(a) The reports of standing committees shall be in writing and signed by a majority of the committee. Documents referred to the committee shall be returned with the report.
(b) Matters or questions referred to standing committees shall normally be reported back to the council not later than the second regular session after being referred to the committee, but the council may extend the time for reporting. When a committee to which a matter or question has been referred with instructions to report at a specific time is not ready to report at that time, the matter referred shall, unless further time is granted, be considered as though reported back without recommendation.
(c) The council may agree by majority vote to discharge any committee from further consideration of any matter referred to it. The matter referred shall be brought back before the council and take its proper place in the order of business.
(d) When an ordinance or resolution is reported back from a committee with recommendations, the recommendation of the committee shall have no force unless adopted by the council at a properly convened session.
(e) Any member of a committee may file a minority report and may move that the minority report be substituted for the recommendations of the majority. (Ord. 79-97 § 2 (part), 1979).