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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-09-16; City Council; 5738-2; Council Procedural Ordinance Amendment' CITY OF CARLSBAD AGENDA BILL NO. �S °J3 , �I- # Initial: Dept.Hd.akv^ DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 1980 C. Atty.� (DEPARTMENT: City Clerk C. Mgr. Subject: COUNCIL PROCEDURAL ORDINANCE AMENDMENT Statement of the Matter On occasion, it may be desirable to have the ability to place new items on an agenda for an adjourned Council meeting. Council's current procedural ordinance does not provide this capability, except for items considered to be urgent. If Council desires to add this capability to their procedural ordinance, an ordinance is attached which will accommodate this purpose. Exhibit 1. Copy of Ordinance No. 1�?3,3 2. Copy of Section 1.20.060, excerpted from the Municipal Code, Council Action: 9-16-80 Council introduced Ordinance No. 1233. 10-7-80 Council adopted Ordinance No. 1233. 1� ORDINANCE NO. 1233 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, 3 AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPTER 1.20 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE 4 AMENDMENT OF SECTION L 20.060 TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR PREPARATION 5 OF AGENDAS FOR ADJOURNED MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 6 7 The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, 8 does ordain as follows: 9 SECTION 1: That Title 1, Chapter 1.20, Section 1.20.060 10 is amended by the addition of subsection (e) to read as .11 follows: 12 "(e) An agenda may be prepared for adjourned meetings in the same manner as for regular meetings, .as set forth in sub- 13 section (a)." 14 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty 15 days after its adoption, and the City Cleric shallcertify to the 16 adoption.of this ordinance and cause. it to be published at 17 least once in the Carlsbad Journal within fifteen days after 18 its adoption. 19 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the 20 Carlsbad City -Council', held on the l k day of Septeoi r 21 1980, and thereafter 22 /1 , 23 1/ 24 I/ 25 26 27 28 // 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. 1•S 16 17 18 19 20I 21 22 23 24 25 26 27- 28 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of said amity Council, held on the 7th day of October 1980, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Casler, Lewis, Anear and Kulchin NOES: None ABSENT: Council Member Packard RONALD Ci PACKARD, Mayor 9TTEST: MARY H. CA•SLER, Vice -Mayor SLETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerlq_ (SEAL) ) -2- s i0.060--1.20.070 • 1.20.060 Council agenda. (a) In order to facilitate the orderly conduct of the business of the council, an agenda shall be prepared for each regular meeting containing the specific items of business to be transacted and the order thereof. Items of business may be placed on the agenda by the direction of a member of the council, the city manager or the city attorney. Agenda items, including ordi- nances, resolutions, contracts, staff reports or other matters to be submitted to the council, shall be delivered to the city clerk not later than twelve noon on the Thursday preceding the regular meeting. The clerk shall thereafter prepare the agenda under the direction of the city manager. Whenever feasible, each item on the agenda shall contain a staff recommendation and the specific action requested to be taken by the council. The agenda shall he delivered to the council members on the Friday preceding the regular meeting. The agenda shall be made available to the public as soon thereafter as practicable. (b) All agenda items, ordinances, resolutions and contract documents shall, before presentation to the council, have been approved as to form and legality by the city attorney or his authorized representative, and shall have been examined and approved for administration by the city manager or his authorized representative, where there are substantive matters of administration involved. Notwith- standing the requirements of this subsection, any council member may place an item on the agenda without review by the city attorney or city manager by delivering it directly to the city clerk in accordance with subsection (a). (c) No matters other than those listed on the agenda shall be finally acted upon by the council; provided, however, that matters not on the agenda but deemed to 'je of an impor- tant or urgent nature by any council member, the city manager or the city attorney may be submitted for council consideration and action, subject to an explanation of the importance or urgency stated in open council meeting. No matter may bo considered by the council other than those matters on the agenda without the unanimous consent of the council present at the meeting. (d) The order of business established on the agenda shall be followed unless the mayor, with the consent of a majority of the council, permits Ex matter to be taken out of the regular agenda order. (Ord. 1213 g2(par.t.), 1979). �t 1.2.0.070 Correspondence---Availabi li.ty toy the public. correspondence addressed to t.he' city councilvETc_ i' s re- ceived by the city clerk or any other officer or employee of the city shall. not be a mritter of public record unless it is received and filed by the count i l at a rF cpaar, special., 3-0 a