City Council Meeting Date: May 7, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Lynette Peterson, City Clerk
Title
Consider Amendments to Council Rules of Business and Appendices.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council approves a motion to approve the amendments to the attached City Council Rules of Business and related Appendices going into effect June 1, 2024.
Summary Report:
The City Council annually reviews the City Council Rules of Business and related Appendices and incorporates any amendments as necessary. The Council reviewed and approved initial amendments at the February 6, 2024 Council meeting. After discussion regarding certain sections of the rules of business, Council had discussion that it was preferred to amend the Council and Board and Commission Rules of Business to make certain sections as stand-alone Council policies. These policies have been standard practices in the Rules of Business. The Council reviewed these at their April 9, 2024 Council Work Session.
The sections that have been moved to stand-alone policies in the Council Rules of Business are: City Council Recognition of Citizens/Groups/Events (Council Policy 1.06 Proclamations and Resolution Policy); Role of City Attorney Related to the Mayor or individual City Council Members (Council Policy 1.07 Role of City Attorney Related to City Council and Board and Commission Members Policy); and Boards/Commission (Council Policy 1.08 Council Liaison and Ex-Officio Member Policy). These draft policies have been included as exhibits of both the Council Rules of Business and the Board and Commission Rules of Business. These policies will be brought to the Council for approval with a larger group of policy updates at the May 21st meeting and will go into effect on June 1, 2024.
Also, staff has explored potential alternatives in which public comment is received at Council Meetings. This is in reaction to some input received with an interest to have more meaningful i...
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