1-5-1: MEETINGS:
   A.   Regular Meetings: The regular meetings of the city council shall be held on the first and third Mondays of each month of the year at the hour of seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. The meetings shall be held at the city hall. (Ord. 1586, 5-19-1997)
As in the case with visitors, while the meeting of the city council is being conducted, no person, other than a member of the council, may address that body, or state any opinions on a question or item of business being considered by the council, except with the consent of two (2) of the members present. (Ord. 469, 10-15-1979; amd. Ord. 1090, 4-16-1990)
   B.   Special Meetings: Special meetings may be called by the mayor, or any three (3) aldermen. A written request of intent to call a meeting must be given to the clerk at least forty eight (48) hours in advance, by three (3) aldermen. At least forty eight (48) hours' written notice of such special meeting shall be given by the clerk and such notice shall specify the time, purpose and agenda of such meeting. Public notice shall be given by posting a copy of the notice at city hall. Copies of the notice of special meetings must be supplied to any local newspaper of general circulation that has filed an annual report for such notice.
Only the business to be discussed on the agenda may be discussed at a special meeting. Any three (3) members of the city council may add an item or items to the agenda, provided the clerk was given notice in writing at least forty eight (48) hours in advance. A special meeting may be adjourned to a later date provided it is not beyond the date of the next regular council meeting. No subject may be considered at an adjourned special meeting that might not have been considered at the original special meeting. If there is some doubt as to the propriety of any action taken at a special meeting, then at the next regular meeting of the council, a motion should be adopted to ratify action taken at a special meeting. Such a motion to ratify action taken at a special meeting will be effective even though the special meeting was not held pursuant to proper notice. (Ord. 469, 10-15-1979)
   C.   Public Notice Of Meetings: At the beginning of each calendar year, the city clerk shall give public notice of the schedule of regular meetings of the city council, whose dates must be set by the city council. Such notice shall state the dates, time and place of such meetings. A member of the council is presumed to know the regular meeting dates, and no special notice is required. Public notice of any special meeting except a meeting held in the event of a bona fide emergency, or of any rescheduled regular meeting, or any reconvened meeting, shall be given at least forty eight (48) hours before such meeting, which notice shall also include the agenda for the special, rescheduled, or reconvened meeting. The requirement of public notice of reconvened meetings does not apply to any case where the meeting was open to the public and: 1) it is to be reconvened within twenty four (24) hours, or 2) an announcement of the time and place of the reconvened meeting was made at the original meeting and there is no change in the agenda. Notice of an emergency meeting shall be given as soon as practicable, but in any event prior to the holding of such meeting, to any news medium which has filed an annual request for notice.
Public notice shall be given by posting a copy of the notice at city hall and on the city website. Copies of the notice of regular meetings and copies of notices of any special, rescheduled or reconvened meeting must be supplied to any local radio or TV stations that have filed an annual report for such notice. News media shall be given the same notice of all special, rescheduled or reconvened meetings in the same manner in which it is given to members of the council, provided that any such news medium has given the public body an address at which such notice may be given. (Ord. 2572, 4-5-2010)
   D.   Open Meetings And Executive Sessions: All meetings of the council, committees and subcommittees, must be open to the public. Executive sessions may be called for portions of meetings in order to consider matters for which a public body may hold closed meetings pursuant to 5 Illinois Compiled Statutes 120/2, as now existing or hereafter amended.
An executive session may be held in conjunction with a regular or special meeting, or may be held independent of any public meeting. A motion should be made calling the executive session. Such motion should state the purpose and business to be discussed at the executive session with an appropriate citation to the statutory exemption under which the closed meeting will be held as required by 5 Illinois Compiled Statutes 120/2a, as now existing or hereafter amended. (Ord. 2794, 7-1-2013)
   E.   Quorum, Attendance: Each meeting of the council shall convene at the time appointed for such meeting, as provided by ordinance. The clerk, or acting clerk, shall call the roll of members. If no quorum be present, the council shall not thereby stand adjourned, but the members present shall be competent, by majority vote, to adjourn or recess the council to another time or date prior to the next regularly scheduled meeting.
A majority of the city council shall constitute a quorum. The mayor is to be counted in determining whether a quorum is present. Acts done by the council without a quorum are void. A quorum must be present not only to begin a meeting, but also at the time of a roll call vote on any proposition.
If no quorum is present and the members present desire to compel the attendance of absent members, they themselves, or by their agents, shall attempt to communicate the call to the session personally to the absentees. Any absent member who refuses to attend the meeting (or a new meeting to which the members present have adjourned) after personal notice to attend, may be fined by the members present a sum not to exceed twenty five dollars ($25.00) for each occurrence. (Ord. 469, 10-15-1979)