Sec. 240. - Open meetings.

The public bodies of the city shall hold all meetings in accordance with the general laws of the state pertaining to open meetings except that council may, by ordinance, provide for the ability of public bodies to hold, attend, conduct, and keep minutes for virtual meetings and hearings by means of teleconference, video conference, or any other similar technology and council may provide for the circumstances under which such virtual meetings or hearings may be held. In addition to those entities defined as public bodies in the general laws of the state, an entity of the city shall be considered a public body for purposes of this section if its members are appointed to serve as a member of the public body by an officer of the city, and the entity has been established and its members appointed for the sole purpose of advising any officer or decision-making body of the city.

(Ord. No. 1749-2014, 7-21-2014; Ord. No. 2200-2022, 7-25-2022)