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RULE 1- MEETINGS Regular Meetiug. The regular meeting ofthe City Council shall be held at S:OQ p.rrs. on Tuesday of each week, at least forty-six weeks each year, in the Council Chambers, Tacoma Municipal Building, except: a. If Tuesday of any week is a legal holiday, the regular meeting of that week shall be held at 5;00 p.i�i. on the ne� business day. b. If Tuesday of any week shall fall on Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve, the regulai meeting of that week shall be held at �;0� p.m. on the ne�t business day. The Council, by a majority vote, may by motion continue any fe�ular or special meeting to a time specified in the motion. The Study Sessions of the City Council shall be held at 12.a0 noon on Tuesday of each week, in Room 16, TacomaMunicipal Building North, subject to Rules I. .a. and b. 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings, or any change in the time or location of a regular meeting, shall be called by the City Clerk on the written request ofthe Mayor or by a majority ofthe n�e��bers of the Council by delivering personally or by mail written notice to each �nezt�ber o� tf3e Council; and to each local newspaper of general circulation and to each local radio or television station which has on file with the City Clerk a written request to be notified of such special meeting or of a11 special meetings. Such notice must be delivered personally or by mail at least 24 hours before the time of such meeting as specified in the notice. The call and notice shall specifythe time and place ofthe special meeting and the business to be transacted. Final disposition shall not be taken on any other matter at such meetings by the Council. Such written notice may be dispensed with as to any member who, at or prior to the time the meeting convenes, files with the City Clerk a written waiver of notice. Such waiver may be given by telegram. Such written notice may also be dispensed with as to any member who is actually present at the meeting at the time it convenes. The notices provided in this section may be dispensed with in the event a special ��eei�n� is called to deal ��ith an emergency involving injury or damage t� persons or property or the likelihood of such injury or damage, when time requirements of such notice would make notice impractical and increase the likelihood of such injury or damage. (REF. RCW 42.30.080) 4. Quorum. Five Council Members shall be a quorum for the transaction of business, but in the absence of a quorum, the members present may adjourn the meeting to a later date. RULE 2 - PRESIDING OFFICER -DUTIES Conduct ofMeeting. The presiding officer at all meetings ofthe Council shall be the Mayor, and, in the Mayor's absence, the Deputy Mayor, who shall conductthe business and deliberations of the Council under these rules. The Deputy Mayor shall be elected by a majority of the Council Members at the sfar� of the first Council meeting following the new year If both the Mayor and Deputy Mayor are absent and a quorum is present, the Council � '�J k+cwutz.ls ri.irJ �l'w��r'u�ht.htliti�'�J }�skk�� 2 �ri�k=.:�t 3 �Pa�mecl: U!-i0{�iJ