Rule No. 9. - Requests for action; making entries in the journal.

Requests for action made by a member of the city council shall not be reproduced in the journal nor forwarded to the person or persons designated by the presiding officer for action or attention unless such request is reduced to writing and filed with the clerk of the council prior to adjournment of the meeting at which such request is made.

No remarks, voting explanations or words spoken in debate by any member of the city council shall be reproduced in the journal except by unanimous consent of the members of the council present, upon motion by a member and unless a written copy thereof is delivered to the office of the clerk of the council by 12:00 noon of the following day.

The clerk of the council is authorized to condense and summarize any requests for action, remarks, vote explanations and words spoken in debate that are to be noted in the journal, but all writings filed with the clerk shall be kept and preserved as an appendix to the journal.