City Council Meeting Date: March 21, 2017
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Deb Little, City Clerk
Title
Consider Approval of City Council Rules of Business.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council approves the attached City Council Rules of Business/Meeting Rules, Rules of Order and Rules of Decorum and chooses seating assignment option B to be incorporated into the final document.
Alternate action:
Alternate motion #1: The Northfield City Council approves the attached City Council Rules of Business/Meeting Rules, Rules of Order and Rules of Decorum and chooses seating assignment option ___ to be incorporated into the final document.
Alternate motion #2: The Northfield City Council approves the attached City Council Rules of Business/Meeting Rules, Rules of Order and Rules of Decorum and chooses seating assignment option ___ to be incorporated into the final document, with the exception of using the existing language from City Council Rules of Business (approved 3/4/2014) for the open public comments and comments on the regular agenda items.
Summary Report:
The Northfield City Council reviewed and provided input on the attached Rules of Business for City Council meetings (attachment 1) and related documents at their January 10, February 14, 2017 Work Sessions. The Council provided input on particular topic areas. Staff incorporated that input into the attached Northfield City Council Rules of Business/Meeting Rules. Following discussion at the March 7, 2017 City Council Meeting, Council voted to postpone action on this item until March 21, 2017.
Council motions made prior to the postponement of this item on March 7, were as follows:
A motion was made by Council Member Zweifel, seconded by Council Member Peterson White, to approve the attached City Council Rules of Business/Meeting Rules, Rules of Order and Rules of Decorum and chooses seating assignment option B to be incorporated into the fina...
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