Columbia Officers; meetings; quorum; attendance ordinance (§ 2-304)

(a) The food council shall elect a chair and vice-chair from among its members. The term of these officers shall be one (1) year. The chair shall preside at meetings. The vice-chair shall preside when the chair is absent or otherwise unable to preside.

(b) The food council shall meet at least quarterly at times and places accessible to the public. Special meetings may be called by the chair.

(c) A quorum for the transaction of business shall consist of not less than six (6) members.

(d) The chair is authorized to excuse any member from attendance at a food council meeting, provided that the member requested to be excused before the meeting. Any member who is absent, without being excused, from fifty (50) percent of the regular food council meetings held in a calendar year shall automatically forfeit the office. Any member who is absent, without being excused, from three (3) consecutive regular meetings shall automatically forfeit the office. The chair shall promptly notify the county commission or the city council through the city clerk of any such vacancy.