§ 1-89. Quorum.  


Latest version.
  • A majority of the council shall constitute a quorum for transacting business but a lesser number may recess from time to time and compel the attendance of absent members. Any member of the council, at any regular or specially called meeting, may, in writing, demand the attendance of any absent member, which demand shall be entered of record forthwith by the town clerk. It shall thereupon be the duty of the chief of police, upon the entry of the demand to bring the member forthwith to attend the council meeting, and upon the failure or refusal of the member to forthwith attend the council meeting, it is the duty of chief of police to arrest the member and bring him to the meeting, and to remain there until the business of the meeting has been performed and such meeting has regularly adjourned.

(Code 1984, § 2-4-4)

State law reference

Quorum, A.R.S. § 9-233.