§ 30.06 QUORUM; ADJOURNMENT IN ABSENCE.

   If a quorum of the Council fail to attend within ½ hour after the appointed time of the meeting, those present may adjourn to such time as they may deem proper, and the Clerk/Treasurer shall enter the names of those present and those absent in the journal. At any meeting, a majority of the elected Council Members or the Mayor and 3 Council Members will constitute a quorum for transacting business. The temporary absence from the meeting room of members sufficient to constitute a quorum will not be deemed to prevent the Council from hearing presentations or discussing matters submitted to the Council.

(1997 Code, § 2-33)

§ 30.07 STANDING COMMITTEES.

   (A)   The Mayor shall, at the first regular meeting of the Council after the new Council Members chosen at any election shall qualify, appoint any standing committees as are deemed necessary.

   (B)   It shall be the duty of each of the committees referred to in division (A) of this section to exercise general supervision of those matters and things which belong to, affect or pertain to its department of the public affairs, and to report thereon to the Council whenever a report is called for by the Mayor or Council. Each committee shall have the authority, with the approval of the Mayor, to cause repairs to be made and evils to be remedied affecting those things belonging to its department, where the repairs or remedies are too urgent to be delayed.

(1997 Code, § 2-34)

MEETINGS

§ 30.15 OPEN DOOR POLICY.

   Council meetings will be open to the public in order to provide free entry into meetings wherein the business of the people is being conducted. The Council may, for the purposes identified and provided for in the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VA Code, §§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) and upon motion made and duly adopted, meet in executive or closed meetings. These purposes are provided in VA Code, § 2.2-3711.

(1997 Code, § 2-101)

§ 30.16 ANNUAL MEETINGS.

   The first meeting held after the newly elected members of the Council have qualified and the first meeting held of each succeeding year will be known as the annual meeting. At this annual meeting, the Council will establish the days, times and places for the regular meeting of the Council for the ensuing 12 months.

(1997 Code, § 2-102)

Charter reference:

   Meetings of Council, see § 4

§ 30.17 PUBLIC HEARINGS.

   Public hearings will be held after proper public notice has been given. This notice shall specify the time and place of the hearing at which persons affected may appear and present their views.

(1997 Code, § 2-103)

Statutory reference:

   Notice of planning matters, see VA Code, § 15.2-2204

§ 30.18 ADJOURNED MEETINGS.

   Any regular or special meeting of the Council may be adjourned, upon motion made and duly adopted, by the Council to a date and time prior to the next regular meeting.

(1997 Code, § 2-104)