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RESOLUTION NO. 4001-1031 PAGE 4 C. Officials and Employees to Attend: The head of any department, or officer or employee of the City, when requested by the Council or City Manager, shall attend any regular, adjourned or special meeting and confer with the Council on all matters relating to City business. RULE 4 COUNCIL MEETINGS A. Regular and Special Meetings: The City Council shall hold regular and special meetings according to the provisions of the City Charter. Council meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth in these rules unless a motion to suspend the rules (as hereinafter provided) is first passed by the Council. Regular meetings of the Council shall begin at 3:00 P.M. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, unless a different day or time is determined by a majority of the Council. At regular meetings of the Council, members of the public may be permitted to speak on an item not otherwise listed on the agenda, if they have requested to do so by giving notice to the City Clerk of their name, address, phone number, and topic. Said notice is to be given no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday SECOND FRIDAY preceding the regular meeting at which time has been confirmed to be available; and the member of the public and their topic shall appear on the regular meeting agenda. In this event, members of the public shall be permitted to speak for a period not to exceed five (5) minutes provided, however, th-at a member of the public may not speak on the same topic more frequently than at a six-month interval. Copies of all documents and/or other materials proposed to be exhibited by a member of the public for an item not otherwise listed on the agenda shall be provided to the City Clerk by said deadline. Exhibition of any documents and/or other materials deemed to be offensive or otherwise inappropriate shall not be permitted. B. Executive Sessions: The Council may meet in executive session in accordance with the procedures and purposes set forth in State law and not otherwise.