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shall be served personally upon each member of the Council and the City Manager, or left at their usual places of residence at least twelve (12) hours before the time of the meeting. It shall also be the duty of the City Clerk, immediately upon receipt of Special Session the request for the , to make diligent effort to notify each member of the Council, either by telephone or otherwise, of such special session. If a Special Session majority (4) of the Council does not attend the called , then discussion may be held, but decisions voted upon must wait until a majority (4) is present at another special or regular Council meeting. Rule 5. Except as otherwise provided by the Charter or by these rules, the proceedings of the Council shall be guided by Robert’s Rules of Order, as Revised. The presiding officer shall preserve decorum and shall decide all questions of order subject to appeal to the Council. Any member may appeal to the Council from a ruling of the presiding officer. If the motion for an appeal is seconded, the member making the appeal may briefly state the reason for the same, and the presiding officer may briefly express the ruling; but there shall be no debate on the appeal and no other member shall participate in the discussion. The presiding officer shall then put the question to vote as to whether the decision of the chair shall be sustained. If a majority of the members present vote “aye” the ruling of the chair is sustained; otherwise, it is overruled. Rule 6. No member of the Council may leave the Council Chamber while in regular session without permission from the presiding officer. Rule 7 Notice of a closed meeting must be given by the City Council, including the time, date and place of the closed meeting and the reason for holding it by reference to the specific exception allowed pursuant to the provisions of Section 610.021 RSMo. An example is Section 610.021(1) RSMo, legal actions, causes of action, litigation or confidential legal communications. Notice must comply with the same procedures set forth in Section 610.020 RSMo for notice of a public meeting. See Section 610.022 RSMo. No meeting can be closed without an affirmative public vote of the majority of a quorum of the City Council (four members). The vote of each member on the question of closing a public meeting and the specific reason for closing the public meeting by reference to the specific section of the Sunshine Law must be announced publicly at an open meeting and entered into the I-1-b minutes. There must be a motion to close the open meeting, and if any Councilmember believes that such motion, if passed, would be in violation of the Sunshine Law, such Councilmember must state his or her objection to the motion at or before the time the vote is taken on the motion. The City Council must enter in the minutes any objection made. Any Councilmember making such objection must be allowed to fully participate in any meeting that is closed to the public over the Councilmember's objection. In the event the objecting Councilmember also voted in opposition to the motion to close the meeting, the objection as entered into the minutes is an absolute defense to any claim filed against the Councilmember pursuant to the section of the Sunshine Law relating to violations. See Section 610.022 RSMo. Any meeting closed pursuant to the Sunshine Law must be closed only to the October 1, 2007