§ 30.40 CONDUCT OF COUNCIL BUSINESS.

   (A)   A majority of the members of the Council constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may meet and adjourn at a time stated, and may compel the presence of absent members under such rules and penalties as the council may prescribe.

   (B)   The ayes and nays must be called and recorded on the final passage of any ordinance by law or resolution or the making of any contract. The voting on the election or appointment of any officer must be viva voce. A majority of the whole number of members elected is requisite to appoint or elect an officer, and such vote must be recorded.

(Prior Code, § 2.08.098) (Ord. 320, passed - -1980)

§ 30.41 MINUTES OF MEETINGS; PUBLIC INSPECTION.

   (A)   (1)   Appropriate minutes of all meetings required by M.C.A. § 2-3-203 to be open must be kept and must be available for inspection by the public.

      (2)   If an audio recording of a meeting is made and designated as official, the recording constitutes the official record of the meeting. If an official recording is made, a written record of the meeting must also be made and must include the information specified in division (B) below.

   (B)   Minutes must include without limitation:

      (1)   The date, time and place of the meeting;

      (2)   A list of the individual members of the public body, agency or organization who were in attendance;

      (3)   The substance of all matters proposed, discussed or decided; and

      (4)   At the request of any member, a record of votes by individual members for any votes taken.

   (C)   If the minutes are recorded and designated as the official record, a log or time stamp for each main agenda item is required for the purpose of providing assistance to the public in accessing that portion of the meeting.

   (D)   Any time a presiding officer closes a public meeting pursuant to M.C.A. § 2-3-203, the presiding officer shall ensure that minutes taken in compliance with division (B) above are kept of the closed portion of the meeting. The minutes from the closed portion of the meeting may not be made available for inspection except pursuant to a court order.

Statutory reference:

   Related provisions, see M.C.A. § 2-3-203

§ 30.42 COUNCIL RULES AND DISCIPLINE.

   The Council may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for improper conduct and expel any member for the same by a two-thirds’ vote of the members elected.

(Prior Code, § 2.08.100) (Ord. 320, passed - -1980)

§ 30.43 CONTROL OF NUISANCES.

   The Council shall define and abate nuisances and impose fines upon persons guilty of creating, continuing or suffering a nuisance to exist upon the premises which they occupy or control.

(Prior Code, § 2.08.101) (Ord. 320, passed - -1980)

§ 30.44 CITY JUDGE.

   The Council may, by ordinance, determine whether the office of City Judge shall be filled by appointment by the said City Council or by election.

(Prior Code, § 2.08.102) (Ord. 320, passed - -1980)