The Council shall hold public meetings at least once in each
month and at such other times as may be fixed by ordinance. Special
meetings may be called by the Mayor and shall be called by the Mayor
upon written request of at least two (2) of the members of Council.
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. If it is for special purposes, the notice shall
contain a statement of the nature of the business to be considered.
Notice and agenda of all meetings shall be posted at the Municipal
Building twenty-four (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.
All business meetings and committee meetings of any public agency
shall be governed by the Sunshine Law, Act 84 of 1986.
The Council shall, by ordinance, adopt rules of procedure for
its meetings. Such rules shall be designed so as to assure full and
equal participation in the deliberations of the Council by its members.
Three (3) members of Council shall constitute a quorum. No business
shall be conducted or votes taken except in the presence of a quorum.
Official action 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 administrative
action shall be void or adversely affected if it shall have been taken
by ordinance. All final action in adopting ordinances or resolutions
shall be by roll-call vote duly recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
An opportunity to address municipal public agencies shall be
afforded the public at all business meetings, at a time designated
in the agenda. The agencies may adopt reasonable rules and regulations
governing the conduct of their members and the public during participation
in the meeting.