§ 3-7. Rules of procedure.

The council is empowered, subject to the provisions of this Charter, to adopt its own rules of procedure. Such rules shall provide for the time and place of holding regular meetings of the council which shall not be less frequently than once each month. They shall also provide for the calling of special meetings by the mayor or any three members of the council, and shall prescribe the method of giving notice thereof, provided that the notice of each special meeting shall contain a statement of the specific item or items of business to be transacted and no other business shall be transacted at such meetings except by the unanimous consent of all the members of the council. The meetings of the council shall be open to the public, except when the public welfare, in the opinion of two-thirds of the council, requires secrecy. A majority of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.