(A) (1) Any regular meeting of the Town Council is subject to the state’s Open Door Law (I.C. 5-14-1.5). All meetings, except executive sessions, are open to the public, and must be held in a forum conducive to public observation and participation. An open Town Council meeting cannot be recessed to go into executive session and then be reconvened.
(2) The Council will meet in regular session at least once per month at dates and times to be determined by the Council. The schedule of regular meetings will be published in accordance with I.C. 5-14-1.5-5.
(3) If a regularly scheduled meeting falls on a holiday, the meeting shall be held at another time as shall be determined by the Council at a preceding meeting. If a meeting is canceled due to weather conditions or other emergencies, the meeting shall be held on the next available Tuesday or Thursday evening of the month.
(4) Special meetings shall be held upon the call of any Council member. However:
(a) It is the duty of the person calling the meeting to notify the Clerk-Treasurer in writing in time to reasonably permit the Clerk-Treasurer to prepare and serve public notice of the meeting and to serve notice to all Council members to allow them to be present at the meeting.
(b) Only matters as are specifically stated in the written call for the meeting will be addressed, considered, or acted upon at the meeting.
(c) In addition to the notice specified herein, notice of any special meeting must be posted at the normal meeting place at least 48 hours before the meeting indicating the time and place of the special meeting.
(B) (1) Each year, no later than 48 hours before the first meeting of that year, the Clerk-Treasurer shall:
(a) Publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the town a notice of all regularly scheduled meetings for the coming year; and
(b) This shall include:
1. The date of each meeting;
2. The time of each meeting; and
3. The location of each meeting.
(2) Any meeting of the Town Council is subject to the state’s Open Door Law (I.C. 5-14-1.5). The Open Door Law requires that a written agenda be posted at a conspicuous location.
(3) If a meeting is to be changed after the date of the publication, it shall not be necessary to publish notice of the new date of the meeting but the Clerk-Treasurer is to post the change of the meeting at the regular meeting place at least 48 hours before the change indicating the date, time, and place of the change.
(4) In the case of a bona fide emergency, the 48-hour period specified herein may be waived. However, notice must be posted at the meeting place as soon as possible.
(Prior Code, § 30.02)