Montgomery County                            2867

Section 1. COUNCIL OFFICERS; COUNCIL STAFF DI-
RECTOR; SECRETARY AND EMPLOYEES; DUTIES; PUB-
LICATION AND RECORDS.

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1.5  Council Staff Director, Secretary and Other Employees.

There shall be a Council Staff Director, a Secretary of the
Council, and such other employees as may be required. The duty of
the Secretary shall be to keep minutes of Council meetings, main-
tain its journal, and provide other administrative services required to
assist the legislative process, including but not limited to those out-
lined in these rules of procedure. Wherever the words "Clerk",
"Clerk to the County Council", "Council Clerk", or similar words
appear in this Code, or amendments thereto, the words are hereby
amended to read "Secretary," "Secretary of the Council," or "Council
Secretary" as may be applicable.

1.6    Supervision.

The Council Staff Director, the Secretary and employees of the
Council shall act under direction from the Council received at Council
meetings, provided, however, as necessary and in absence of Council
instructions, the President or, in his absence, the Vice-President shall
provide such direction as the President or Vice-President shall deem
necessary. The Director of Council Staff shall be responsible for over-
all coordination, direction and supervision of the said Secretary and
employees of the Council.

1.7    Journal and Minutes.

The Secretary shall, subject to the direction of the Director
of Council Staff, keep a written journal of all legislative sessions of
the Council and written minutes of all non-legislative Council meet-
ings. The journal and minutes shall include motions and all votes
by roll call or otherwise. In addition to the title of a bill or the
subject matter of a resolution, only amendments of a bill or resolution
which are adopted shall have the full text entered in the journal or
minutes, except that amendments offered but not adopted shall be
entered if a vote on roll call by yeas and nays was had thereon.
After correction, the journal or minutes shall be approved by motion,
duly seconded and passed.

1.8    Publication of Legislation—Summaries, Full Text and Council
Proceedings.

a. Promptly after a bill has become law and prior to the effective
date stated in such law, the Secretary shall cause to be published
in one newspaper of general circulation in the County a summary
of such law. For emergency legislation, the Secretary shall cause to
be published in the same manner a summary of such legislation
promptly after enactment.