(A) City Manager. The City Manager or designee shall attend all meetings of the Board of Commissioners, unless excused. He or she shall keep the Board of Commissioners fully advised of, make recommendations and take part in discussions on all matters concerning the welfare of the City. He or she shall have a seat, but no vote, in all meetings of the Board of Commissioners.
(B) City Solicitor. The City Solicitor or designee shall attend all meetings of the Board of Commissioners, unless excused by the City Manager. Any member of the Board of Commissioners may, at any time, during any meeting, call upon the City Solicitor for an oral or written opinion to decide any questions of law.
(C) City Clerk. The City Clerk or designee shall be the ex officio Clerk of the Board of Commissioners and shall keep minutes of all regular and special meetings of the Board of Commissioners and perform other such duties and functions as ordered by the City Manager.
(D) Chief of Police. The Chief of Police, or designee, shall attend all meetings of the Board of Commissioners, execute their orders and preserve order at their meetings.
(E) Other. The head of any other Department of the City, or any other officer or employee of the City, when requested either by the Board of Commissioners or the City Manager, shall be in attendance at any regular or special meeting.
(F) Any member of the Board of Commissioners who cannot physically attend any scheduled regular or special meeting for any reason, emergency or otherwise, may instead attend and participate, by means of video teleconference, in compliance with the provisions of the Kentucky Open Meetings Act. However, no more than two members shall be able to attend and participate in such manner at any given time. The ability for such shall also be indicated on the meeting agenda. The physical location of the meeting shall continue to be held in the City's Multipurpose Room in the Newport Municipal Building located at 998 Monmouth Street and shall be open to the public.
(Am. Ord. O-2023-022, passed 11-20-2023)