§ 2.08.041. Emergency special meetings.

In the case of an emergency situation involving matters upon which prompt action is necessary due to the disruption or threatened disruption of public facilities, the city council may hold an emergency meeting without complying with either the twenty-four hour notice requirement or the twenty-four hour posting requirement of La Mesa Municipal Code Section 2.08. 030 and La Mesa Municipal Code Section 2.08.040 or both of the notice and posting requirements.

For the purposes of this section, "emergency situation" means any of the following:

a.

Work stoppage or other activity which severely impairs public health, safety, or both, as determined by a majority of the members of the city council.

b.

Crippling disaster which severely impairs public health, safety, or both, as determined by a majority of the members of the city council.

However, each local newspaper of general circulation and radio or television station which has requested notice of special meetings pursuant to La Mesa Municipal Code Section 2.08.030 shall be notified by the mayor or the city council, or designee thereof, one hour prior to the emergency meeting by telephone and all telephone numbers provided in the most recent request of such newspaper or station for notification of special meetings shall be exhausted. In the event that telephone services are not functioning, the notice requirements of this section shall be deemed waived, and the city council, or designee of the city council, shall notify those newspapers, radio stations, or television stations of the fact of the holding of the emergency meeting, the purpose of the meeting, and any action taken at the meeting as soon after the meeting as possible.

Notwithstanding Government Code Section 54957, the city council shall not meet in closed session during a meeting called pursuant to this section.

All special meeting requirements, as prescribed in La Mesa Municipal Code Section 2.08.030 and La Mesa Municipal Code Section 2.08.040 shall be applicable to a meeting called pursuant to this section, with the exception of the twenty-four hour notice requirements.

The minutes of a meeting called pursuant to this section, a list of persons who the mayor, or designee of the city council, notified or attempted to notify, a copy of the rollcall vote, and any actions taken at the meeting shall be posted for a minimum of ten days in a public place as soon after the meeting as possible.

(Ord. 2439 § 2; December 9, 1986)