Charter of the City of Burbank
Attachment 3
ARTICLE 4.1
Meetings of the Council
Section 400. MEETINGS, REGULAR AND SPECIAL.
The date of the reorganization meeting will be set by ordinance. At the reorganization meeting the new members shall then be inducted into office, whereupon the Council, as thus newly constituted, shall choose one of their member to serve as Mayor. The Mayor shall have the same voting power as any other member of the Council. The Council shall also choose one of their member to serve as Vice Mayor, who shall act as Mayor pro tempore in case of the absence, sickness or other disability of the Mayor. The offi cials so chosen shall hold their respective offices subject to the pleasure of the Council. The regular meetings of the Council shall be held at least twice per month and such further regular meetings shall be held as determined by ordinance. The time for holding all regular meetings of the Council shall be provided for by ordinance or resolution, but any regular meeting may be adjourned to a time certain, which adjourned meeting shall be a regular meeting for all purposes.
Special meetings may be called as provided by the laws of the State of California.
Except as otherwise provided by State law, all meetings of the Council shall be open to the public and held in the City Hall or such other place as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution, unless the C ouncil is compelled to meet elsewhere by reason of fire, flood, earthquake, other emergency, or the temporary unavailability of the regular meeting place. The Council shall adopt rules for conducting its proceedings. (Amended by Charter Amendment approved by the voters on June 5, 2018; previous Section 6; amended and renumbered by Charter Amendment approved by the voters on April 10, 2007.)
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