It shall be the duty of Council to hold a public meeting once a month for the conduct of their business. Council may adjourn to a stated time for general business or for special business. Special meetings may be called by the Mayor, and shall be called by the Mayor upon written request of at least three of the Members of Council. Members shall have at least 24 hours' notice of such special meetings. The notice shall state whether it is for general or special purposes, and if it is for special purposes, the notice shall contain a statement of the nature of the business to be considered. Presence at a meeting constitutes waiver of notice. Notice and agenda of all meetings shall be posted at the Municipal Building 24 hours prior to a meeting.
Council shall make and preserve minutes of all business and committee meetings of Council. All records, documents and papers of the Municipality shall be available to the public in accordance with the provisions of general law.[1]
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Editor's Note: See the Charter References to General Law included as an attachment to this Charter.
All business meetings and committee meetings of the Council shall be open for public attendance. All official votes of the Council shall be taken openly.
The Council shall, by ordinance, adopt rules of procedure for its meetings.[1] Such rules shall be designed so as to assure full and equal participation in the deliberations of the Council by all of its members.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 25, Council and Committee Rules.
Four Members of Council shall constitute a quorum. Except as provided in § C-124, no business shall be conducted or votes taken except in the presence of a quorum.
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No action of Council shall be effective or binding without at least three affirmative votes.
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No ordinance shall be adopted without at least four affirmative votes.
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Actions of Council, other than ordinances, shall be effective and binding by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast, provided at least three affirmative votes are cast.
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In cases where the Mayor is entitled to vote, the vote of the Mayor shall be counted in calculating votes required in this Section.
Official actions of Council shall be taken by adoption of an ordinance, or a resolution, or a motion. All ordinances and resolutions must be in written form. All actions of a legislative character shall be taken by ordinance. All other actions of Council shall be by resolution or motion, unless otherwise required in this Charter, or in the ordinance establishing the rules of Councilmanic procedure. However, no such administrative action shall be void or otherwise adversely affected if it shall have been taken by ordinance. All final action in adopting ordinances or resolutions shall be by roll call vote, and the vote of each Member of Council shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting.
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The Council shall schedule a regular monthly meeting solely to provide an opportunity for interested citizens to address the Council on matters of general or special concern. Minutes shall be kept of these meetings.
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The opportunity to address Council shall also be afforded the public at all business meetings at a time designated in the agenda by the Mayor.
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Council may adopt reasonable rules and regulations governing the conduct of Council Members and the public during participation in the meeting.