(A) Regular meetings. Meetings of the Board may be held on the fourth Thursday of the month at the Town Hall, 6:30 p.m., provided that meetings may be held at any other convenient place in the town if the Chairman so directs before the meeting so long as the meeting notice requirements established by statute are followed.
(B) Special meetings. The Chairman may call special meetings of the Board at any time when there is business or cases to be decided by the BOA. At least 48 hours written notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be given, by either the Secretary or the Chairman, to each member of the Board.
(C) Cancellation of meetings. If there are no appeals, applications for variances, or other business from the Board, or if so many regular and alternate members notify the Secretary that they cannot attend that a quorum will not be available, the Chairman may dispense with a regular meeting by giving written or oral notice to all members not less than 24 hours before the time set for the meeting.
(D) Quorum. A quorum shall consist of five BOA members, including alternates serving in lieu of regular members who are absent, excused or recused.
(E) Voting. All regular members may vote on any issue unless they have disqualified themselves for one or more of the reasons listed in § 153.158. The required vote to decide variance applications shall be four-fifths as provided in § 153.160. In all others matters the vote of a majority of the members present and voting shall decide issues before the Board. Vacant seats due to absences and those members recused from voting shall not be considered in the calculation of required votes if there are no qualified alternates.
(F) Conduct of meetings. All meetings shall be open to the public. The order of business at regular meetings shall be as follows.
(1) Call to order;
(2) Approval of minutes of the previous meeting;
(3) Hearing of cases;
(4) Reports of committees;
(5) Unfinished business;
(6) New business:
(7) Consideration and determination of cases heard.
(Ord. passed 8-25-94; Am. Res. passed 4-8-10; Am. Ord. 2014-001-O, passed 4-10-14; Am. Ord. passed - -)