Chapter 29:15 URBAN COUNCILS ACT (a) at its first meeting after the appointment of the members thereto— (i) shall, subject to subparagraph (iii) of subsection (1), elect one of its members to be chairman; and (ii) may elect one of its members to be vice-chairman; and (b) may at any time, if the person elected as chairman or vice-chairman ceases to be a member of the special committee, elect a member to replace him. (5) No person, other than the members of, and the secretary to, a special committee appointed in terms of subsection (1) and the town clerk, shall be present at a meeting of that committee: Provided that if the chairman of that committee has invited an employee or other person to attend a meeting in connection with the consideration of any matter that employee or other person may attend the meeting. 101 Meetings and procedure of committees (1) A committee appointed in terms of this Part shall hold its first meeting on such date and at such place as the executive committee or council, as the case may be, may fix and thereafter that committee shall meet for the dispatch of business and adjourn, close or otherwise regulate its meetings and procedure as it thinks fit, subject to the provisions of this section any standing order or by-law of the council: Provided that no meeting of the council shall commence before half-past four o’clock in the afternoon unless— (a) at least two thirds of the total membership of the council have agreed that the meeting may commence earlier; or (b) in view of exceptional circumstances, the mayor has directed that the meeting should commence earlier. (2) No business shall be transacted at any meeting of a committee appointed in terms of this Part unless the quorum of members or, if no quorum is fixed, not less than one-third of the total membership or two members, whichever is the greater, are present, and subsection (2) of section eighty-five shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in calculating one- third of the membership of the committee. (3) Subject to subsection (5) of section ninety-six, the chairman or, if he is absent, the vicechairman shall preside at any meeting of the committee concerned and, if both the chairman and the vice-chairman are absent, the members present shall elect one of their member to preside at that meeting as chairman. (4) All acts, matters or things authorized or required to be done by a committee appointed in terms of this Part may be decided by a majority vote at a meeting of the committee at which a quorum is present. (5) At all meetings of a committee each member present shall have one vote on a question before the committee and, in the event of an equality of votes, the person presiding at that meeting shall have, in addition to a deliberative vote, a casting vote: Provided that the person presiding shall not have a casting vote where the question concerns the rescission or alteration of a previous resolution of the council. (6) No meeting of a committee may invite representatives of any authority or board concerned with local government functions to attend meetings of the committee as observers. 102 Standing orders (1) A council may make standing orders not inconsistent with this Act in relation to any matter specified in paragraph 5, 6, 7, 8 or 12 of the Third Schedule or any matter for which in terms of this Act provision may be made in standing orders. (2) The council may vary or rescind any standing order if the proposal to vary or rescind the standing order receives the affirmative votes of not less than two-thirds of the total membership of the council. 36