2.05.060 Open meetings.
All meetings of the council, any board or commission, or any committee of the foregoing bodies, shall comply with the following:
(1) Open to Public. Meetings shall be open to the public at all times, and any meetings which are not open to the public are prohibited, unless closed meetings are expressly permitted by law.
Statutory reference note: Iowa Code, Section 21.3.
(2) Exception. Any meeting may be closed by affirmative vote of two-thirds of its members present, when necessary:
(a) To prevent irreparable and needless injury to the reputation of an individual whose employment or discharge is under consideration;
(b) To prevent premature disclosure of information on real estate proposed to be purchased; or
(c) For some other exceptional reason so compelling as to override the general public policy in favor of public meetings.
Statutory reference note: Iowa Code, Section 21.5.
(3) Advance Notice of Meetings. Each public agency shall give advance public notice of the time and place of each meeting by notifying the communications media or in some other way which gives reasonable notice to the public. When it is necessary to hold an emergency meeting without notice, the nature of the emergency shall be stated in the minutes.
Statutory reference note: Iowa Code, Section 21.4.
[Code 1975 § 1-1.0206.]