(A) Meetings shall be held at 6:30 p.m. on alternate Tuesdays of each month.
(B) A majority of the Aldermen-elect shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time and compel absentees to attend any regular or special meeting, by a written citation to that effect, stating the day and hour of the meeting. The citation shall be signed by the Mayor or Aldermen issuing the same and it may be served by the Chief of Police or any officer authorized to serve the processes in the city, by reading the same to the absentees. Any Alderman willfully refusing to obey the citation shall forfeit $5 to be deducted out of his or her salary and, upon the repeated refusal to obey the citation, the Aldererson shall be expelled or his or her office declared vacant.
(C) In the absence of Mayor, the Council shall elect one of its members temporary Chairperson and, in like manner, should the City Clerk be absent from the meeting, the Council may appoint a Clerk, pro tem.
(D) The site and location of the City Hall and Police Department will be changed to the new City Hall building located at 615 Madison Avenue, Madison, Illinois.
(Ord. 549, passed 6-16-1942; Am. Ord. 1323, passed - -; Am. Ord. 1385, passed 11-18-1997)