§ 20. City council meetings.

(a)

The Mayor and six council members shall constitute the city council.

(b)

Such council shall hold a regular meeting once in each month, on a date and time to be fixed by a by-law or ordinance, at which meeting any elector or property owner of such city shall have the right to appear and to be heard as to any business of said city. The mayor shall have the power to call a special meeting any time and the mayor shall call a special meeting when requested by two council members to do so.

(c)

The city clerk shall cause a copy of the call for each special meeting to be served upon or mailed to each council member at least twenty-four hours before the hour of such special meeting, but the lack of a call or insufficiency of service shall not invalidate any meeting at which all members are present and none of them objects because of such lack or insufficiency.

(d)

Four members of the city council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

(e)

Any member may demand an aye and nay vote on any question to be voted upon and such vote shall be recorded. When such a vote shall be taken, every member present shall vote except when a conflict of interest exists. Except as herein provided otherwise, the city council shall fix the salaries and emoluments of all officials and employees of the City and Town of Bristol except those employed by the board of education.

(f)

Nothing in this section shall supersede the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut.

(Amend. eff. 11-7-89; Amend. eff. 12-8-05; Amend. eff. 12-8-11; Amend. eff. 12-5-13)

Legislative history— Sp. No. 352, §§ 15, 19, 1911; Sp. No. 434, §§ 35, 36, 1931; Sp. No. 489, § 21, 1939.