(a) Four council members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of legislative business.
(b) Legislative sessions shall be open to the public, advertised in advance, with such notice to include using electronic media such as the County website, and shall comply with all requirements for open meetings provided by law.
(c) The Council shall provide for the keeping of a journal, which shall contain all the formal actions taken by the Council, whether legislative, administrative or any other types of formal action. The journal shall include all appointments, motions, orders, resolutions, introduction of bills, reports and votes, but may not include transcripts of speeches, debates or other statements or remarks. The journal shall be open to public inspection during normal business hours. If the minutes of the Council meetings contain the same material required to be contained in the journal, the collection of minutes shall constitute the journal; otherwise the journal and minutes shall be separate publications. Copies of the minutes of Council meetings shall be made available to the public upon approval and shall appear on the County website or otherwise be published using electronic media.
(d) Voting on legislation shall be by roll call, except on procedural motions. The ayes and nays shall be recorded in the minutes.
(e) The Council may adopt and publish additional rules of legislative procedure that may be desirable and not in conflict with this Charter.