The council shall hold regular meetings on the first and third Wednesday of each month; provided that, if a regular meeting date falls on a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held at the same hour, same day the following week or may be canceled. An agenda will provide the time and place of the meetings.
(Res. No. 240; Amended by General Municipal Election on November 3, 2020)
Special meetings may be called by the City clerk, City manager, City attorney, or by written request of the mayor or any three (3) councilmembers by providing each councilmember with at least seventy-two (72) hours' written notice, except that for time sensitive business, only twenty-four (24) hours' written notice is required. Written notice shall be served personally, electronically, or left at each councilmembers' usual place of residence, and shall be publicly posted in accordance with the timeframes set forth in this section. Business transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the subjects recited in the notice of such meeting.
(Amended by General Municipal Election on November 7, 2000; amended by General Municipal Election on November 2, 2010; Amended by General Municipal Election on November 3, 2020)
Except for closed sessions permitted by general state law, all council meetings shall be open to the public and citizens shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard.
(Amended by General Municipal Election on November 7, 2000; Amended by General Municipal Election on November 2, 2010)
Three (3) councilmembers shall be a quorum for the transaction of business at council meetings except as otherwise provided by this charter. In the absence of a quorum, a lesser number of councilmembers or the City clerk may adjourn the meeting to a later date.
(Amended by General Municipal Election on November 2, 2010)
The council may, by vote of not less than two (2) of its members, enforce orderly conduct and compel the attendance of its members and other City officers at its meetings. Any member of the council or other officer of the City who refuses to attend such meetings or conducts themselves in a disorderly manner thereat shall be deemed guilty of misconduct in office. Upon council request the City manager shall designate a police official or officer to serve as the sergeant-at-arms of the council.
(Amended by General Municipal Election on November 2, 2010)
The council shall determine its own rules and order of business subject to the following provisions. There shall be a journal of proceeding or minutes of all council meetings approved by the council and to which the public shall have access at all reasonable times. Within seven (7) days after any regular or special council meeting, the actions taken by the council at the meeting shall be available on the City's website, and within thirty (30) days after any regular or special council meeting, action minutes of the meeting shall be prepared by the council for its approval.
A vote upon all ordinances and resolutions shall be taken individually by an affirmative or negative vote and entered upon the journal, except that where the vote is unanimous it shall be necessary only to so state.
(Amended April 13, 1982; amended by General Municipal Election on November 7, 2000; amended by General Municipal Election on November 2, 2010; Amended by General Municipal Election on November 3, 2020)