A. Regular Meetings. Meetings of the assembly and all committees, boards and commissions thereof shall be public except as provided for in AS 44.62.310. All regular meetings of the assembly shall be held on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. in the assembly chambers unless public notice is given for a period of at least 24 hours in advance that the meeting will be held at a different hour or at a different place. The assembly may after proper posting reschedule or cancel a meeting. The clerk shall post, at least three days prior to the meeting, in three public places within the corporate boundaries, notice of the meeting including the time and place thereof. The public shall be provided a reasonable opportunity to be heard.

B. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the assembly are those which are called by the clerk on written request of the mayor or any three assembly members for a time different than that fixed for regular assembly meetings. The location for special meetings shall be the same as that authorized for regular meetings.

Advance notice of at least 24 hours preceding a special meeting shall be given by the clerk to each assembly member or to as many as can be reasonably done. The notice shall specify the time, place and subject matter of the meeting. The clerk shall post, at least 24 hours prior to the meeting, in three public places within the corporate boundaries, notice of the meeting including the time and place thereof. The public shall be provided a reasonable opportunity to be heard. No business shall be transacted at the meeting which is not mentioned in the notice.

A special meeting may be conducted with less than 24 hours’ notice if all members are present or if absent members have waived in writing the required notice. Waiver of notice can be made before or after the special meeting is held. A waiver of notice shall be made a part of the clerk’s journal for the meeting. Public notice of such meeting shall be made as soon as possible.

C. As much as possible about an issue should be discussed in public. It may be that on a given subject some parts of the discussion should be held in executive session while other parts of the discussion on the same subject should be held in public session. Executive sessions may be called as provided for under AS 44.62.310. The attendance of persons other than the mayor and assembly members at an executive session shall be at the invitation of the borough assembly. Such invitation shall be a matter of public record.

D. Commissions, boards and committees shall provide notices of their regular and special meetings as appropriate to the ordinances establishing their respective bodies. In the event no special ordinances governing such meetings have been adopted, the clerk shall post notice in the same manner as provided for in subsections (A) and (B) of this section. All such meetings shall be open to the public as and except as provided for in AS 44.62.310. (Ord. 04-10-088)