(a) Any news media organization that desires to be given advance notification of special meetings of a public body shall file with the Clerk of the public body a written request therefor on a form provided by the Clerk.
Except in the event of an emergency requiring immediate official action as referred to in subsection (d) hereof, a special meeting or committee meeting shall not be held unless at least twenty-four hours advance notice of the time, place and purposes of such special meeting or committee meeting is given to the news media that requested such advance notification in accordance with subsection (b) hereof.
(Ord. 89-59. Passed 3-5-90.)
(b) News media requests for such advance notification of special meetings or committee meetings shall specify: the public body that is the subject of such request; the name of the media; the name and address of the person to whom written notifications to the media may be mailed, telegraphed or delivered; the names, addresses and telephone numbers (including addresses and telephone numbers at which such notifications may be given either during or outside of business hours) or at least two persons to either one of whom oral notification to the media may be given.
Any such request shall be effective for one year from the date of filing with the Clerk or until the Clerk receives written notice from such media cancelling or modifying such request, whichever is earlier. Each requesting news media shall be informed of such period of effectiveness at the time it files its request. Such requests may be modified or extended only by filing a complete new request with the Clerk. A request shall not be deemed to be made unless it is complete in all respects, and such request may be conclusively relied on by the City, the public body that is the subject or such request and the Clerk.
(c) The Clerk shall give such oral notification or written notification, or both, as the Clerk determines, to the news media that have requested such advance notification in accordance with subsection (b) hereof, of the time, place and purposes of each special meeting, or committee meeting, at least twenty-four hours prior to the time of such special meeting.
(d) In the event of an emergency requiring immediate official action, a special meeting may be held without giving twenty-four hours advance notification thereof to the requesting news media. The persons calling such meeting, or any one or more of such persons or the Clerk on their behalf, shall immediately give oral notification or written notification, or both, as the person or persons giving such notification determine, of the time, place and purposes of such special meeting to such news media that have requested such advance notification in accordance with subsection (b) hereof. The minutes or the call, or both, of any such special meeting shall state the general nature of the emergency requiring official action.
(Ord. 80-22. Passed 5-5-80.)