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shall announce the reorder prior to calling members of the public to speak during <br />the meeting open to the public. <br />6.5.5 Motion to Be Stated and Roll Call Votes <br />The Mayor, or the Councilmember who made the motion, shall state all motions <br />submitted for a vote by the City Council; and the Mayor or the City Clerk shall <br />announce the result of the vote and identify the no votes and any Councilmembers <br />that abstained or recused themselves from the vote. A roll call vote shall be taken <br />for all teleconferenced meetings. No action shall be taken by secret ballot, but <br />electronic tabulation may be used to record and report roll call votes. [54953(b)(2) <br />and (c)(2)]. <br />7. General Rules — City Council Meetings <br />The City Council shall comply with the Brown Act. In the event of a conflict between the <br />Brown Act and these rules of procedure, the Brown Act shall control. [54950 et seq., <br />54953]. <br />City Council meetings shall be open to the public, but the public shall be excluded from <br />closed sessions as authorized by state law. [54953(a), 54957]. <br />City Council meetings, except for closed sessions, shall be open to the media. The media <br />shall be excluded from closed sessions as authorized by state law. [54953, 54953.5. <br />54957, 54957.9]. <br />City Council meetings may be recorded by the public and the media, provided such <br />recordings do not interfere with orderly conduct of the meetings and do not constitute a <br />persistent disruption of the proceedings. <br />7.1 City Council Meeting Schedule <br />Each December, the City Council shall approve and thereafter follow an annual calendar <br />for its regular meetings in the upcoming year. The annual calendar shall also identify <br />dates for anticipated special meeting workshops. [36805]. <br />7 2 Quorum <br />The presence of three Councilmembers shall constitute a quorum of the City Council <br />necessary to transact business at a meeting. In the event a quorum is not in attendance, <br />those attending the meeting will be named in the minutes, and they shall adjourn the <br />meeting to a set date, time, and location. If all Councilmembers are absent, the City Clerk <br />shall adjourn the meeting to a set date, time, and location. [36810, 36811. 54955]. <br />4