Marysville Municipal Code Art. 2 Council Meetings

The City Council shall hold regular meetings on the first and third Tuesdays of each month; provided, however, that by vote of the Council, regular meeting schedules may be modified to accommodate holidays or other circumstances acceptable to the Council.

(a) Regular meetings of the City Council shall begin at 7:00 p.m.

At any regular meeting or special meeting of the City Council, the Council may be adjourned to a special meeting whose date, hour, place and purpose are announced by the mayor or other presiding officer at the time of adjournment, whereupon the City Clerk shall prepare an agenda for such special meeting describing the purpose, and no other business shall be transacted at such special meeting.

On the Call of the Mayor or Council Majority. Special meetings of the City Council may be held on the call of the Mayor or of a majority of members of the whole Council upon not less than twenty-four hours effective notice to each member.

(a) Whenever a special meeting is called pursuant to this section, the City Clerk shall be immediately notified and shall forthwith serve either oral or written notice upon each member of the Council, the City Manager and City Attorney, stating the date, hour and place of the meeting and the purpose for which it is called, and no other business shall be transacted at the meeting.

(1) If, after reasonable diligence, it is impossible to give notice to each member, such failure shall not affect the legality of the special meeting if a quorum of the whole Council is in attendance.

(2) The minutes of each special meeting shall state the manner and method by which notice of such special meeting was given to each member of the Council.

Emergency meetings of the City Council may be held at any time on the call of the Mayor upon effective notice to each member, all in conformity with government code section 54956.

(a) Whenever such emergency meeting is called, the City Clerk shall be notified, who shall forthwith serve either oral or written notice upon each member of the Council, the City Manager and City Attorney, stating the date, hour and place of the meeting and the purpose for which it is called, and no other business shall be transacted at the meeting.

(1) If, after reasonable diligence, it is impossible to give notice to each member, such failure shall not affect the legality of the emergency meeting if a quorum of the whole Council is in attendance.

(2) The minutes of each emergency meeting shall state the manner and method by which notice of such emergency meeting was given to each member of the Council

Where notice of special or emergency meetings of the Council is required by this Article, effective notice shall consist of personal notice to the designated recipients or, if personal notice cannot be effected, by delivery to the recipient's electronic mail account or his/her office and home.

(a) It shall be the responsibility of the City Clerk to notify all local media outlets by telephone or electronic mail, if possible, and by posting of a suitable notice announcing the date, time, place, and matter(s) to be discussed on a public bulletin board reserved for such notices in the Marysville City Hall or other public place as soon as practicable.

All meetings shall be held in the Council Chambers of the Marysville City Hall or such other place within the corporate limits of Marysville as may be approved by motion adopted at a meeting by a majority of the Council members present or, for emergency meetings, at the place designated by the Mayor, and shall be open to the public and all local news media, except as otherwise permitted by law or policy.

(a) At any regular meeting or special meeting called for that purpose, the City Council may hold executive session which shall be closed to the public, for the purpose of considering those matters permitted by law.

Scheduled meetings may be canceled by a majority vote of members present at a meeting of the Council.