(A) The regular meetings of the governing body shall be held in the City Council Chambers. Regular meetings shall be held on the first and third Mondays of each month at the hour of 5:30 p.m., except if the regular meeting day falls on a holiday, then the meeting shall be the following day.
(B) Special meetings may be called by the Mayor, City Manager, or two members of the City Council, the object of which shall be submitted to the Council in writing. The call and object, as well as the disposition thereof, shall be entered upon the journal by the City Clerk. On filing the call for a special meeting, the City Clerk shall notify the Council members of the special meeting, stating the time and its purpose. Notice of a special meeting need not be given to a Council member known to be out of the state, or physically unable to be present.
(C) The Council shall hold its regular meeting on the first Monday in December following the general elections in every even numbered year.
(D) A majority of all members elected to the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn, from time to time, and compel the attendance of the absent members. At the hour appointed for the meeting, the City Clerk shall proceed to call the roll of members and announce whether a quorum is present. If a quorum is present, the Council shall be called to order by the Mayor, if present, or if absent, by the Vice President of the Council. In the absence of both the Mayor and the Vice President of the Council, the City Council members shall elect a President pro tempore.
(Prior Code, § 1-610) (Ord. 1680, passed 4-4-1983; Ord. 1794, passed 4-21-1986; Ord. 2005-2723, passed 2-7-2005; Ord. 2015-2916, passed 5-18-2015; Ord. 2019-2983, passed 7-1-2019)
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Similar state law provisions, see Neb. RS 16-401, 16-402, 19-615, 19-617