Meeting Requirements

Meeting Requirements 

State law prescribes several specific requirements for council meetings:

• A quorum, three members of the council, be present for the transaction of business
• Any question before the council is decided by a majority vote of the members present and voting, except where the law requires more than a simple majority.
• The mayor always presides, if present.
• Every meeting of the City Council must be conducted in accordance with Chapter 551 of the Government Code, the Texas Open Meetings Act. Elements of requirements include written notice of the date, hour, and location of every Council meeting, together with an agenda specifically describing all of the items to be considered, be posted 72 hours in advance of such meeting on a bulletin board in City Hall accessible to the public day and night. The Open Meetings Act provides a few exceptions, such as emergency or urgent public necessity and closed / executive session purposes.

Sessions 

Closed/executive sessions may be called for any purpose specifically authorized by state law. Any allowed subject matter deliberated in the closed/executive session will be voted on once the council reconvenes into the public session of the council meeting.