(a) Regular Meeting. The Council shall meet regularly at least once each month at a day and hour and place to be fixed by the rules and proceedings of each Council.

(b) Rules of Procedure. The Council shall prescribe the rules of procedure governing meetings. Written minutes of the proceedings of each meeting shall be kept by the Clerk and signed by the Mayor.

(c) Open Meetings; Executive Sessions. All regular and special meetings of the Council, and all meetings at which a quorum of Council is present and the purpose of which is to discuss matters concerning the affairs of the City shall be open to the public. Consistent with rules adopted by the Council, members of the public shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard. The Council may meet in a closed or executive session with other City officers or employees to consider personnel matters, contract negotiations, threatened or pending litigation, quasi-judicial matters, legal advice and other issues where public disclosure may seriously affect the interests of the City. No final policy decision, resolution, rule, ordinance or regulation, and no action approving a contract or calling for the payment of money shall be adopted at any executive session.

(d) Quorum. Five (5) members of the Council shall constitute a quorum. (Amended at election held Nov. 6, 1990)