Burroughs v. Ingram

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Special meetings of the West Memphis City Council were called, before December 3, 1992, under the authority of Ordinance No. 219. The ordinance provided that a special meeting could be called only when all members of the council either were present or waived notice of the meeting in writing. The ordinance was adopted in 1952 and governed special meetings of the City Council for forty years. On December 3, 1992, Ordinance No.. 219 was amended by Ordinance No. 1561. The latter ordinance amended the original ordinance to provide that a special meeting can be called by…