(a) Any news medium organization that desires to be given advance notification of special meetings of a Municipal body shall file with the Clerk a written request therefor. Except in the event of an emergency requiring immediate official action, a special meeting shall not be held unless at least twenty-four hours' advance notice of the time, place and purposes of such special meeting is given to the news media that have filed such written request.
(b) News media requests for such advance notification of special meetings shall specify:
(1) The Municipal body that is the subject of such request;
(2) The name of the medium;
(3) The name and address of the person to whom written notifications to the medium may be mailed, telegraphed or delivered; and
(4) The names, addresses and telephone numbers, including addresses and telephone numbers at which notifications may be given either during or outside of business hours, of at least two persons to either one of whom oral notifications to the medium may be given.
(c) Any such request shall be effective for the six-month period in which it is filed or until the Clerk receives written notice from such medium cancelling or modifying such request, whichever is earlier. For purposes of this chapter, each year shall be divided into two six-month periods, the first to run from January 1 until June 30, the second to run from July 1 to December 31. Such requests may be modified or extended only by filing a complete new request with the Clerk. A request shall not be deemed to be made unless it is complete in all respects, and such request may be conclusively relied on by the City, the Municipal body that is the subject of such request and the Clerk.
(d) The Clerk shall give such oral notification or written notification, or both, as the Clerk determines to the news media that have filed such requests, of the time, place and purposes of each special meeting, at least twenty-four hours prior to the time of such special meeting.
(e) In the event of an emergency requiring immediate official action, a special meeting may be held without giving twenty-four hours' advance notification thereof to the requesting news media. The persons calling such meeting, or any one or more of such persons or the Clerk on their behalf, shall immediately give oral notification or written notification, or both, as the person or persons giving such notification determine, of the time, place and purposes of such special meeting to such news media that have filed such requests. The minutes of any such special meeting shall state the general nature of the emergency requiring immediate official action.
(Ord. 76-5. Passed 2-2-76.)