(A) The Council shall hold its regular meetings for the transaction of city business on the first Monday and the third Tuesday in each month. Any regular meeting day which falls on a holiday may be held on the next business day or may be held on the designated day of the following week at the determination of the Mayor or a majority of the Council. Such meetings may be adjourned or may be continued as necessary.
(B) The meeting times shall be as established by resolution of the City Council and shall be posted on the City website.
(C) The Mayor or a majority of the Council may designate one additional day during the month for a work session meeting in addition to any work sessions held during a regular meeting. Work session meetings are those meetings wherein the City Council may examine, review, or otherwise discuss issues of import to the City and its programs. The session is informal and no formal action is required, although direction to staff regarding a topic may be given as to future action. Public comment may be solicited during a work session. The Council will not be bound by Robert's Rules of Order during a work session. Work sessions are not required in every month if, in the discretion of the Mayor or upon consensus of the Council at a regular meeting prior to the scheduled work session, no business requires a work session. An item or topic during a regular meeting may be identified as a work session. In such a case, the provisions as to work session meetings will apply to that item or topic.
(D) Public hearings are those meetings required to be held pursuant to law and shall be held after 5:00 p.m. and may be rescheduled or adjourned to a later date and time.
(E) Special meetings may be called at any time by the Mayor, or at the request of three members of the Council, after giving reasonable notice (considered to be 48-hours notice) in writing or by email to all members of the Council present in the City and posting a notice as required in the locations designated.
(F) Emergency meetings may be called in the event of an emergency situation, including but not limited to a storm, fire, explosion, or other potential destruction or impairment of City property or business that affects the health and safety of the residents, employees, or the functions of the City. Such meetings may be convened by a majority of the Council or the Mayor without adhering to the 48-hour notice requirement. The City Clerk shall use reasonable efforts to inform the public of the emergency meeting.
(G) All meetings shall be held in a place provided by the Council, usually the City Council chamber, unless an alternate venue is identified.
(1985 Code, § 2.08.010) (Ord. 2024-1, passed 5-6-2024)