§ 3.08. Procedure.

(a)

Meetings. The city council shall meet regularly at such times and places as necessary to effectuate the city's business and that will encourage and permit attendance by the greatest number of city residents. Special meetings may be held on the call of the mayor or of a majority of the councilmembers. All meetings shall be public except as exempted by state law.

(b)

Rules and journal. The city council shall determine and adopt its own rules and order of business by ordinance. However, in the absence of a rule, Robert's Rules of Order (latest edition) shall govern. The city council shall keep written minutes of all regular and special meetings which shall be a public record and which shall be open for inspection by the public.

(c)

Voting. Voting on ordinances and resolutions shall be recorded in the minutes of all meetings. A total of four persons, with or without the mayor, shall constitute a quorum. A smaller number may convene from time to time and may compel the attendance of absent members in the manner and subject to the penalties prescribed in the rules of the city council. Four affirmative votes shall be required to approve a contract, to pass a resolution or for the final adoption of an ordinance.

(Ord. No. 1232-86, exhibit A, §§ 6, 7, 10-14-86; Ord. No. 2013-36, exh. A, 11-26-13)

State law reference

General procedure for passage of ordinances or resolutions, F.S. § 166.041; authority to specify additional requirements, F.S. § 166.041(6); Public Records Act, F.S. ch. 119; open meetings law, F.S. § 286.011.

Editor's note

Formerly codified as § 3.09, renumbered by Ord. No. 2013-36, adopted Nov. 26, 2013.