(A) Regular meetings; generally. Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held on the first and third Mondays of each calendar month at 7:00 p.m. or the day and time as the Council approved at a regular meeting from time to time. Any regular meeting falling upon a holiday shall be held on the next following business day at the same time and place. All meetings, including adjourned meetings, shall be held at 525 Main, the Community Center.
(B) Schedule of regular meetings. The City Clerk-Treasurer shall prepare and keep a schedule of regularly planned meetings of the City Council, Planning Commission, or other boards. This schedule shall be updated annually January 1.
(C) Special meetings. Special meetings must be preceded by 3-day posted notice as 3-day mailed notice to regular board members and any person requesting particular notice of special meetings. Three-day published notice of special meetings may be an alternative to the posted and mailed notice.
(D) Emergency meetings. Emergency meetings of the City Council may be called on less than 3-days notice for any matter, which, in the judgment of the public body, requires immediate consideration. A good faith effort shall be made to provide notice to any news media that has requested notification.
(E) Initial meeting. 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 1 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 the case of a vacancy in the Office of Mayor, until a successor has been appointed, and qualifies; and
(4) Appoint the officers and employees and the members of boards, commissions, and committees as may be necessary.
(F) Public meetings. All Council meetings, including special and adjourned meetings and meetings of Council committees, shall be open to the public.
(Ord. 190, passed 4-21-1997)