The Council shall meet regularly at least twice each month at a day and hour to be fixed by the rules of Council. The Council shall determine the rules of procedure governing meetings. The first regular meeting of the Council following the regular municipal election and in the month of said election, shall be the organizational meeting. (Amendment passed 11/2/76).

Special meetings of the Council shall be called by the Clerk on the written request of the Mayor, or by any four (4) members of the Council on at least twenty-four (24) hours written notice to each member of the Council, served personally or left at his usual place of residence or place of business, and written notice posted in at least three (3) public places, but a special meeting may be held on shorter notice if all members of the Council are present or have waived notice thereof in writing.

No business shall be transacted at any special meeting of the Council unless the same has been stated in the notice of such meeting. However, any business which may lawfully come before a regular meeting may be transacted at a special meeting if all the members of the Council present consent thereto and all the members absent file their written consent.

A majority of the members of the Council in office at the time shall be a quorum for the transaction of business at all Council meetings; but in the absence of a quorum, a lesser number may adjourn any meeting to a later date or time. In the absence of all members, the Clerk may adjourn any meeting for not longer than one week.

The Council shall determine its own organization, rules and order of business subject to the following provisions:

(a) Minutes of the proceedings of each regular or special meeting shall be kept in the English language by the Clerk and shall be signed by the Presiding Officer and Clerk of the meeting at which the minutes are approved.

(b) A roll call vote upon all ordinances, resolutions and motions shall be taken by “Yes” or “No” vote and entered upon the records, except that where the vote is unanimous it shall only be necessary to state that the vote was unanimous.

(c) No member of the Council shall vote on any question in which he has a financial interest, other than the common public interest, or on any question concerning his own conduct.

All regular and special meetings of the Council shall be open to the public and citizens shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard under such rules and regulations as the Council may prescribe. The Council may hold such study sessions and executive sessions as the Council may determine and may exclude from said meetings the public and citizens, provided however, no formal and legally binding action by the Council for the City shall be taken at any such executive or study session.