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.

SECTION 5.6 COMPELLING ATTENDANCE.

   The City Council may enforce the attendance of any Councilperson, officer or employee at its meetings in such manner as shall by ordinance be prescribed, and it shall by ordinance prescribe punishment for any misbehavior, contemptuous act, or disorderly conduct by any member or person present at any session of the Council; said ordinance to be adopted within one year after the adoption of this charter.

SECTION 5.7 [REMOVED].

   (Amendment Approved at the General Election of November 2, 2010)

ECTION 5.8 PUBLICATION OF COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

   The proceedings of the Council shall be published at least once within fifteen (15) days after approval of the minutes in a newspaper published in Sanilac County. The publication of a synopsis of such proceedings, prepared by the Clerk, showing the substance of each separate proceeding of the Council, including communications to the Council, shall be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of this section.

SECTION 5.9 COUNCIL RULES: MISCELLANEOUS.

   Subject to the provisions of this charter, the Council shall determine its own rules and order of business and shall keep a journal of all its proceedings in the English language which shall be signed by the Mayor and the Clerk. The vote upon the passage of all ordinances, and upon the adoption of all resolutions shall be taken by "Yea" and "Nay" votes and entered upon the record, except that where the vote is unanimous, it shall only be necessary to so state. Each member of the Council who shall be recorded as present shall vote on all questions decided by the Council unless excused by the unanimous consent of the other members present, or unless excused by the unanimous consent of the other members present, or unless it involves a conflict of interest. Any citizen or taxpayer of the City shall have access to the minutes and records of all regular and special meetings of the Council at all reasonable times.