It shall be the duty of the Council to meet statedly at least
once a month. Council may adjourn to a stated time for general business
or for special business. If no quorum is present at a regular or adjourned
meeting, a majority of those who do meet may agree upon another date
for a meeting and may continue to so agree until the meeting is held.
Special meetings may be called by the President of Council and must
be called upon written request of at least three (3) members thereof.
Members shall have at least twenty-four (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.
Council shall make and preserve minutes and records of its proceedings.
These records shall be open for public inspection during reasonable
hours and copies furnished to individuals upon payment of the estimated
reasonable expense.
A.
All meetings and deliberations of the Council shall be open to the
public except that the Council may discuss matters pertaining to elected
or appointed officials, individual employees, collective bargaining,
matters of land acquisition and investigation and settlement of suits
for claims in executive session. It is the intent of this Charter
that all other matters affecting the public shall be discussed in
meetings that are open to the public.
B.
The agenda of business of the Council meetings shall be made available
in the Borough offices at least twenty-four (24) hours before the
meeting.
The Council shall, by ordinance, adopt rules of procedure for
its meetings and may provide for the formation of committees and assignment
of members thereto. Such rules shall be designed so as to assure full
and equal participation in the deliberations of the Council by all
of its members.
A majority of the members of Council shall constitute a quorum.
The Council shall conduct no business except in the presence of a
quorum.
The action of a majority of the members of Council present and
entitled to vote, unless otherwise stated in this Charter, shall be
binding upon and constitute the action of the Council.
Official actions of Council may be taken by adoption of an ordinance,
of a resolution, or by 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 may be by resolution
or motion, unless otherwise required in this Charter or in the ordinance
establishing the rules of Councilmanic procedure. All official votes
of the Council shall be taken openly and recorded. 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.
The Council shall provide reasonable opportunity for interested
citizens and taxpayers to address the Council on matters of general
or special concern. This opportunity may be afforded the public either
at the regular monthly Council meeting or at another regular monthly
meeting specially set for this purpose.
