Correspondence addressed to the city council which is received by the city clerk or any other officer or employee of the city shall not become a public record until received and filed by the council at a regular, special or adjourned meeting of the council. Correspondence received in the city clerk’s office or other offices after 12:00 noon on the Wednesday preceding a regular council meeting shall not be placed on the agenda unless it concerns a matter to be considered by the council at the next regular meeting or is determined by the mayor or the city administrator to be an urgent matter which should be brought to the immediate attention of the council. Correspondence shall not be read aloud at a council meeting unless requested by a majority of the council.
(1964 Code, § 2-52)