7-3-1218. Meetings of commission. - Montana Statutes

     7-3-1218. Meetings of commission. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), at 2 p.m. on the first Monday of January following a regular municipal election, the commission shall meet at the courthouse in the consolidated municipality and the newly elected members shall assume the duties of office.
     (b) The first meeting of the commission after the special election at which the first members of the commission are elected shall be held at 2 p.m. on the first day of the third month following the special election, and at this meeting the members of the commission shall determine by lot the members whose terms will expire on the first Monday of January in the first year following such special election and the members whose terms will expire on the first Monday of January in the third year following such election.
     (2) Thereafter the commission shall meet at such times as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution, but not less frequently than once in each month. Special meetings shall be called by the clerk of the commission upon written request of the president, the manager, or a majority of the members of the commission. A notice of a meeting shall state the subject to be considered at the meeting, and no other subject shall be considered at the meeting.
     (3) All meetings of the commission and of committees thereof shall be open to the public, and the rules of the commission shall provide that citizens of the municipality shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard at any meeting in regard to any matter considered thereat.

     History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.8, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3408; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 262, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 384, Ch. 571, L. 1979.