Section 15, The Local Government Act, 2004

(1) A local council shall hold ordinary meetings at leastonce every month, at such place and time as the Chairperson may determine. Deputy Chairpersons. First business Meetings of Councils. (2) Notice of the time and place of the ordinary meetings of a local council shall be made public at least one week before each meeting. (3) The Chairperson or in his absence the Deputy Chairperson or any Councillor appointed by the Councillors from among themselves, shall preside at meetings of the Council. (4) A Chairperson may, at any time and shall at the request in writing of not less than one-third of the Councillors, call a special meeting, the notice of which shall specify the object of such meeting. (5) Except otherwise provided in this Act or in the Standing Orders of the local council, matters for decision by a local council shall be determined by a simple majority of the Councillors present and voting. (6) The quorum for a meeting of a local council shall be half of all the Councillors, provided that where a local council holds a meeting to discuss financial matters, the quorum for such meetings shall be three-fourths of all members of the council. (7) A local council may, at any time, require any officer employed by it or under its control to attend any of its meetings to provide information or assistance as the council may require, but such officer shall not vote on any matter for decision by the council. (8) Meetings of a local council shall be open to the public, but where by resolution of the council the deliberations at a particular meeting are of a confidential nature, the local council may meet in camera.