(a) The Council shall meet on the second and fourth Wednesday in each month, except for November when the second Wednesday of the month is Veterans’ Day, in which case the meeting shall be on the Tuesday before the second Wednesday, at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. The Mayor or any three Council members may call a special meeting by written notice served upon all elected members of the Council and the Mayor at least forty-eight hours before the time at which the special meeting is to be held. Such notice shall contain a general statement of the matters to be considered at such special meeting. However, if all elected members of Council and the Mayor are voluntarily present at any special meeting without any written notice having been served upon them, the special meeting may be conducted as though such notice had been given.
(b) An agenda for each regular meeting shall be posted at City Hall and at the location where the meeting is to be held at least forty-eight hours in advance of the holding of the meeting. Public notice of any special meeting, except a meeting held in the event of a bonafide emergency, or of any rescheduled regular meeting, or of any reconvened meeting, shall be given at least forty-eight hours before such meeting, which notice shall also include the agenda for such meeting. The requirements of a public notice of a reconvened meeting does not apply to any case where the meeting was open to the public and (1) it is to be reconvened within twenty-four hours, or (2) an announcement of the time and place of the reconvened meeting was made at the original meeting and there is no change in the agenda. Notice of an emergency meeting shall be given as soon as practicable, but in any event prior to the holding of such meeting, to any news medium which has filed an annual request for notice under section 2.02(b) of the Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120/2.02(b)).
(c) An agenda required under this section shall set forth the general subject of any resolution or ordinance that will be the subject of final action at the meeting. The City shall ensure that at least one copy of any notice and agenda for the meeting is continuously available for public review during the entire forty-eight hour period preceding the meeting. Posting the notice and agenda on a website maintained by the City satisfies the requirement of continuous posting under this subsection (c).
(d) If a change is made in a regular meeting date, at least ten days' notice of such change shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the City functions. Notice of such change shall also be posted at City Hall. Notice of such change shall also be supplied to those news media which have filed an annual request for notice as provided in section 2.02(b) of the Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120/2.02(b)).
(Ord. 93-6-3. Passed 6-23-93; Ord. 2009-1- 01. Passed 1-14-09; Ord. 2013-10-2. Passed 10-9-13; Ord. 2017-6-3. Passed 6-7-17.)