(A) Regular meetings. There shall be a regular meeting of the Council on the first and third Thursday of each month, at 8:00 p.m.; provided, that when a first or third Thursday of any month falls upon a holiday, the Council may, by resolution or by motion duly put, carried and entered in the minutes, designate another day for such meeting.
(B) Special or adjourned meetings. There may be a special or adjourned meeting of the Council held at any time fixed by the Council.
(C) Special called meetings. There may be special called meetings of the Council at any time fixed by the Mayor or by any three members of the Council; but there shall be a notice, in writing, of any such called meeting, served upon every member of the Council by the Chief of Police, at least two hours before the time at which such meeting is called; and, in such notice, it shall be clearly stated for what purpose the meeting is called; and, at such meeting, no other matter shall be considered, except by the unanimous consent of all the members present.
(D) Notice of special called meetings. It shall be a part of the public duty of the Chief of Police to serve the notice required by division (C) above; but no notice shall be required to be given to any member of the Council of the time of holding any regular meeting or any meeting called by the Council or any adjourned meeting.
(E) Place of meetings. All meetings of the Council shall be held in the Council chamber at City Hall; provided, that the Council may designate another place, open to the public and within the city when, in the opinion of a majority of the members, the Council chambers would not be adequate to accommodate the number of persons expected to be present for a meeting, or when, for other good reason, the Council chamber is not deemed suitable.
(F) Open to public; exceptions. All meetings of the Council shall be open to orderly members of the public; provided, that the Council may, during any meeting, resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole and, thereupon, go into executive session, as provided by W.Va. Code § 6-9A-4; at which time, the Committee may exclude from attendance all nonmembers of the committee whose presence is not necessary for the consideration of such subject as have been referred to the Committee; and provided further, that no final decision shall be made or vote or action taken upon any matter until the meeting has been reopened to the public and the Committee of the Whole has resumed its identity as the Council.
(1991 Code, § 2-8)
Statutory reference:
Requirements for open meetings of governing bodies, with exceptions, see W.Va. Code Ch. 6, Art. 9A
Who presides at meetings of municipal governing bodies and what constitutes a quorum, see W.Va. Code § 8-9-1