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SECTION IH (Continued) 2. Reading of Minutes Unless a Councilmember requests the reading of the minutes, the minutes shall be approved without reading if the Clerk has furnished each Councilmember with a copy. 3. Audio and video tape recordings of m_eetinvs It is the policy of the City Council to record its regular meetings on audio cassene and video tape. a. Not official records The audio and video tapes of the Council meetings are not the official record of those meetings. The approved minutes colBtitute the only official record. b. Maintenance of Audio Tapes Audio tapes shall be maintained in the City Clerk's office for 5 years. Tapes may be reviewed (i.e., listened to) at the City Clerk's office. The City is not required to provide verbatim wanscripts of any audio tape or to make copies thereof. c. Maintenance of Video tapes The City Clerk shall maintain video tapes of the City Council meetings for 2 years and any member may inspect such tape without charge. The City is not required to make a copy of the video tape without charge. IV. MEETING ORDER & ATTENDANCE A. Presidine Officer The Mayor, if present, shall preside. In thc Mayor's absence, the Vice-Mayor shall preside. In the absence of both, the Councilmembers present shall select a Presiding Officer. The Presiding Officer shall preserve order and decorum at all meetings of the Council, announce the decisions on all subjects and decide all questions of order, subject, however, to an appeal from Councilmembers.