(A) Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. The regular meetings of the Council shall commence at 7:00 p.m. and end whenever business is completed or a motion to adjourn is approved. At all regular meetings, the City Council may act upon all matters properly brought before the Council at such meeting.
(B) The agenda for regular or special Council meetings will be prepared by the office of the City Administrator as coordinator for all information to be submitted and requests for time on the agenda.
(C) (1) Special meetings may be called by the Mayor or by any three members of the Council in writing filed with the office of the City Administrator at least 56 hours prior to the time specified for such meeting. At least 48 hours in advance of the requested meeting, the office of the City Administrator shall provide written notice of the special meeting to the Mayor and the members of the City Council. The written notice shall specify the time, place and purpose of such meeting and shall include an agenda of the items to be considered. Notice of the special meeting shall be posted and provided to any news media as may be required by the Open Meetings Act. Notice of the special meeting shall be given to all members of the City Council by depositing notice of the special meeting and the agenda for the meeting in the City Hall mailbox of the Mayor and each alderman not less than 48 hours prior to the special meeting or by delivery to a predetermined home address, by fax at a predetermined fax number or by e-mail at a predetermined e-mail address. The foregoing notwithstanding, notice to the Mayor and each alderman of the special meeting shall be effective when deposited in the proper mailbox at City Hall. The written minutes of the special meeting shall state that notice of the special meeting was provided as required by this section. Transactions of any business that may come before the City Council at a regular meeting may properly come before the City Council at a special meeting.
(2) Emergency special meetings of the City Council may be called by the Mayor, and two aldermen, or one alderman and the City Clerk. "Emergency" as used herein has the same definition as the term "disaster" has in the Illinois Emergency Management Act. Best notice practicable under the circumstances of the emergency special meeting shall be given to the public, the news media, and the City Council, but, in any event, shall comply with the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Any business as may be required to address the emergency may be considered.
(D) All meetings shall be open to the public to the extent required by law.
(‘58 Code, § 2-III-3) (Am. Ord. 83-21, passed 8-9-83; Am. Ord. 95-27, passed 12-12-95; Am. Ord. 97-03, passed 6-24-97; Am. Ord. 97-07, passed 6-24-97; Am. Ord. 97-07, passed 6-24-97; Am. Ord. 99-34, passed 11-17-99; Am. Ord. 00-21, passed 9-12-00; Am. Ord. 01-08, passed 6-26-01; Am. Ord. 01-14, passed 7-24-01; Am. Ord. 08-2, passed 5-13-08; Am. Ord. 13-54, passed 11-12-13)