At its first regular meeting in January following a municipal election, the sitting Council may call a meeting to order only to recognize and issue awards to sitting or outgoing council members. No other business items shall be discussed or acted on and the council meeting shall adjourn sine die. All qualified new Council members shall be sworn in and seated. The new Council must assume their duties and select a Mayor pro tem and a Secretary of the Council. The Secretary of the Council may be the City Administrator. The new Council shall then take such other organizational acts, functions and business items as may be permitted or required. Thereafter, the Council shall meet at such time or times each month as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution; provided, that the Council shall hold at least one regular meeting each month. The Mayor, or any three members of the Council, may call special meetings of the Council upon such notice as is provided by ordinance or statute. Notice of such meeting shall be given to the members of the Council by any means provided in its rules which must be consistent with any applicable statutory provision. All meetings of the Council shall be public, except as otherwise provided by statute, and any citizen shall have access to the minutes and records thereof at all reasonable times.
(Ord. 77, Seventh Series, effective 1-26-2019; Ord. 50, Eighth Series, effective 11-5-2023)