(a) The commission shall schedule no fewer than 20 regular meetings per year and shall hold no fewer than 18 regular meetings per year, at such times and places as shall be specified by resolution.
(b) Special. The city clerk shall, at the request of the mayor or on written request of three (3) or more commissioners, call special meetings of the commission in the manner prescribed by ordinance. The commission shall have the same power to transact business at special sessions as at regular sessions.
(c) Absences. Absence from four (4) regular consecutive meetings of the commission shall operate to vacate a seat of a member unless such absence is occasioned by illness of such member. Absence from eight (8) regular consecutive meetings of the commission shall operate to vacate a seat of a member without regard to the reason for such absences.
(d) Rules of Procedure. The commission may determine its own rules of procedure.
(e) Quorum. A majority of all members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time.
(f) Citizens' Comments. When the commission holds more than one regular meeting in a calendar month, the agenda for the second regular meeting of that month will contain an item titled "Citizens' Comments." When the commission holds one regular meeting in a calendar month, the agenda for that meeting will contain an item titled “Citizens’ Comments.” Citizens' Comments will be conducted as an open forum for any person to speak on issues that do not specifically appear on the agenda for that meeting. The commission may establish reasonable time limits for the length of Citizens' Comments and for the length of each person's comments during Citizens' Comments.
(g) All meetings, formal or informal, of the city commission, all committees and all boards, elective and/or appointive, administrative and/or advisory, shall be conducted in open session, and the press and public shall be permitted to attend any of such meetings wherein public affairs are to be discussed, except as otherwise allowed by law.
(Ord. O-2010-28, passed 7-21-10; Am. Ord. O-2018-03, passed 11-6-18)