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Anchorage |
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Code of Ordinances |
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Title 2. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH |
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Chapter 2.30. RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR ASSEMBLY |
§ 2.30.030. Meetings.
A.
Regular meetings. Regular meetings of the assembly shall be held twice each month on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. at the Assembly Chambers, 3600 Denali Street, unless otherwise designated by the assembly.
1.
The electronic recording of all regular and special meetings and all work sessions shall be retained permanently.
B.
Special meetings. At least 24 hours' written notice shall be given designating the date, time, place and purpose of a special meeting. The municipal clerk or designee shall serve special meeting notices by electronic transmission to each member of the assembly at the address assigned to the member by the Municipality of Anchorage.
C.
Electronic public notice of meetings. The municipal clerk shall enter the date, time, place and purpose of meetings on the assembly calendar and on the public notice page of the municipal website. The municipal clerk may also publish in a newspaper of general circulation notice of special meetings.
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Physical notice of meetings in City Hall. Notice of meetings shall be posted by the municipal clerk in the lobby of the clerk's office in the City Hall, 632 W. Sixth Avenue, Anchorage.
E.
Emergency meetings. In an emergency, a special meeting without notice shall be a legal meeting if all members are present or there is a quorum and all absent members have waived in writing or by email the required notice. The waiver may be either before or after the time of the meeting. The waiver shall be attached to and made a part of the record for that meeting.
F.
Cancellation of meetings. Cancellation of a special assembly meeting shall be by the authority of the persons who called the meeting and shall be effective by notice upon each member of the assembly through electronic transmission at the address assigned to the member by the Municipality of Anchorage and communicated not less than two hours before the special meeting.
G.
Business at emergency or special meeting. No business shall be transacted at any special meeting of the assembly except as specifically stated in the notice of the meeting. In the event of an emergency meeting, business necessarily pertaining to the emergency for which the meeting is called shall be transacted in the absence of the written notice.
(AO No. 13-75; AO No. 61-75; AO No. 242-76; AO No. 78-49; AO No. 79-137; AO No. 82-140; AO No. 83-120(S); AO No. 83-211; AO No. 84-55; AO No. 84-86; AO No. 84-224; AO No. 84-249; AO No. 85-15(S); AO No. 85-54; AO No. 86-62; AO No. 86-151; AO No. 87-12; AO No. 88-164; AO No. 89-15, 4-1-89; AO No. 90-154(S); AO No. 91-25; AO No. 91-178(S); AO No. 92-107(S); AO No. 94-76, § 1, 5-3-94; AO No. 94-132(S), § 4, 8-25-94; AO No. 94-177(S), § 1, 10-27-94; AO No. 95-130, § 1, 6-6-95; AO No. 95-83(S-1), §§ 1—3, 1-9-96; AO No. 96-22, § 3, 2-6-96; AO No. 96-92, § 1, 6-25-96; AO No. 97-19, § 2, 2-11-97; AO No. 98-161, § 1, 10-20-98; AO No. 2000-121, § 1, 8-15-00; AO No. 2001-126, § 1, 7-10-01; AO No. 2002-148, § 1, 10-15-02; AO No. 2003-58, § 2, 7-8-03; AO No. 2008-81, § 1, 7-29-08; AO No. 2009-134, § 1, 1-12-10; AO No. 2015-113, § 1, 10-13-15 ; AO No. 2017-53 , § 5, 4-11-17)
State law reference
Meetings open to the public, AS 29.20.020; open meetings law, AS 44.62.310.
Editor's note
AO 2003-58(am) effective July 8, 2003 as originally codified had erroneously omitted floor amendments. Later codification does not affect the floor amendments' effective date.