(A) Meetings. The council shall hold its regular meetings on the first Monday of each month. It may prescribe by ordinance the manner in which special meetings may be called and may so change the day of its regular monthly meetings.
(B) Quorum. When a seat on a council is vacant due to removal, resignation, death, or by operation of law, the quorum consists of the majority of the remaining aldermen who are qualified to serve as aldermen by election or appointment pursuant to SDCL Chapter 9-13. The council may compel the attendance of absentees under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance.
(C) Journal of meetings. The meetings of the council are open to the public and it shall keep a journal of its proceedings.
(SDCL § 9-8-8)