(A) Special meetings of the City Council shall be held at the same place as may be fixed for the holding of regular meetings, and on such day and at such hour as may be designated in the notice hereinafter provided for calling the same. Provided, if no hour be named in such notice, then such special meeting shall be held at the hour fixed for the holding of regular meetings.
(B) When special meetings of the City Council are called by the Mayor, an order therefor, signed by him or her, shall be filed with the City Clerk, and when special meetings of the City Council are called by four or other number of Alderpersons, as may be by law provided, an order therefor, in writing, signed by such Alderpersons, shall be filed with the City Clerk, which order shall in either case, state the time when such special meeting shall convene and the purpose for which it was called. When an order calling a special meeting as above provided has been filed with the City Clerk, he or she shall immediately send to all the members of the City Council notices, in writing, signed by him or her, which notices shall state the time fixed for the convening of the special meeting and the purpose for which it is called.
(1977 Code, § 2-1-4)