(A) (1) Special meetings may be convened at any time other than the time fixed for regular meetings upon call of the Town Council President or a majority of the Town Council members.
(2) If a meeting is called to deal with an emergency involving actual or threatened injury to person or property, or actual or threatened disruption of the governmental activity under the jurisdiction of the public agency by any event, then the time requirements of notice under state statute shall not apply, but:
(a) News media which have requested notice of meetings must be given the same notice as is given to the members of the Town Council; and
(b) The public must be notified by posting a copy of the notice according to state statute.
(B) (1) The call for a special meeting shall be in the form of a written or printed notice and sealed with the town seal.
(2) The notice of call shall be signed by the Town Council President when made by him, her, or them and signed by the Town Council members when made by them. In either case, the notice shall be countersigned by the Clerk-Treasurer.
(3) The notice of call shall clearly set forth the nature of the business to be transacted at the special meeting.
(C) The notice of call for a special meeting shall be served by the Town Council President, the Town Marshal, or the Marshal’s Deputy as follows:
(1) By reading same to and within the hearing of all the Town Council members present in the town at the time such call is made;
(2) By leaving a copy thereof at any Town Council member’s last known and usual place of residence;
(3) By acknowledgment thereof by the Town Council member of said notice; or
(4) The notice shall be served a reasonable time before the hour set for such meetings so that by reasonable diligence the Town Council members can reach the meeting place at the time set.
(D) At any special meeting, the Town Council shall be limited to transact business set forth in the notice of call, unless it is business of which notice by publication is not required.
(Prior Code, § 2-342)
Statutory reference:
Public notice of meetings, see I.C. 5-14-1.5-5