(A) A simple majority of the total membership of Council shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of any business at a meeting. A Council member present but disqualified from voting on a question by state law due to a conflict of interest shall not be counted for the purpose of a quorum. If a quorum fails to appear within 15 minutes after the hour appointed for a Council meeting, no member shall be required to attend longer.
(B) If, in the vote the Council shall be equally divided, the question shall be decided in the negative.
(1985 Code, § 2-65) (Ord. 2021-024, passed 10-12-2021)
Statutory reference:
Quorum, see S.C. Code § 5-7-160