Ours start at 530 every other Tuesday and special sessions are announced in advance . They are also broadcast on the local cable channel and minutes are posted within 48 hours of any meetings as well as an agenda a week in advance . Since I have an hour commute and a 95 , no I can ' t make every meeting , but I can easily review what happened and adjust my schedule slightly if there is something I would like to appear and make a comment on . All new ordinances require three votes if it ' s not unanimous or if there is public comment . They will cut it to two if there is no public comment at either and there haven ' t been any no votes both times . And they regularly table votes and revisit the issue if there is significant public dissent or discussion . Significant being more than one crazy guy that shows up at every meeting and wants to complain about everything . Things that I can remember public comments causing a revisit and changes in the proposed ordinances in the last few years include taxi regulations , parking regulations , food truck regulations , and the approval of multiple new proposed residential and commercial developments for various reasons .