(A) Regular meetings. Regular meetings of the Council shall be held on the second Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m. Any regular meeting falling upon a holiday shall be held on the next following business day at the same time and place, or at a time and place decided by the Council with at least one published notice in the designated official newspaper. All meetings, including special and adjourned meetings, shall be held in the City Community Center, or as designated by the City Council with notice of the place of meeting to be posted at the City Hall.
(B) Special meetings.
(1) The Mayor or any two members of the Council may call a special meeting of the Council upon at least 24 hours’ written notice to each member of the Council. This notice shall be delivered personally to each member or shall be left at the member’s usual place of residence with some responsible person.
(2) At least three days before the meeting, written notice shall be posted on the bulletin board of the city and shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to each person who has filed a written request for notice of special meetings. As an alternative to mailing or otherwise delivering notice to persons who have requested notice, notice may be published once at least three days before the meeting in the official newspaper.
(C) Initial meetings. At the first regular Council meeting in January of each year, the Council shall:
(1) Designate the depositories of city funds;
(2) Designate the official newspaper;
(3) Choose one of the Council members as acting Mayor, who shall perform the duties of the Mayor during the disability or absence of the Mayor from the city, or in case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor, until a successor has been appointed and qualified; and
(4) Appoint such officers and employees and such members of boards, commissions, and committees as may be necessary.
(D) Public meetings. All Council meetings, including special and adjourned meetings and meetings of Council committees, shall be open to the public, except the Council may close a meeting as provided for by the Open Meeting Law, M.S. Chapter 13D, as it may be amended from time to time.
(Prior Code, § 30.01) (Ord. 195, passed 4-10-1995; Ord. 2019-242, passed 1-13-2020)