(a) With the exceptions noted in subsections (b) through (g), of this section, the council shall meet in regular session on the first and third Wednesday of each month at seven thirty p.m. local time. The council may agree by majority vote to dispense with any regular session or to change the day or hour of any meeting, but the council shall meet at least once a month.
(b) The council shall not meet on legal holidays as enumerated in Indiana Code 1-1-9-1. The council may agree by majority vote to meet at an alternative time should such a holiday fall on a Wednesday.
(c) In accordance with Indiana Code 36-4-6-7, in the year following its election the Council shall hold its first regular meeting at seven thirty pm. on the first Monday of the year to elect officers. Should the first Monday of the year fall on a legal holiday as enumerated in Indiana Code 1-1-9-1, the council shall instead meet on the day after the legal holiday. Should the council president of the previous year still be a member of the council, he or she shall preside over the election of new officers. If the President of the previous year is no longer on the council, the majority party shall designate a councilmember to preside over the election of officers. The council may decide by majority vote to reschedule a regularly scheduled Wednesday meeting and conduct other official business at this first meeting of the year.
(d) In accordance with Indiana Code 36-4-6-8, in years subsequent to the year immediately following its election, the council shall meet on the first Monday of the year of electing officers. Should the first Monday of the year fall on a legal holiday as enumerated in Indiana Code 1-1-9-1, the council shall instead meet on the day after the legal holiday. The council president of the previous year shall preside over the election of officers. The council may decide by majority vote to reschedule a regularly scheduled Wednesday meeting and conduct other official business at this meeting.
(e) The council shall go into recess upon adjournment of the first regular session in August and reconvene on the first Wednesday in September. No legislation shall be heard for first reading at the August meeting.
(f) The council shall not meet on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day. The council may by majority vote decide to combine the meeting scheduled for this date with the meeting scheduled for the previous or following Wednesday.
(g) The council shall go into recess upon adjournment of the second regular session held in December and reconvene in January. No legislation for first reading shall be heard at the last regular session of December. (Ord. 90-48 § 3, 1990).