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A. Any meeting of a public body shall be preceded by the posting of a notice of and agenda for the meeting Except as provided m section 2.18.060 of this Code, the notice and agenda shall be posted, and published on the city's website, no less than seventy-two (72) hours before the meeting B The agenda for any non -emergency meeting of a public body shall contain an itemized list of all subjects on which substantive discussions are reasonably expected or which may be the subject of formal action. C No public body shall engage in substantive discussions relating to, or take formal action on, any subject at a non -emergency meeting when that subject was not listed in the agenda for that meeting and is not substantially related to any subject hsted in the agenda, provided, however, that the city council may engage in substantive discussions and take formal action on a matter of public business not on the agenda, upon a finding by the presiding officer that such discussions or action will promote the general welfare of the city, it is important that the matter be acted upon before the next formal city council meeting, and it would be injurious to the city to await action on the matter until the next formal city council meeting. D For purposes of this section, a subject is not substantially related to a subject listed in the agenda when a person reading the agenda before the meeting would not have reasonably expected that the subject would be substantively discussed or formally acted upon at the meetmg. E At any non -emergency meeting of a public body, any member of the public who in good faith believes that a meeting is proceeding in violation of subsection C of this section shall be entitled to submit a brief written objection to the official presiding over the meeting; the written objection shall specify the ground for the objection The presiding official shall exercise his or her discretion in determining whether the meeting is in compliance with this section, and shall conduct the meeting in accordance with that determination The written objection shall be retained permanently in the records of the city. The city may adopt laws or regulations, consistent with this section, to prevent the abuse of this subsection E. Sec. 2.18.050. — Regular meetings of the council. A. The Council shall meet regularly at least twice each month The Council shall prescribe in its rules of procedure the day and hour of its regular meetings and the procedures governing meetings. B The Council shall cause minutes of each regular and special meeting to be taken and to be retained permanently in the records of the City. Ordinance No 1753, Senes 2018 Page 19 of 62