(a) Meetings. The Council shall meet regularly at such time and place as the Council may prescribe by rule. Special meetings shall be held upon the written petition of two or more Members of Council or the call of the Mayor. All meetings shall be public; however, the Council may recess for the purpose of discussing, in a closed executive session, any matter which is permitted by the West Virginia Code to be discussed in a closed or executive session; provided that the announcement and conduct of the executive session conform to the requirements of West Virginia law.
(b) Rules and Journal. The Council shall determine its own rules and order of business and shall provide for keeping a journal of its proceedings. This journal shall be a public record.
(c) Voting. Voting, except as may be otherwise directed by the Mayor, shall be by oral ayes and nays, the final resolution of which shall be recorded in the journal. Six members of the Council, not including the Mayor, shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may meet from time to time and may compel the attendance of absent members in the manner and subject to the penalties that may be
prescribed by the rules of the Council. No action of the Council, except as otherwise provided in this Charter, shall be valid or binding unless adopted by the affirmative public vote of a quorum of the Council.