21-7-9 - Meetings of council; quorum; voting. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 21-7-9. Meetings of council; quorum; voting.
 

(1)  Regular public meetings of the council shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January after the election of the members of the council and monthly thereafter on the first Tuesday in each month. When a regular meeting of the council shall fall upon a holiday, the council shall meet the following day. Special meetings may be called at any time by the mayor or by three (3) members of the council. At any and all meetings of the council, five (5) members thereof shall constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote of a majority of the members present at any meeting shall be necessary to adopt any motion, resolution, or ordinance or to pass any measure whatever unless otherwise provided in this chapter. Upon every vote taken by the council the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded and every motion, resolution, or ordinance shall be reduced to writing before the vote is taken thereon. Upon request of one or more council members, any motion, resolution or ordinance shall be read by the clerk before the vote is taken thereon. 

(2)  The council may, pursuant to Section 21-17-17, set a day other than Tuesday for the holding of its regular monthly meeting. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 3825.7-04; Laws,  1948, ch. 382, § 4; Laws, 1973, ch. 324, § 4; Laws, 1979, ch. 403, § 4; Laws, 1987, ch. 503, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1987.