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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 8136RESOLUTION NO. 8136 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING RULES OF ORDER FOR THE CONDUCT OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Azusa, is desirous of adopting rules of order for the conduct of City Council meetings; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. MEETING TIMES The regular meetings of the City Council of the City of Azusa shall be on the first and third Mondays beginning at 7:30 P.M. during the months of May through October, and 6:30 P.M. during the months of November through April, provided that whenever the time for holding any of the meetings falls on a holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next business day unless otherwise ordered by the Council. The sessions shall be held in the City Hall of the City of Azusa unless otherwise ordered by the City Council. SECTION 2. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION a. AGENDA ITEMS 1. Persons desiring to place items on the Agenda shall submit a request, in writing, stating the nature of business and as much detail as possible. 2. Person/Group will be limited to five (5) minutes maximum time to orally present their request. 3. Mayor may ascertain if .there..are_a good number of persons for or against the matter, and if so, to request that they appoint a spokesperson. 4. There will be no public input once the Council starts deliberation on the matter before them unless Council requests additional information from either Staff or the public. b. NON -AGENDA ITEMS 1. Person/Group desiring to place an item on the Agenda on the evening of the meeting shall submit to the City Clerk (prior to the meeting) a card indicating the nature of the item and who will speak. 2. The City Clerk will present all such requests to the Mayor PRIOR to the meeting. The Mayor will make a determination as to which items will be discussed at the meeting. PMT/RES2148 9 0 If an item is placed on the Agenda, the items will be followed. 4. Non -agenda items will be considered prior to commencement of the regular Agenda. SECTION 3. ORDER OF BUSINESS a. The business of the City Council shall be considered in substantially the following order, except as may be otherwise ordered by the Mayor or Council: 1. Pledge to the Flag 2. Invocation 3. Ceremonial 4. Consent Calendar 5. Community Redevelopment Agency 6. Industrial Development Authority 7. Ordinances/Special Resolutions 8. Scheduled Items, i.e., Public Hearings, etc. 9. Special Call Items 10. Other Business/City Council 11. Audience Participation 12. Adjournment b. Nothing herein shall preclude the Council from taking any other actions it deems appropriate at the meeting. SECTION 4. CONSENT CALENDAR DEFINED a. Those items on the City are considered routine by the City and the City Clerk shall appear as the Agenda and shall substantially following items: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Council Agenda which Council Administrator a separate section on consist of the Approval of Minutes .11 Approval of payment of warrants by the City Approval of Final Tract Maps/Parcel Maps Acceptance of Grant Deeds/Grants of Easement Notices of Completion for projects City Treasurer's Report Call for Bids Bid Awards Approval of records destruction Approval of leases and Agreements Approval of Annexations Receive and File or refer correspondence Planning Commission Resolutions Appointments/Resignations/Personnel Actions Claims against the City Resolutions of Intent or Calling of Hearings b. Those items so approved under the hearing "CONSENT CALENDAR" shall be enacted with one vote. The Mayor will first ask the Council members, staff and the -2- E public if there is anyone who wishes to speak against the Recommended Council Action of any matter on the Consent Calendar. The matters removed from the Consent Calendar will be considered individually at the end of the Agenda under "SPECIAL CALL ITEMS". The entire Consent Calendar with the exception of those specially called items, is then voted upon by roll call under one motion. SECTION 6. AGENDA POLICY Agenda Policy as established by City Council, allows the Mayor to add or delete items from the Agenda. SECTION 7. Resolution No. 7823 is hereby repealed. ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 17th day of November, 1986. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 17th day of November, 1986, by the following vote of the Council: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: AVILA, COOK, CRUZ NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: LATTA, MOSES ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE i CITY%CLERK - 3 -