Compelling attendance at meetings; fines for nonattendance; sanctions for disorderly conduct; ordinance.
MCL 88.9
in effect88.9. Compelling attendance at meetings; fines for nonattendance; sanctions for disorderly conduct; ordinance.
Sec. 9.
The council, by ordinance, may compel the attendance of council members and other officers of the city at its meetings, may enforce fines for nonattendance of a member or officer, and may prescribe sanctions for any misbehavior or contemptuous or disorderly conduct by a member or a person present at a session of the council. The ordinance shall not conflict, as written or applied, with section 3 of the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 15.263 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3070; CL 1915, 2986; CL 1929, 1910; CL 1948, 88.9; Am. 1978, Act 222, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1978; Am. 1994, Act 19, Eff. May 1, 1994
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-88-9Fetched: 10/20/2026
