CHAPTER V
PROCEDURE OF THE CITY COUNCIL

SECTION 5.1 REGULAR MEETINGS.

   The Council shall meet at the usual place for holding council meetings at 7:30 p.m. on the first Monday not a holiday of the new year following each regular city election, at which session newly elected members of the council shall be qualified and assume the duties of their office. Regular meetings shall thereafter be held at least twice each month, at such time and place within the City as the Council shall prescribe.

SECTION 5.2 SPECIAL MEETINGS.

    Special meetings of the Council may be called by the Clerk on the request of the Mayor, any three (3) members of the Council, or the City Administrator on at least eighteen (18) hours notice to each member of the Council, designating the time, place, and purpose of any such meeting. Any special meeting of the Council at which not less than four (4) members of the Council are present or have in writing waived the requirement that notice be given at least eighteen (18) hours prior to the time specified for the holding of such meeting and at which a quorum of the Council is present, shall be a legal meeting.

SECTION 5.3 BUSINESS AT SPECIAL MEETINGS.

   No business shall be transacted at any special meeting of the Council unless the same has been stated in the notice of such meeting. However, if all the members of the Council are present at any special meeting of the Council, then any business which might lawfully come before a regular meeting of the Council may be transacted at such special meeting.

SECTION 5.4 MEETINGS TO BE PUBLIC.

   All regular and special meetings of the Council shall be open to the public and rules of order of the Council shall provide that citizens shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard.

SECTION 5.5 QUORUM.

   Three (3) members of the Council shall be quorum for the transaction of business at all regular meetings of the Council, but, in the absence of a quorum, two (2) members may adjourn any regular or special meeting to a later date.