City Council Meeting Date: February 14, 2017
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Deb Little, City Clerk
Title
Discussion of City Council Rules of Business.
Body
Action Requested:
Discussion only.
Summary Report:
The Northfield City Council reviewed the Rules of Business for City Council meetings at their January 10, 2017 Work Session. Through a facilitated discussion, the Council provided input on particular topic areas. Staff incorporated that input into the attached Northfield City Council Rules of Business/Meeting Rules. Please note that this is a working document. It has not been formatted and contains highlighted areas with options and alternatives for consideration. Council is asked to consider a straw poll or other method of providing consensus and or direction to staff on the items noted so they can be incorporated into proposed document for action at a future meeting.
The list below contains significant proposed changes along with options to be considered for some of these changes. These items are also highlighted in the attached documents.
1. Proposed meeting time:
Note: Council is asked to consider a straw poll or other method of providing consensus and/ or direction to staff on meeting time and simple or super majority to extend.
o 6 - 9 pm or other (page 3)
o Review and reassess prior to year end
o Super majority or simple majority to extend meeting beyond ending time (page 3)
o Staff used a survey poll to gather information from the public on meeting start times. The poll was listed on the City's website and Facebook page January 18 - February 3, 2017. Northfield News & KYMN Radio provided coverage on the poll and provided a link to the City poll. There were 34 responses to the poll. A summary of the results are noted in the following table with additional details in the attachment:
City Council Meeting Time Poll Results
Time
Number
Percentage
6:00 pm
14
41.18%
6:30 pm
10
29.41%
7:00 pm|10...
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