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The city council shall, from time to time by resolution, establish procedural rules and guidelines to govern the conduct of its own meetings and those of other legislative bodies within the city.
(Ord. 87-01-985 § 1; Ord. 84-1-917 § 1; Ord. 71-5-674 § 1 (part); Ord. 70-11-669 § 1; Ord. 69-10-649 § 2 (part): prior code § 2.04.020(a) (Ord. 490 § 2 (part), 1960))
All meetings of the city council shall be open to public attendance; provided, however, in conformity with Section 54957 of the Government Code of the State of California, the public may be excluded from executive sessions held during any formal meeting.
(Ord. 84-1-917 § 2 (part); Ord. 69-10-649 § 3: prior code § 2.04.030 (Ord. 490 § 3, 1960))
A. Regular meetings of the city council shall be conducted on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings shall commence at six p.m. with the conduct of any business permitted to be conducted in closed session by the Brown Act (Government Code Section 54950, et seq.), if any, and with the public portion of the meeting commencing at seven p.m. In the event there is no business to be conducted in closed session, the regular meeting shall commence at seven p.m. Any meeting may be adjourned to a time and place stated in the order of adjournment.
B. A special meeting may be called at any time by the presiding officer of the legislative body or a majority of the members of the legislative body. The notice shall be delivered personally, by telephone, or by any other means and shall be received at least 24 hours before the time of the meeting as specified in the notice. The call and notice shall specify the time and place of the special meeting and the business to be transacted or discussed. No other business shall be considered at these meeting by the legislative body. The call and notice shall be posted at least 24 hours prior to the special meeting in a location that is freely accessible to members of the public.
C. When the date for any meeting falls on a legal holiday, as established by any law of the state, any ordinance of the city, or proclamation of the President of the United States or Governor of the state, then such meeting shall be held at the same hour on the next succeeding business day, with the same effect as if it has been held on the day appointed in this section.
(Ord. 2015-09-1479 § 1; Ord. 2013-07-1458 § 1; Ord. 2011-07-1429 § 1; Ord. 2008-12-1393 § 1; Ord. 2002-07- 1305 § 1; Ord. 96-11-1214 § 1)
A. At any meeting of the city council a majority of the councilmembers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a lesser number may adjourn from time to time.
B. In case a quorum should not be present at any meeting of the council, any two members of the council then may cause written notice to be served personally upon the absent members directing their immediate attendance, whereupon the members receiving such written notice shall be required to attend immediately. If any member receiving such written notice fails to attend immediately, the members in attendance may direct the chief of police to bring the member or members so failing to attend to the city council chamber, whereupon the chief of police shall immediately place the member or members so failing to attend in custody, and bring the member or members immediately to the council chamber; provided, however, that no member who has been excused from attendance by the city council, or in whose immediate family there is serious illness or death, shall be subject to the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 2023-11-1545 § 20, 2023; Ord. 84-1-917 § 2 (part): prior code § 2.04.060 (Ord. 113 § 5, 1930))
The members of the city council shall receive such monthly compensation for their services as may be established from time to time by ordinance pursuant to Government Code Section 36516. Such compensation may not be increased during their term of office except as provided in Government Code Section 36516.5. In addition, councilmembers shall be reimbursed for reasonable costs and expenses actually incurred pursuant to Government Code Section 36514.5.
(Ord. 96-11-1214 § 2)
A. No ordinance of any kind, where an ordinance is required by law, and no resolution granting a franchise for any purpose shall be passed by the city council on the day of its introduction, nor within five days thereafter, nor at any time other than a regular or adjourned regular meeting.
B. Every such ordinance or resolution shall be read in full unless after reading the title thereof the further reading thereof is waived by motion regularly made and adopted by the unanimous vote of the councilmembers present.
C. In the event that such ordinance or resolution is altered after its introduction, the same shall not be finally adopted except at a regular or adjourned regular meeting held not less than five days after the date upon which such ordinance or resolution was so altered. The correction of typographical or clerical errors shall not constitute the making of an alteration within the meaning of the foregoing sentence.
D. Resolutions or orders for the payment of money shall be adopted or made only at a regular meeting or at a special meeting for which the notice of such special meeting specifies the business to be transacted. No such ordinance or resolution or any order for the payment of money shall have any validity or effect unless passed by the votes of at least three members of the city council.
E. No ordinance shall become effective until thirty days from and after the date of its final passage, except an ordinance calling or otherwise relating to an election and except an ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety which contains a declaration of and the facts constituting its urgency and unless it is passed by a four-fifths vote of the city council, and except ordinances relating to street improvement proceedings and other ordinances governed by particular provisions of state law prescribing the manner of their passage and adoption. (Ord. 2023-11-1545 § 20, 2023; Ord. 84-1-917 § 2 (part): prior code § 2.04.080 (Ord. 2011-07- 1428, § 1; Ord. 268 § 1, 1944; Ord. 113 § 1, 1930))
Demands or bills against the city for the payment of money shall be considered by the city council only after presentation of the bills or demands to the city clerk not later than ten a.m. of the day of the council meeting. This rule may be waived for any one meeting by a majority vote of members present.
(Ord. 84-1-917 § 2 (part); Ord. 113 § 3, 1930)
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