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A. A member of the council shall declare a substantial financial interest the member has in an official action and ask to be excused from a vote on the matter;

1. The presiding officer shall rule on the request to be excused from the vote;

2. The decision of the presiding officer on the request may be overridden by a majority vote;

B. Declaration to be excused must be made before the vote, and shall be decided without debate;

C. A municipal employee or official, other than a member of the governing body, may not participate in an official action in which the employee or official has a substantial financial interest;

D. The presiding officer shall declare all votes; but if any member doubts a vote, the presiding officer, without further debate upon the question, shall request the members voting in the affirmative and negative respectively to so indicate, and shall declare the result;

E. The vote upon all matters considered by the council shall be taken by yes or no votes which shall be entered upon the record, except that when the vote is unanimous, it shall be necessary only to so state. (Ord. 648 § 5, 2005)