Additional
City Council Announcements
October 8th, 2013
For Your Information 8:35:47 PM
Council staff is asking for the Council’s approval of revisions to The Rules of Procedures policy in keeping with the current order of business for Council agendas. Potential Action Items section of the agenda is currently missing as part of The Rules and Procedures policy and the order of business has since changed since the last update of this policy.
Ø Does the Council approve of these changes? Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director, said the changes just brought the Council in line with what was currently being done.
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Ø Council Rules of Procedure
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Ø Rule 7: Order of Business and Organization of Council Agenda
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Ø 1. The Council shall consider business in the following order:
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Ø a. Briefing Session (to be held from 2:00-6:30 p.m., or convened upon call of the Chairperson).
Ø b. Opening Ceremonies:
Ø 1. Pledge of Allegiance
Ø 2. Approval of minutes
Ø 3. Bid award/special recognition
Ø c. Public Hearings: Public hearings shall consist of those items for which the Council would like to receive public input. Such hearings shall include, but not be limited to, those requiring legal advertisement under state law.
Ø d. Potential Action: To emphasize the importance of public hearings, decisions on issues involving public hearings are made commonly one week after the public hearing under “Potential Action” section of the City Council agenda. Delaying a decision by one week after public hearings are held provides more opportunity for the public to submit written comment and allows the Council more time to consider all comments before making a decision.
Ø e. Comments:
Ø 1. Questions to the Mayor
Ø 2. Public comments
Ø All Council meetings shall be open. Any Council Member, member of the Administration or public may request time to address the Council on matters of City business. Requests for time to address the Council, whenever practical, shall be scheduled by the Executive Director for the first available Council meeting.
Ø f. New Business: The New Business section introduces or is the first reading items on the Council’s agenda. No New Business item shall receive Council action unless at the discretion of the Executive Director the item is deemed an emergency or if immediate action is desirable and the Council chooses to vote on the item. Any Council Member can request deferral of an item on the New Business section. All New Business items not designated emergency shall be referred by motion or without objection to committee or a future Council agenda for further action.
Ø g. Unfinished Business: The Unfinished Business section shall consist of those items which have received a first reading in a Council meeting or Work Session. All items on Unfinished Business shall be subject to further discussion. Any Council Member may call for a roll call vote on these items.
Ø h. Consent: The Consent agenda lists Council action which requires no further discussion or which is routine in nature. All items on the Consent agenda shall be adopted by a single motion. Prior to the motion to adopt the Consent agenda, any Council Member may have any item removed from the Consent agenda in order to permit discussion on that item without the necessity of a motion or a vote of removal of such item. If a majority of the Council Members present at the Council meeting vote in favor of adopting the Consent agenda, every item on the Consent agenda shall be adopted.
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Ø The Council may, by motion and majority vote, proceed out of order to any order of business or return to an order.
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Additional Item:
Ms. Gust-Jenson said during a meeting Councilmember LaMalfa attended with Utah Transit Authority (UTA) representatives, discussion was held on the idea of holding a Council retreat with the UTA Board. She said staff wanted to bring that suggestion to the Council for feedback. A majority of the Council was in favor.