City Council Meeting Date: January 16, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Title
Review and Discuss Amendments to Council Rules of Business and Appendices.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council reviews and discusses the amendments to the attached City Council Rules of Business and related Appendices.
Summary Report:
The City Council annually reviews City Council Rules of Business and related Appendices and incorporates any amendments as necessary. Staff has incorporated two different options for amendments to the remote public participation section of the Rules. Staff has also removed a part of the section on Boards/Commissions since last year the Council adopted separate Board/Commission Rules of Business and moved the other portion of Boards/Commissions to the agenda section of the Rules of Business. There are two redline versions attached for Council discussion.
The following are some notes on the proposed added revisions to the Rules of Business for consideration:
Remote Public Participation
Remote links, via the Zoom platform, have been provided for every regular City Council meeting since mid-2021 as a way to offer more options for residents to participate in City Council meetings, especially those unable to attend the meetings in person. To date, the option has only been utilized three times by members of the public. The current process is for the Zoom link to be made available via the City's meeting calendar. Any member of the public wishing to participate in the meeting, can enter the Zoom meeting. The A/V person running the meeting will then notify staff, who will then notify the Mayor if someone is wishing to speak remotely. Given that the meeting link is provided publicly, there is little control over who participates. While staff has initiated settings in the remote meeting to have some control over those joining the meeting, there are ways those wishing to disrupt the meeting ca...
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