A. Regular Meetings: The regular meetings of the mayor and city council are hereby fixed and designated as the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at the hour of seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. of said days at the city council's chambers located in city hall, 624 F. Street, Rupert, Idaho. (Ord. 10-501, 2-2-2010)
B. Special Meetings: The mayor or one-half (1/2) plus one members of the full council shall have the power to call special meetings of the city council, the object of which shall be submitted to the council in writing; the call and object, as well as the disposition thereof, shall be entered upon the journal by the clerk.
C. Open To Public: All meetings of the city council shall be open to the public and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting except as otherwise provided by this section.
The city council shall not hold a meeting at any place where discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, age or national origin is practiced.
D. Notice Of Meetings: If an executive session only will be held, the notice shall be given to the members of the city council and to the general public, stating the reason and the specific provision of law authorizing the executive session. Special meetings may be held upon such notice as is appropriate to the circumstances, or as otherwise provided by law.
The notice provided in this subsection may be dispensed with in the event a special meeting is called to deal with an emergency involving injury or damage to persons or property or the likelihood of such injury or damage.
E. Minutes Of Meetings:
1. The city council shall provide for the taking of written minutes of all its meetings. Neither a full transcript nor a recording of the meeting is required except as otherwise provided by law. All minutes shall be available to the public within a reasonable time after the meeting, and shall include at least the following information:
a. All members of the city council present;
b. All motions, resolutions, orders, or ordinances proposed and their disposition;
c. The results of all votes, and upon the request of a member, the vote of each member, by name.
2. Minutes of executive sessions may be limited to material the disclosure of which is not inconsistent with the provisions of subsection F of this section.
F. Executive Sessions, When Authorized:
1. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent, upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote recorded in the minutes of the meeting by individual vote, the city council from holding an executive session during any meeting, after the presiding officer has identified the authorization under this subsection for the holding of such executive session. An executive session may be held:
a. To consider the employment of a public officer, employee, staff member or individual agent. This subsection does not apply to filling a vacancy in an elective office;
b. To consider the dismissal or disciplining of, or to hear complaints or charges brought against, a public officer, employee, staff member or individual agent;
c. To conduct deliberations concerning student discipline and student attendance;
d. To conduct deliberations concerning labor negotiations or to acquire an interest in real property;
e. To consider records that are exempt by law from public inspection;
f. To consider matters of trade or commerce;
g. To consider the evaluation of the superintendent of the school district.
2. Labor negotiations may be conducted in executive session if either side requests closed meetings. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection D of this section, subsequent sessions of the negotiations may continue without further public notice.
3. No executive session may be held for the purpose of taking any final action or making any final decision. (1977 Code)