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Council declines to convene special meeting after callers unknown
Summary
Council members questioned who had called a special called meeting after adjourning and agreed not to recognize or open it because the mayor or three council members had not confirmed calling the special meeting. The council adjourned for the night without convening the special session.
After adjourning the regular meeting at 11:26 p.m., council members and the presiding officer discussed a separately announced special called meeting and whether it had been properly called.
A participant asked, "Who called this meeting?" One attendee addressed the mayor and said they did not know who called the special meeting. The mayor replied that they had not called it. Members noted that the city's ordinances require either the mayor or three council members to call a special called meeting, and the presiding officer stated the special meeting "was not called by three members of this council, and it was not called by the mayor" and that they would not call it to order.
Another member said they had talked with the city manager about the possibility of a special meeting but, given the late hour, suggested not proceeding: "the hour is late. I say we call it a night." Council members agreed and declined to open or recognize the proposed special meeting.
The transcript records no formal motion to convene or open the special called meeting, and no formal action occurred regarding the special meeting during the recorded segments. The discussion focused on procedure and whether the meeting had been validly called under local ordinance.
