<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 9-8-8 - Common council--Meetings--Quorum--Open to public--Minutes kept.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-8-8 - Common council--Meetings--Quorum--Open to public--Minutes kept."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-8-8 - Common council--Meetings--Quorum--Open to public--Minutes kept."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-8-8"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20SENU">9-8-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20SENU">. </span><span class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20CL">Common council--Meetings--Quorum--Open to public--Minutes kept.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20Statute"><span class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont">The council holds its regular meetings on the first Monday of each month but may, by ordinance, change the day of its regular monthly meetings. The council may prescribe by ordinance the manner in which special meetings may be called.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont">A majority of all the aldermen constitutes a quorum to do business. When a seat on a council is vacant due to removal, resignation, death, or by operation of law, the quorum consists of the majority of all the aldermen who are qualified to serve as aldermen by election or appointment pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont">9-13</span></a><span class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont">. The council may compel the attendance of absentees under the penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20Statute"><span class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont">The meetings of the council are open to the public. The council shall keep minutes of its meetings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20SCL">SL 1890, ch 37, art IV, §§ 9, 11; RPolC 1903, §§ 1205, 1206, 1208; RC 1919, §§ 6211, 6212, 6214; SDC 1939, § 45.0705; SL 2017, ch 56, § 8; SL 2025, ch 38, § 24.</span></p></div></body></html>