Chapter 2.04
COUNCIL MEETINGS

Sections:

2.04.010    Date for taking oath of office.

2.04.020    Meeting times.

2.04.030    Adjournment and extension.

2.04.040    Special meetings.

2.04.050    Compensation for council members.

2.04.010 Date for taking oath of office.

The oath of office will take place at the first regular meeting in January succeeding the date of each general municipal election.  (Ord. 531 (part), 2011:  Ord. 528 (part), 2011:  Ord. 316 §2, 1997:  Ord. A-175 §1, 1939)

2.04.020 Meeting times.

Regular meetings of the town council shall be in the Town Hall at the hour of seven-thirty p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month.  (Ord. 531 (part), 2011:  Ord. 528 (part), 2011:  Ord. 327 §1, 1998:  Ord. 316 §1, 1997:  Ord. 39-B §1, 1973:  Ord. A-175 §2, 1939)

2.04.030 Adjournment and extension.

Council meetings shall end at ten p.m., with one fifteen-minute extension, if such matter is presented by council motion and approved.  Any meeting may be adjourned to a future date as the council may set by motion and order.  (Ord. 531 (part), 2011:  Ord. 528 (part), 2011:  Ord. 118-B §1, 1981)

2.04.040 Special meetings.

Special meetings of the council may be called at any time by the mayor, or by three councilmen, by written notice delivered to each member, at least twenty-four hours before the time specified for the proposed meeting, and it shall be the duty of the town clerk to notify the members of the council and the town attorney of such meeting.  (Ord. 531 (part), 2011:  Ord. 528 (part), 2011:  Ord. A-175 §3, 1939)

2.04.050 Compensation for council members.

Members of the town council who are elected on or after November 12, 2013, shall be compensated for attendance at meetings at the rate of thirty dollars per meeting, to a maximum of two meetings per month.  This section may be amended according to Washington State Constitution, Article XI, Section 8 as amended by Amendment 57.  (Ord. 531 (part), 2011:  Ord. 528 (part), 2011:  Ord. 462 §1, 2007)