Section 11-44-82 Commissioners - Meetings.
Section 11-44-82
Commissioners - Meetings.
Said board of commissioners shall hold regular public meetings on Tuesdays of each and every week at some regular hour to be fixed by said board from time to time and publicly announced by it, and said board may hold such adjourned, called, and other meetings as may be necessary or convenient. The president of the board of commissioners, when present, shall preside at all meetings of said board, but shall have no veto power. Two members of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and every business to be done by said board and for the exercise of any and every power conferred upon it, and the affirmative vote of two members of said board shall be necessary and sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw or ordinance, or the transaction of any business of any sort by said board or the exercise of any of the powers conferred upon it by the terms of this article or that may hereafter be conferred upon it. All meetings of said board at which any person not a city or town officer is present shall be open to the public.
A record of the proceedings of every such meeting shall be kept in a well-bound book, and every resolution or ordinance passed by the board of commissioners must be recorded in such book, and the record of the proceedings of the meeting must be signed by at least two of the commissioners before the action taken shall be effective. Such record shall be kept available for inspection by all citizens of such city or town at all reasonable times.
(Acts 1927, No. 390, p. 461; Code 1940, T. 37, §98.)