7-3-4322. Meetings of commission. (1) At 10 a.m. on the first Monday after January 1 following a general municipal election, the commission shall meet at the usual place for holding the meetings of the legislative body of the municipality, at which time the newly elected commissioners shall assume the duties of their office. Thereafter, the commissioners shall meet at times that may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution, except that in municipalities having less than 5,000 inhabitants, they shall meet regularly at least once and not more than four times per month, and in municipalities having more than 5,000 inhabitants, they shall meet not less than once every 2 weeks.
(2) Absence from five consecutive regular meetings vacates the seat of a member unless the absence is authorized by the commission.
(3) The commissioner acting as mayor, any two members of the commission, or the city manager may call special meetings of the commission with written notice of at least 12 hours to each member of the commission, served personally on each member or left at the member's usual place of residence.
History: En. Sec. 50, Ch. 152, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 5448, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 31, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5448, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3249(part); amd. Sec. 379, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 74, Ch. 49, L. 2015.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 3. Alternative Forms of Local Government
Part 43. Municipal Commission-Manager Government
7-3-4301. Authorization for commission-manager form of municipal government
7-3-4303. Laws governing municipality
7-3-4304. Territorial limits and property
7-3-4305. Petition to organize under commission-manager form -- election required
7-3-4309. Effect of vote on question of organization
7-3-4310. Election for municipal officers after reorganization
7-3-4312. Effect of organization of communities into single municipal district
7-3-4313. Powers of municipalities under commission-manager plan
7-3-4314. Composition and general authority of commission
7-3-4315. Qualifications of commissioners
7-3-4316. Term of office for commissioners
7-3-4319. Designation of mayor
7-3-4321. Salary of commissioners and mayor
7-3-4322. Meetings of commission
7-3-4323. Conduct of commission business
7-3-4324. Procedure to enact ordinance or resolution
7-3-4325. Effective date of ordinance or resolution
7-3-4327. Petition for initiative
7-3-4335. through 7-3-4340 reserved
7-3-4353. through 7-3-4360 reserved
7-3-4361. Appointment of city manager
7-3-4362. Role of city manager
7-3-4363. Powers and duties of city manager
7-3-4364. Salary of city manager
7-3-4365. Investigations by commission
7-3-4366. Investigatory powers of city manager
7-3-4367. Control of conflict of interest
7-3-4368. Execution of conveyances of real property
7-3-4369. Appropriation of property for public or municipal purposes