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.
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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.
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10.
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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
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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
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