City Council Meeting Date: January 22, 2019
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Title
Consider Approval of Amendments to Council Rules of Business and Appendices.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council approves a motion amending the attached City Council Rules of Business and related Appendices.
Summary Report:
The City Council reviewed the proposed changes to the City Council Rules of Business and related Appendices on January 15, 2019. Staff has incorporated feedback received from the Council into the attached documents. Proposed revisions including alternate language as requested at the work session is noted below.
The following are some notes on the proposed revisions for consideration:
Remote Attendance
Establishing a deadline consistent with staff procedures on notice list preparation for the week. Six days in advance (Wednesday typically) is the recommendation of a deadline for the notice.
Consent Agenda
Clarification of removing items from the consent agenda. No change to the practice as recently interpreted by the City Attorney but clarified as there had been past questions on the existing language.
There is a provision requesting to notify the Mayor, City Administrator and City Clerk the Monday prior to the meeting to allow for time for preparation of the item both for staff and for other council members to be able to take additional review of the question or concern. However, the provision does still allow it to be removed no later than the approval of the agenda.
Three options have been added related to additions to the consent agenda after the initial agenda has been distributed. Council should note which option they are choosing when motion to approve is made.
Questions
Adds deadlines for Council questions to Monday at Noon. This is an attempt to better manage questions in preparation of the supplemental memo. Additional language was added to clarify if council would like a writ...
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