Some

questions about meeting guidelines and what constitutes a

quorum for the City Council of Peachtree City were

answered at last week's regular council meeting.

There had

been some confusion about whether three members of the

five-member council meeting somewhere besides an official

called meeting would be an illegal gathering. City

attorney Rick Lindsey acknowledged that the matter was a

"gray area," and he reiterated his previous

recommendation that no more than two council members meet

together at any time outside a regular meeting.

Section 4

of the city charter defines a quorum for Peachtree City

as "the mayor and three councilmen, or four

councilmen without the mayor."

The council

approved an amendment to the charter that would require

any meeting at which the majority of the council is

present to be open in accordance with the Georgia Open

Records Law.

A majority

of the council is needed to take any official action,

regardless of how many members are present at a meeting.