§ 18. Induction of commissioners into office; meetings.

(1)

All meetings of the city commission and of the committees thereof shall be public, and any citizen shall have access to the minutes and records thereof at all reasonable times. The commission shall determine its own rules and order of business and shall keep minutes of its proceedings.

(2)

The first meeting of newly elected mayor-commissioner and/or commissioners for induction into office, shall be held at the first regular meeting following their election, after which the commission shall meet regularly at such times as may be prescribed by its rules, but not less frequently than once each month.

(3)

The mayor-commissioner or any two (2) members of the commission may call special meetings of the city commission through the city clerk's office, upon no less than twelve (12) hours' notice to each commissioner delivered in a reasonable manner.

(4)

The mayor-commissioner or any two (2) members of the commission may convene an emergency commission meeting upon reasonable notice of such meeting given to each commission member. The first order of business at an emergency commission meeting shall be the determination, by affirmative vote of at least three (3) members of the commission that an emergency situation involving health, safety, or public welfare warranting commission action exists. Only matters relating to the emergency may be considered at the emergency meeting and any action taken at such meeting must be approved by at least three (3) members of the commission, except for emergency ordinances which shall be adopted in accordance with this charter.