Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION  State law references: Cities a and towns, G.S. Chapter 160A.  ARTICLEI. In General Sections 2.1-2.25. Reserved. ARTICLEIL. Board ofAldermen Division 1. Generally Code.  Section 2.26. Adoption of ordinances and resolutions; insertion into this  Section 2.27. Committees. Sections 2.28-2.40. Reserved. Section 2.41. Regular meetings. Section 2.42. Special meetings. Section 2.43. Quorum. Section 2.44. Mayor to preside; voting. Section 2.45. Rules oforder; order ofbusiness.. Section 2.46. Situs ofr meeting during emergencies. Sections 2.47-2.65. Reserved.  Division 2. Meetings  ARTICLE, III. Officers and Employees Division 1. Generally  Section 2.66. Appointment, terms and qualification generally.  Sections 2.67-2.95. Reserved. Sections 2.96-2.105. Reserved. Section 2.106. Fiscal matters generally.  ARTICLE IV. Boards, Commissions and Committees  ARTICLE V. Finance    ARTICLEI. IN GENERAL  SECTIONS. 2.1-2.25.Reserved ARTICLEII.I BOARD OF ALDERMEN*  *Charter references: Authority oft thel board ofa aldermen to determine by whom the corporate powers should be exercised, $ 1; board of aldermen, S 4 et seq.; election of mayor prot tem, $6; Cross references: Duties oft board of aldermen pertaining to land use, app. A, S 15-40etseq.  method ofe electing aldermen, S 25 et seq.s appointment of officers, $ 28.  DIVISION1 1. GENERALLY SECTION. 2.26.  Adoption of ordinances and resolutions; insertion into this Code.  Ordinances and resolutions shall be introduced, enacted and take effect only in accordance with the Charter. Within six days after the final passage, each ordinance, or a notice setting forth in brief the substance of each ordinance, shall be posted on the bulletin board in the lobby of the city hall, which ordinance or notice shall remain posted. for a period of 15 days. If directed by the board of aldermen, the notice or the ordinance in full shall be published at least once in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town. Each enacted ordinance or amendment thereto shall be inserted in this Code in the proper chapter in the  manner determined by the Town Clerk.  SECTION2 2.27.  Committees.  The board of aldermen may establish such committees of the board of  aldermen as it may from time to time deem) best.  SECTIONS228-240. DIVISION 2. MEETINGS*  Reserved.  State law references: Regular and special meetings ofboard of aldermen, G.S. 160A-  71.  SECTION 2.41.  Regular meetings.  Regular meetings of the board of aldermen shall be held at the Town Hall on the first Monday in each month at 8:00 p.m. unless the board of aldermen shall designate, at a regular or special meeting, some other day or time for their regular meetings. Regularly scheduled work sessions shall constitute regular  meetings for the purpose oft taking any official action.    SECTION 2.42.  Special meetings.  Special meetings of the board ofaldermen shall be called by the Town Clerk upon written request of the mayor or two members of the board of  aldermen in accordance with thej provisions ofthe Charter.  SECTION 2.43.  Quorum.  A majority of the members elected to the board of aldermen shall constitute a quorum to do business. For this purpose, the mayor is considered: a  member elected to the board ofaldermen.  SECTION 2.44.  Mayor to preside; voting.  The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the board of aldermen and shall vote on any question before the board as ifh he were a member elected to the  board of aldermen in accordance with the Charter.  SECTION 2.45.  Rules of order; order of business.  Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance, the procedure of business at meetings of the board of aldermen shall be governed by Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised and, unless otherwise specified by the board of  aldermen, the order of business shall be as follows:  (1) Call to order. (2) Prayer (3) Approving ofr minutes. (4) Reports of commites.deparments: (5) Unfinished business. (6) New business. (7) Adjournment.  SECTION 2.46.  Situs of meeting during emergencies.  Whenever the governor and the counsel of state, acting together, declare an emergency to exist by reason of actual or impending hostile attack upon the state, and due to the emergency sO declared, it becomes imprudent or impossible to conduct the affairs of local government in the Town Hall of the Town, or should it become imprudent or impossible to conduct such affairs in such location by reason of an actual attack upon the state, whether or not an emergency has been declared by the governor and the counsel of state, the board ofa aldermen shall meet from time to time upon the call of the mayor or, in his absence or inability to: serve, the call ofa majority of the members oft the board of aldermen, at such emergency location of government during the period of  emergency as shall be declared by the calling authority.  SECTIONS 2.47-2.65.  Reserved.    ARTICLE III. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES* State law references: Personnel, G.S. 160A-162 et seq.  DIVISION 1. GENERALLY SECTION2.66.  Appointment, terms and qualification generally.  (a) The board of aldermen shall appoint all officers and employees as are required by the Charter, who shall perform those duties prescribed by the (b) All officers and employees appointed by the board ofa aldermen shall serve at the pleasure of the board ofa aldermen and shall receive for their services such compensation as may be established annually int the budget ordinance. (c) Before beginning their duties, the board of aldermen shall prescribe the required bond for each officer or employee that it deems necessary to be maintain the Constitution and laws of the United States and the Constitution and laws of North Carolina, not inconsistent therewith, and that I will faithfully  Charter and by the board ofaldermen.  bonded, and all officers shall take the following oath:  I,  do solemnly swear (affirm) that I will support and  discharge the duties of my officeas SECTIONS 2.67-2.95.  sol help me God.  Reserved.  ARTICLEIV. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES:  SECTIONS 2.96-2.105. ARTICLE V.I FINANCE*  Reserved.  State law references: Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act, G.S. 159-7 ets seq.  SECTION2.106. Fiscal matters generally.  The collection, disbursement and custody of funds, the procedure for purchasing supplies, materials and equipment and for awarding contracts shall bei in accordance with  the Charter.