[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Laconia
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-29-1975 as Ch. 3 of the Public Ordinances of 1975]
[Amended 2-28-2011 by Ord. No. 02.2011.02[1]]
The first regular meeting of the newly elected council shall
be on the day the newly elected councilors are inaugurated. A special
meeting may be held prior to that date pursuant to the provisions
of Section 3:05 of the City Charter.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance also provided an effective
date of 7-1-2011 for this section.
[Amended 2-28-2011 by Ord. No. 02.2011.02[1]]
The Council shall hold two regular meetings on the second and
fourth Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m. Whenever a regular monthly
meeting falls on a holiday listed in RSA 288:1, a day of holiday observance
as defined in RSA 288:2, a day on which City of Laconia municipal
offices are not open for business, or on Christmas or New Year’s
Eve, then the Council shall establish the alternate meeting date and
time.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance also provided an effective
date of 7-1-2011 for this section.
No notice to the City Council of any regular meeting or of any
business to be done at such meetings shall be required.
[Amended 2-28-2011 by Ord. No. 02.2011.02[1]]
Special meetings shall be held, upon notice, at the written
request of the Manager or a majority of the City Council. Such notice
shall be delivered to each Councilor either by hand, e-mail or in
the Council mailboxes at City Hall and shall specify the day and hour,
the place thereof if not at the City Council chambers and the purpose
thereof or the business to be done.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance also provided an effective
date of 7-1-2011 for this section.
The City Clerk is directed to give notice, if practicable, of
every adjourned meeting to members not present at the adjournment,
but the validity of such adjourned meeting or of any business done
thereafter shall not depend upon the giving of such notice, if the
meeting from which the adjournment was made was regular meeting or
a special meeting duly called.
[Adopted 8-27-1990 by Ord. No. 179-90.5]
Except in an emergency, a notice of the time and place of each
meeting of the Laconia City Council or any city board, commission,
agency or authority or any committee, subcommittee or subordinate
body thereof or advisory committee thereto shall be posted in two
appropriate places within the City or shall be printed in a newspaper
of general circulation in the City at least 24 hours, including Sundays
and legal holidays, prior to any such meeting. In the event of notice
of posting, one of the two required notices shall be posted at City
Hall. RSA 91-A, as it may be amended from time to time, shall otherwise
apply in its entirety.
All meetings of the Laconia City Council shall be audio-recorded
either on audiotape or on an electronic recording device. Every audio
recording shall bear the words “Laconia City Council Meeting”
and shall state the date of the meeting, the number of audio recordings
made to full record the meeting and the number of the individual audio
recordings (for example, “Laconia City Council Meeting, 15 January
1991, Recording 2 of 3”). All such audio recordings shall be
preserved for a period of three years from the date of the meeting,
at which time the audio recording may be destroyed or the source device
reused. On all written minutes, a notation shall be made to reference
the existence of the audio recording, as well as the date of destruction
or reuse. The City Clerk shall have custody and control of the audio
recordings, which shall be public records until destroyed or reused.
The audio recordings shall be stored in a secure location in City
Hall. The audio recordings and the agendas shall be public records.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided that this section would
take effect upon passage.
