Section 88.7 - Conducting business at public meeting; notice; quorum; adjournment; pending business; compelling attendance of absent members; concurring vote required for certain actions; reconsiderin
THE FOURTH CLASS CITY ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 215 of 1895
88.7 Conducting business at public meeting; notice; quorum; adjournment; pending business; compelling attendance of absent members; concurring vote required for certain actions; reconsidering or rescinding vote at special meeting; appropriation of money; passing or adopting resolution.
Sec. 7.
(1) The business which the council may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the council held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.
(2) A majority of the aldermen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A number less than a majority may adjourn a meeting, and all pending business noticed or set down for hearing at that meeting shall be taken up and heard at the next meeting.
(3) Members present may compel the attendance of absent members in the manner as prescribed by rule or ordinance. An office shall not be created or abolished; nor a tax or assessment imposed; a street, alley, or public ground vacated; real estate or interest in real estate purchased, leased, sold, or disposed of; or private property taken for public use, unless by a concurring yea and nay vote of 2/3 of all the aldermen elected to office. A vote of the council shall not be reconsidered or rescinded at a special meeting, unless there are present as many aldermen as were present when that vote was taken.
(4) Money shall not be appropriated except by ordinance or resolution of the council. A resolution shall not be passed or adopted except by the vote of a majority of all the aldermen elected to office, except as prescribed in this act.
History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 3068 ;-- CL 1915, 2984 ;-- CL 1929, 1908 ;-- CL 1948, 88.7 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 222, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1978