A. Regular Meetings: The City Council is a part time legislative body. The City Council shall meet not less than once monthly.
B. Special Meetings: Special meetings may be called by order of the chair of the City Council, by a majority of the City Council Members or by the Mayor. The order calling the meeting shall be filed with the City Recorder and entered in the minutes of the City Council. Notice of said special meeting shall be given to all City Council Members and the Mayor, who have not joined in said order, not less than twenty four (24) hours before said special meeting. Said notice shall be served personally or a copy of the order shall be left at the City Council Members' and the Mayor's residences.
C. Emergency Meetings: Emergency meetings of the City Council may be called by order of the Mayor, the chair of the City Council, or a majority of the City Council Members to consider unforeseen matters of an emergency or urgent nature. Such meeting may be held without any specific advance notice, but shall be had at a time so as to give the Mayor and all City Council Members the opportunity to be present, considering the exigencies requiring the emergency meeting. Notice of said meeting shall be given to the Mayor and each City Council Member not joining in the said order by the best means practicable under the circumstances.
D. Open Meetings: Except as provided in subsection E of this section, all meetings of the City Council shall be open to the public as required by the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act or its successor. Meetings that are open to the public include workshops or executive sessions of the City Council, as well as all meetings of boards and commissions in which a quorum is present, unless closed in accordance with this chapter and Utah law.
E. Closed Meetings: Meetings may be closed if a quorum is present and two-thirds (2/3) majority of the City Council Members present at an open meeting vote to approve closing the meeting. A closed meeting may only be held for: discussion of the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of an individual; strategy sessions to discuss collective bargaining, pending or reasonably imminent litigation; the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property if public discussion of the transaction would disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under consideration or prevent the completion of the transaction on the best possible terms; strategy sessions to discuss the sale of real property if public discussion of the transaction would disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under consideration or prevent the completion of the transaction on the best possible terms, and if there was previously given public notice that the property would be offered for sale and the terms of the sale are publicly disclosed before the approval of the sale; discussion regarding security personnel, devices or systems; and investigative proceedings regarding allegations of criminal misconduct. A closed meeting may not be held for an interview of a person applying to fill an elected position. No final decisions shall be made in closed meetings.
F. Electronic Meetings: Meetings held electronically by means of a telephonic, telecommunications or computer conference may only be held: if the meeting will be held with a quorum (3 members) physically present; for a declared City emergency or to accommodate City Council Members who are traveling outside the City; if the meeting will be held within City limits at a facility that allows the public to attend, monitor and participate in open portions of the meeting; and if comments of City Council Members participating electronically will be audible to the public. As with any public meeting, electronic meetings must be properly noticed in compliance with the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act. Additionally, the notice must inform the public that electronic means will be used and how City Council Members will be electronically connected to the meeting. (Ord. 16-17)