All
votes by members of a public governmental body at any meeting shall
be recorded. When a roll call vote is taken, the minutes shall attribute
each "yea" and "nay" vote, or abstinence if not voting, to the name
of the individual member of the body. Any votes taken during a closed
meeting shall be taken by roll call and the minutes of the closed
meeting, sufficient to reflect the vote pursuant to this Subsection,
shall be recorded. All votes taken by roll call in meetings of a public
governmental body consisting of members who are all elected, except
for the Missouri General Assembly and any committee established by
a public governmental body, shall be cast by members of the public
governmental body who are physically present and in attendance at
the meeting. When it is necessary to take votes by roll call in a
meeting of the public governmental body, due to an emergency of the
public body, with a quorum of the members of the public body physically
present and in attendance, and less than a quorum of the members of
the public governmental body participating via telephone, facsimile,
Internet or any other voice or electronic means, the nature of the
emergency of the public body justifying that departure from the normal
requirements shall be stated in the minutes. Where such emergency
exists, the votes taken shall be regarded as if all members were physically
present and in attendance at the meeting.
