The chief of police or his designee shall act as sergeant-at-arms. It shall be the duty of the sergeant-at-arms to preserve order in the council chambers under the direction of the presiding officer, to request any person in attendance at a council meeting to surrender firearms and dangerous weapons during attendance at the meeting, to act as messenger of the council under the direction of the city clerk by serving notices of special meetings upon council members, and to procure the attendance of absent members when a quorum is not present. (Ord. 79-97 § 2 (part), 1979).