Chapter 2.04
CITY COUNCIL

Sections:

2.04.010    Meetings.

2.04.020    Council committee meetings.

2.04.010 Meetings.

A.    The first and third Mondays in each calendar month are established as the time of regular meeting of the Ferndale City Council.

B.    Effective Monday, November 3, 2008,tfollowing adoption of the ordinance codified in this section, the regular meetings will commence starting at the hour of 6:00 p.m. and adjourn no later than 9:00 p.m., and shall be held in the City Hall Annex Building Council Chambers, located at 5694 Second Avenue, Ferndale, Washington, 98248.

    At any regular meeting hereafter that may fall on a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held the following day.

C.    No meeting shall be permitted to last beyond 9:00 p.m. without approval of a majority of the Councilmembers present. A new time limit must be established before taking a Council vote to extend the meeting. In the event a meeting has not been closed or continued by Council the items not acted on shall be deferred to the next regular meeting, unless the Council, by majority vote of members present, determines otherwise. (Ord. 1493 §§ 1, 2, 3, 2008; Ord. 1219, 1999; Ord. 1095, 1995; Ord. 619, 1980)

2.04.020 Council committee meetings.

The Wednesdays prior to the first and third Mondays in each calendar month are established as the time of regular meetings of the standing committees of the Ferndale City Council.

Effective Wednesday, August 13, 2008, following adoption of the ordinance codified in this section, the regular meetings will commence as follows:

A.    Starting at the hour of 7:30 a.m. through 9:00 a.m. the Public Works and Utilities Committee will meet in the Main City Hall Conference Room located at 2095 Main Street in Ferndale, Washington, 98248.

B.    Starting at the hour of 9:00 a.m. through 10:30 a.m. the Planning and Land Use Committee will meet in the Main City Hall Conference Room located at 2095 Main Street in Ferndale, Washington, 98248.

C.    Starting at the hour of 10:30 a.m. through 11:30 a.m. the Finance and Administration Committee will meet in the Main City Hall Conference Room located at 2095 Main Street in Ferndale, Washington, 98248.

D.    Starting at the hour of 11:30 a.m. through 12:30 p.m. the Public Health and Neighborhood Services Committee will meet in the Main City Hall Conference Room located at 2095 Main Street in Ferndale, Washington, 98248.

All committee meetings are subject to the Washington State Open Public Meetings Act.

Any meeting that is cancelled for any reason shall be posted on the City’s website the day before said meeting.

At any regular meeting hereafter that may fall on a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held the following day. (Ord. 1487, 2008)