2.08.010 Regular meetings – Business meetings – Study sessions – Committee of the Whole.
A. Regular business meetings of the City Council shall be held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at a time certain as established in the adopted Rules of Procedure of the City Council.
B. The second and fourth Tuesdays of each month commencing with the applicable Tuesday following April 28, 1980, shall be deemed to be study sessions. Study sessions will be held at a time certain as established in the adopted Rules of Procedure of the City Council. The City Council shall not take a final vote on any item that comes before it at such a session. Participation by members of the audience at any designated study session of the Council shall be permitted only upon the concurrence of a majority of the Council members present.
C. In the event there is no business to be conducted on either the second or fourth Tuesday of any given month, no meetings need be held and notice of cancellation of the same shall be posted at the entrance to the City Hall and/or the City Council chambers.
D. Should any Council meeting, regular or study session, fall upon a date designated as a legal holiday, such meeting shall be held at the same hour on the next succeeding business day that is not a holiday, excluding Saturdays and Sundays. In addition, the City Council may, by motion and a majority vote of those members present, change the date of any regular or special meeting, or study session.
E. Repealed.
F. The first four Tuesdays of each month, commencing with the applicable Tuesday following March 27, 2018, shall be deemed to be meetings of Committee of the Whole. Committee of the Whole meetings will be held at a time certain as established in the adopted Rules of Procedure of the City Council. The Committee of the Whole may be called as needed to discuss regional affairs matters; such meetings shall be advertised as special meetings of the Committee. The Council shall not take a final vote on any item that comes before it at sessions of the Committee. “Committee of the Whole” is further defined in RMC Chapter 2.32, Council Committee of the Whole.
G. Any meeting of the City Council that is not defined in this section shall be considered a special meeting and shall follow the provisions required by RCW 35A.12.110. (Ord. 3015 § 2 (part), 2020: Ord. 2917 § 2 (part), 2018: Ord. 921 § 1, 1980: Ord. 553 § 1, 1971: Ord. 283 § 1, 1962).