Chapter 2.04
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS1
Sections:
2.04.010 Time, day and place held.
2.04.020 Procedure for passage of ordinances.
2.04.030 Reimbursement of lost wages or salary.
2.04.010 Time, day and place held.
The city council shall regularly meet beginning at seven p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the Central Point City Hall, except on holidays prescribed by the laws of the state of Oregon, in which event the council shall meet on the next Thursday following the holiday. Council meetings shall conclude prior to ten p.m. unless:
A. Extended for one additional hour by a two-thirds vote of council members present, but in no event shall a regular meeting extend beyond eleven p.m.; however, a majority of council members may, at a meeting called to review and render a decision on a significant land use public hearing, make a motion to extend the meeting past the eleven p.m. adjournment.
B. Adjourned to a later time, date and place certain by majority vote of the council, in which event the adjourned meeting shall be considered to be the concluding portion of the regularly scheduled council meeting.
Special meetings may be held as prescribed or permitted by Charter, law, ordinance, rule or resolution. (Ord. 1849 §1, 2004; Ord. 1800 §1, 1999; Ord. 1485 §1, 1983; Ord. 1415 §1, 1981; Ord. 1103 §1, 1973).
2.04.020 Procedure for passage of ordinances.
The enactment of ordinances shall be in accordance with Section 34 of the City Charter of 1982. Amendments shall be allowed following the first reading, to be considered as part of the ordinance at second reading, and any such amendments shall not require an additional first reading. (Ord. 1485 §2, 1983; Ord. 1229A §§1, 2, 1975).
2.04.030 Reimbursement of lost wages or salary.
When any regularly employed council member who is not self-employed suffers the loss of wages or salary by reason of his attendance at a regular council meeting, he may be reimbursed the amount of such wage or salary loss, or such portion thereof as the council shall deem appropriate, upon tendering a statement in writing certifying his place of employment, the amount of wages or salary lost by reason of attendance at such regular council meeting, and the date of said meeting. (Ord. 1230 (part), 1975).
For statutory provisions concerning city council meetings, see ORS 221.908, 221.909; for the Charter provisions concerning council meeting, see City Charter Art. IV.