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electronic tabulation may be used to record and report roll call votes. [54953(b)(2) and (c)(2)]. 7. General Rules — City Council Meetings The City Council shall comply with the Brown Act. In the event of a conflict between the Brown Act and these rules of procedure, the Brown Act shall control. [54950 et seq., 54953]. City Council meetings shall be open to the public, but the public shall be excluded from closed sessions as authorized by state law. [54953(a), 54957]. City Council meetings, except for closed sessions, shall be open to the media. The media shall be excluded from closed sessions as authorized by state law. [54953, 54953.5, 54957, 54957.9]. City Council meetings may be recorded by the public and the media, provided such recordings do not interfere with orderly conduct of the meetings and do not constitute a persistent disruption of the proceedings. 7.1 City Council Meeting Schedule Each December, the City Council shall approve and thereafter follow an annual calendar for its regular meetings in the upcoming year. The annual calendar shall also identify dates for anticipated special meeting workshops. [36805]. 7.2 Quorum The presence of three Councilmembers shall constitute a quorum of the City Council necessary to transact business at a meeting. In the event a quorum is not in attendance, those attending the meeting will be named in the minutes, and they shall adjourn the meeting to a set date, time, and location. If all Councilmembers are absent, the City Clerk shall adjourn the meeting to a set date, time, and location. [36810, 36811, 54955]. 7.3 Absences 7.3.1 Absence If a Councilmember is absent without permission or good cause from all regular City Council meetings for 60 days consecutively from the last regular meeting he or she attended, his or her office becomes vacant and shall be filled as any other vacancy pursuant to election by Municipal Code §2.04.030. [36513]. 7.3.2 Absentee Participation If a Councilmember wants to participate in a meeting from another published location, the appropriate way to participate is through a teleconferenced meeting