A. Time and Day of Meetings.
1. Village Council meetings. The Council shall hold its regular meetings on the first and third Tuesday of each month at seven p.m. (7:00 p.m.), or as otherwise set forth in the annual meetings notice posted pursuant to the Illinois Open Meetings Act. In the event the regular meeting date falls on a legal holiday, or cannot be held on the date regularly scheduled for any other reason, including a general election, the meeting shall be held on such other day as the Council may designate; provided, that notice of such designation shall comply with the notice requirements of the Illinois Open Meetings Act.
2. Village Council study sessions. The regular study session meetings of the Village Council, meeting as committee of the whole, shall be held on the second Tuesday of each month at seven p.m., or as otherwise set forth in the annual meetings notice posted pursuant to the Illinois Open Meetings Act.
B. Place of Meetings.
1. Except in the case of an emergency, or as hereinafter provided, all meetings of the Council shall be held at the Village Hall.
2. If it appears that the physical facilities of the Village Hall are or will be inadequate to accommodate the number of persons who may attempt or plan to be present at any meeting, the meeting may be moved to some other hall or place within the Village having adequate capacity. The determination to change the location of a Council meeting can be made by the concurrence of a majority of the Council present when the meeting convenes, or at the direction of the Village President after conferring with the Village Manager, at any time before the agenda for the meeting is posted.
3. If the location of a Council meeting is changed, the Village Clerk shall post a notice of the location at which the meeting is being or will be held. The notice shall be posted at the entrance to Village Hall and at the entrance of the place from which the meeting has been moved. If the location of the meeting is changed prior to the posting of the agenda for that meeting, then the location of the meeting shall also be included in any and all meeting notices and agendas that are required by the Open Meetings Act and any other applicable law or ordinance.
C. Special Meetings. The President, or any two of the Trustees, may call special meetings of the Council. The Clerk shall notify all members of the Council of such meeting at least forty-eight (48) hours before the special meeting is held, by delivering to each member of the Council, either personally or by leaving a copy at the member's residence, a written notice stating the time and place of the meeting.
D. Open Meetings. All meetings of the Village Council shall be conducted in accordance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act. (Ord. MC-183-97 § 13, 1997: prior code § 2.02)
E. Attendance. It is the policy of the Village of Winnetka that the members of the Council attend meetings of the Council in person, notwithstanding any statutes of the State of Illinois permitting remote attendance by some means other than physical presence at the location of the meeting.
(MC-1-2013, Amended, 01/15/2013; MC-8-2007, Amended, 06/05/2007, Subsection E added; MC-7-2007, Amended, 05/15/2007; MC-1-2001, Amended, 01/16/2001)