[Amended 1-23-2012 by Ord. No. 7-2012; 3-12-2012 by Ord. No. 27-2012]
All meetings of the Council shall be open to the public as provided by law and the Charter, § 212. Those using electronic recording devices, including but not limited to video cameras, to record meeting in Council Chambers shall stay behind the podium area in Council Chambers. Those recording meetings in any room other than the Penn Room shall position themselves or position the recording device no closer than the entry door to the room where the meeting is being held. No person may begin recording before the meeting is called to order by the chair of the meeting, and the recording must be terminated at the time when the meeting is adjourned.
Editor's Note: Section 212 of the Charter provides:
§ 212. Procedures.
(a) Rules. The Council shall determine its own rules and order of business.
(b) Meetings. Council shall hold a regular meeting at least twice each month in the evening on a day and place as the Council may prescribe by rule.
(c) Special meetings. Special meetings may be held on the call of the President of Council or at least four members of Council at such time and place and under such conditions as the Council may prescribe by rule.
(d) Meetings open to the public. All meetings shall be open to the public, except executive sessions as authorized by law. The chambers shall be arranged in such a way as to have all members of Council facing the public.
(e) Voting. All action shall be at a public session; shall require a majority full vote of Council, except in the case of a vote to override a veto, which shall require an affirmative vote of five members and in the case of passage of an ordinance which shall require a majority vote of Council as a whole unless otherwise specified in this Charter; voting shall be by roll-call vote, and the vote of each member of the Council shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting.
(f) Journal. The Council shall provide for keeping of a journal of its proceedings. The journal shall be a public record, and shall be maintained in City Hall and a copy in the Reading Public Library and the Berks County Law Library.