(A) Except as otherwise provided by statute, the Council shall meet in regular session at the times determined at the first meeting in January of each year, at the Town Hall, and at such other times and places as the Council may from time to time determine by motion, or upon special call by the President of the Board, as hereinafter provided.
(B) The annual meeting for adoption of the animal budget and tax rates shall be held at either a special or regular meeting as may be convenient, in August or September as required by law.
(C) The President, on his or her own initiative, may at any time call a special meeting of the Council upon the following terms and conditions.
(1) If, in the judgment of the President, the purpose of the meeting is to meet an immediate emergency of the town, such meeting may be called by verbal contact with the other members of the Council and the Clerk/Treasurer, with further verbal notice to the news media as required by the State Open Door Law.
(2) If the purpose of such meeting is not an immediate emergency, such meeting may be called by giving the other members of the Council and the Clerk/Treasurer, and the news media 48 hours verbal or written notice prior to the convening of such meeting.
(D) All meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the State Open Door Law (I.C. 5-14-1.5-1 et seq.) as follows.
(1) Notices as required by such law shall be given to the Lebanon Reporter and the Jamestown Press.
(2) Normally, the meetings of the Council will not be the subject of a written agenda, but will be governed by the general order of business as hereinafter set out, however, in the event any particular meeting shall be convened or held upon the basis of a written agenda, a copy thereof shall be furnished the news media in accordance with the State Open Door Law (I.C. 5-14-1.5-1 et seq.).
(3) Any member of the public shall be permitted to address the Council on any matter pertaining to the town or town business, whether or not a member of the Council has presented the same before the Council for consideration, but only after all other business of the meeting has been concluded.
(4) At all meetings of the Council, the Clerk/Treasurer shall secure a written roll call of all persons present at such meeting, indicating thereon whether such persons appear at the meeting as officials of the town, employees of the town, agents of the town, or members of the public, and in the latter case, the specific purpose or purposes of such attendance.
(1995 Code, § 2-53)
Statutory reference:
Fixing and reviewing budgets, tax rates, and tax levies, see I.C. 6-1.1-17-1 et seq.
Town budgets, see I.C. 36-5-3-1 et seq.