Town of Charlestown, RI
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2024-03-25
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Part 2 Town Council
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Article VII Meetings
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Pt 2 Art VII Meetings
- § C-27 Scheduling; access by public; notice; emergencies.
- § C-28 Conduct; quorum; voting.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Affordable Housing Commission
- Ch 4 Agriculture
- Ch 6 Charter Revision Advisory Committee
- Ch 11 Conservation Commission
- Ch 12 Climate Resiliency Commission
- Ch 15 Council, Town
- Ch 20 Economic Improvement Commission
- Ch 26 Juvenile Hearing Board
- Ch 27 Municipal Court
- Ch 30 Officers and Employees
- Ch 34 Ordinances
- Ch 36 Parks and Recreation Department
- Ch 37 Personnel
- Ch 40 Planning Commission
- Ch 44 Police Department
- Ch 51 Public Hearings
- Ch 54 Surplus Property
- Ch 58 Tax Assessment Review
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 71 Alarm Systems
- Ch 74 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 75 Cannabis
- Ch 78 Amusement Devices
- Ch 86 Boats and Waterways
- Ch 91 Building Construction
- Ch 93 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 96 Coastal Ponds and Mooring
- Ch 98 (Reserved)
- Ch 103 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 108 Entertainments
- Ch 111 Firearms
- Ch 114 Flea Markets
- Ch 117 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 128 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 129 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 133 Iceboxes and Refrigerators
- Ch 138 Junkyards
- Ch 143 Land, Sale of
- Ch 147 Licenses and Business Regulations
- Ch 152 Noise
- Ch 155 Nuisances
- Ch 158 Parks, Beaches and Recreation Areas
- Ch 162 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 163 Public Trees
- Ch 165 Residential Collection Center
- Ch 167 Rooming and Boarding Houses
- Ch 172 Sanitary Facilities, Temporary
- Ch 174 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 175 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 Snowmobiles
- Ch 181 (Reserved)
- Ch 184 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- Ch 188 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 192 Taxation
- Ch 197 Trailers and Mobile Homes
- Ch 203 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 206 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 210 Wastewater Management District
- Ch 213 Yard Sales
- Ch 218 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
The first meeting of a newly elected Council shall
be held on the first Monday following certification of the election
of its members by the canvassing authority. The Town Clerk, or in
his/her absence, the Deputy Town Clerk, shall preside until the President
is elected. The Council shall determine by ordinance the time and
place of its regular meetings.
[Amended 11-5-1996]
B.
The Council shall hold at least one (1) regularly
scheduled meeting a month.
C.
All meetings shall be held in accordance with applicable
state and federal laws.
[Amended 11-5-1996]
D.
All regular and special meetings and their agenda
must be advertised in a local newspaper(s), except when an emergency
meeting is called; such emergencies would be those affecting public
peace, health, safety, comfort and welfare of the inhabitants of the
town and for protection of persons and property.
E.
All regularly
scheduled public meetings held by the Town Council, and all Boards
and Commissions will require an agenda item for public comment.
[Added 11-2-2010]
A.
The Council shall adopt and publish its own rules
governing the conduct of its meetings.
B.
A quorum shall consist of the majority of the qualified
members, and except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the affirmative
vote of at least three (3) Council members present shall decide any
issue. The vote upon any matter shall, upon the request of two (2)
Council members, be taken by roll call and entered upon the record
of the proceedings.
[Amended 11-2-2010]
