380.4 MAJORITY REQUIREMENT -- TIE VOTE -- CONFLICTS

380.4  MAJORITY REQUIREMENT -- TIE VOTE -- CONFLICTS
      OF INTEREST.
         Passage of an ordinance, amendment, or resolution requires a
      majority vote of all of the members of the council, except when the
      mayor may vote to break a tie vote in a city with an even number of
      council members, as provided in section 372.4.  Passage of a motion
      requires a majority vote of a quorum of the council.  A resolution
      must be passed to spend public funds in excess of one hundred
      thousand dollars on a public improvement project, or to accept public
      improvements and facilities upon their completion.  Each council
      member's vote on a measure must be recorded.  A measure which fails
      to receive sufficient votes for passage shall be considered defeated.

         As used in this chapter, "all of the members of the council"
      refers to all of the seats of the council including a vacant seat and
      a seat where the member is absent, but does not include a seat where
      the council member declines to vote by reason of a conflict of
      interest.
         A measure voted upon is not invalid by reason of a conflict of
      interest in a member of the council, unless the vote of the member of
      the council was decisive to passage of the measure.  The vote must be
      computed on the basis of the number of members not disqualified by
      reason of conflict of interest.  However, a majority of all members
      is required for a quorum.  For the purpose of this section, the
      statement of a council member that the council member declines to
      vote by reason of conflict of interest is conclusive and must be
      entered of record.