(a) At the first meeting of council after inauguration, or as soon thereafter as practical, the mayor shall appoint, with the approval of council, six standing committees of council, which shall be designated as follows:

(1) Ways and means;

(2) Public safety;

(3) Roads and bridges;

(4) Planning and development;

(5) Personnel; and

(6) Environmental.

(b) The mayor shall present appointments to the standing committees to city council as soon as practicable after the first meeting of council after the election of a mayor pro tem by city council and no later than one week before the regular February council meeting. The mayor shall announce the appointments to said standing committees. Council shall vote to approve or disapprove them. In the event appointments are disapproved by council and if subsequent appointments by the mayor are not approved by the first regular council meeting in March, standing committee assignments shall be made by random draw with the first person drawn for each committee being the chairperson thereof.

(c) If city council does not affirmatively disapprove the appointments to the standing committees by the end of the first regular council meeting following the presentment of the appointments, then the appointments of the mayor to the standing committees and the appointment of the chairperson shall be deemed approved by city council. (Ord. O-08-00 § 3, 2000; prior code § 1-3-43)