(a) The Chair shall declare all votes; but, if any member doubts a vote, the Chair, without further debate upon the question, shall request the members voting in the affirmative and negative respectively to indicate by show of hands, and he or she shall declare the result.

(b) In all meetings of the City Council, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays on the passage of all ordinances, resolutions, and authorizations for the payment of money, and on the passage of any motion, order, or resolution when called for by any member of the Council, and such yea and nay vote of each member shall be permanently entered on the record of the proceedings of the Council by the City Clerk. Other voters may be by voice or show of hands.

(c) No member shall vote on any question in which he or she has a pecuniary interest directly or indirectly and in which his or her vote may be decisive, except as herein set forth. Should any member desire to intend to have business dealings with the City whereby he or she may derive income and benefits other than those provided as remuneration for his or her official duties, he or she shall file with the City Clerk, in such form as the Clerk may prescribe, a statement under oath which shall include the nature of the proposed transaction and the extent of the interest, direct or indirect, which said officer or employee has in said transaction. The City Clerk shall publish a copy of such statement in a newspaper of the City qualified by law to publish legal notices if one (1) is published in the City and shall, in addition, post a copy of said statement on the Council bulletin board. The cost of said publication shall be borne by the member who desires to enter into the transaction, and the City Clerk may require a deposit to insure payment thereof. The Council shall take no action with regard thereto until at least ten (10) days shall have elapsed after the filing of the statement by the member and until at least seven (7) days shall have elapsed after the publishing and posting of said statement as required herein. (See also KMC Chapter 1.85.)

(d) Every member who shall be present when a question is put, when he or she is not disqualified by personal interest, shall vote, unless the Council for special reason excuses him or her. Applications to so excuse must be made before the vote, and shall be decided without debate.

(e) Anything to the contrary in these rules notwithstanding, in all cases where an extraordinary majority is not required, and when no motion is before the Council, the Chair may, in lieu of calling for or waiting for a motion to be made, put the question in the following form: “Without objection, it will be so ordered.” If no objection is heard, he or she shall announce: “It is so ordered,” which will have the same effect as if a motion to that effect has been made and voted upon favorably. If a single objection is reasonably expressed when the question is put, the Chair shall not proceed further under this rule, but instead shall call for a motion, which motion shall be handled in the regular manner.