(A) (1) The Council shall adopt in its Rules of Procedure provisions to give notice of public meetings of the Council and its committees, which rules shall be in compliance with Section 10-15-1 NMSA 1978, a portion of the Open Meetings Act.
(2) Meeting notices shall include an agenda containing a list of specific items of business to be discussed or transacted at the meeting or information on how the public may obtain a copy of such agenda. Except in the case of emergency, the agenda shall be available to the public at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Except for emergency matters, the Council shall take action only on items appearing on the agenda. For purposes of this division (2), an
EMERGENCY refers to unforeseen circumstances that, if not addressed immediately by the public body, will likely result in injury or damage to persons or property or substantial financial loss to the public body. (Section 10-15-1(F) NMSA 1978)
(B) The Council may recess and reconvene a meeting to a day subsequent to that stated in the meeting notice if, prior to recessing, the Council specifies the date, time and place for continuation of the meeting, and, immediately following the recessed meeting, posts notice of the date, time and place for the reconvened meeting on or near the door of the place where the original meeting was held and in at least one other location appropriate to provide public notice of the continuation of the meeting. Only matters appearing on the agenda of the original meeting may be discussed at the reconvened meeting. (Section 10-15-1(E) NMSA 1978)
('74 Code, § 1-7-4) (Ord. 40-1974; Am. Ord. 6-1990)