Municipal Code Provisions (Public Meetings)
CHAPTER 1. IN GENERAL Sec. 1-2-101. Time and place of meetings. A.
Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, and shall convene at the hour of 4 p.m. When the day for any regular meeting of the Council falls on a legal holiday, no meeting shall be held on such holiday; but such meeting shall be held at the same hour on the next succeeding business day which is not a holiday. B. All meetings of the City Council shall be held at the Irvine City Council Chambers, One Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, California. However, any such meeting may be adjourned to another time, date, and place certain within the City, provided that any change of meeting time, date and place shall be announced, by the most rapid means of communication available at the time, in a notice to media organizations who have requested written notice of meetings. Sec. 1-2-102. Special meetings. Special meetings may be called by the Mayor or a majority of the members of the City Council pursuant to the notice and agenda requirements for special meetings set forth in Division 15 of this Title, and Government Code § 54956. Only matters contained in such notice may be considered and only urgency ordinances may be adopted. No regular ordinances or orders for payment of money shall be considered at such special meetings. Sec. 1-2-103. Public meetings. All meetings of the City Council shall be open to the public and comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code § 54950 et seq.) and with Division 15 of this Title 1 except "closed session" matters, as provided by law. Such closed sessions may be held only during the course of a duly called meeting. Sec. 1-2-104. Reorganizations; appointments. The City Council shall choose one of its members as Vice Mayor, and one of its members as Interim Mayor, at the same meeting at which the City Council election results are certified in even-numbered years, and at its first regular meeting in December of odd-numbered years. Sec. 1-2-105. Canvass of returns, installation of new members, declaration of election; resolution. Upon receipt of the certification of the results of the election from the County Registrar of Voters after each general municipal election, the Mayor shall call a meeting of the City Council to canvass the returns and install its newly elected members. The City Council shall declare elected the persons having the highest number of votes given
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