115.02 MEETINGS.

   All meetings of the Common Council of the City shall be open to the public. The purpose of this section is to promulgate rules by which the time and place of all regularly scheduled meetings, and the time, place and purpose of all special meetings, are made available, in advance, to the public news media, except in the event of an emergency requiring immediate action.

   (a)   Regularly scheduled meetings. The regular meetings of Council shall be held on the first and third Tuesday in each month in Council Chambers at City Hall at 7:00 p.m., which meetings shall be adjourned from time to time if the need therefor arises. Notice thereof shall be published in the Jackson Herald, or other newspaper of general circulation in the Ripley area, during the week prior to each regularly scheduled meeting.
(9-15-98; 2-25-03)

   (b)   Special Meetings. The special meetings of Council shall be convened subject to the requirements of the West Virginia Code and ordinances relating to special meetings.

   The time, place and purpose of any such special meeting shall be:

      (1)   Posted on the front door of the Ripley Municipal Building in advance of such special meeting;

      (2)   Sent by facsimile transmission to the Jackson Herald; and

      (3)   Sent by facsimile transmission to a radio station providing service in the Ripley, West Virginia area.

Advance notification shall be given in a manner that provides as much notice of the date and time of such special meeting as may be reasonably practicable. (9-15-98.)

   (c)   The Mayor, or in his absence, the Recorder or any Councilmember shall have the authority to call a special meeting of Council upon the giving of at least forty-eight hours advance notice thereof in writing addressed and mailed to the last known address of the other members of Council. Such notice shall state clearly the purpose of and matters to be considered at such special meeting and no other matters shall be considered. The notice shall also set forth the date, time and place of the holding of such meeting.
(1960 Code 3-203, 3-204)