9-233. Council meetings; quorum;
adjournment


The common council shall, by ordinance, fix the time and place of holding stated
meetings, and the council may be convened at any time by the mayor. A majority of the
councilmen shall constitute a quorum for transacting business but a lesser number may
adjourn from time to time and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and
under such penalty as the council may, by ordinance, have previously prescribed. No such
adjournment shall be to a day beyond the next stated meeting of the council.