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Section 2-42. Date, time of regular meetings. {a) There shall be regular meetings of the City Council, unless otherwise provided by special resolution, beginning at 7:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays in each month except in the month of December when the regular meeting shall be on the second Tuesday. lb) There shall be regular meetings of the City Council, unless otherwise provided by special resolution, beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Monday preceding the second Tuesday in the months of February, April, June, August, October and December. Public hearings which the Council are required to hold under Chapter 11 of Title 15.1 of the Code of Virginia shalt be held at the meetings specified in this subsection, but nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the continuation of any such public hearing to any other time or place. Section 2-44. Notice of Special Meetings. The City Clerk shall cause notice in writing of'all special meetings of the City Council to be"delivered at least twenty-four C24) hours prior to the time appointed for such meetings to each member of the City Council personally or at such member's usual place of business or residence. In an emergency, by written consent of a majority of all the members of the City Council, a special meeting may be held with less notice, provided that the City Clerk, in writing, certifies that an attempt was made to notify each member of the City Council at his usual place of business and residence. Section 2-47. Adjournment in~ Absence of Quorum; Retirement ofMemberbefore Adjournment. tf a quorum is not present at the.time appointed for any meeting of the City Council, the City Clerk shall, at the time appointed for the meeting, enter upon the record the name of the members present. A major~ty of those members present may immediately.adjourn, but no member in attendance shall retire before adjournment without the consent of the majority o~those present. Section 2-48. Absence of Member A~ter Being Marked Present. After a member of City Council has been entered on the Minutes as presen~ at any Council Meeting, he shall not excuse himself from the Council Chamber for a longer period than ten (lO)~minutes withou~ being denoted by the City Clerk as absent.