Department of the City Attorney's Office
Reference: Approval of Two Resolutions 1) City Council Rules and 2) Mobile Computing Device Policy
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Michael Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Alicia Calder?n, City Attorney
Date Prepared: March 16, 2022
PURPOSE
The City Attorney presented to City Council at study sessions on February 2, 2022 and January 25, 2022, and this agenda item is to present a Resolution to adopt updates to City Council Rules. Additionally, the City Council will be asked to approve a Resolution to approve an updated Mobile Computing Device Policy.
STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA
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BACKGROUND
On January 25, 2022, the City Council reviewed the overall outline of City Council rules. The goal for this update of the Rules is to simplify and clarify language and to have the rules reflect what is done in practice. The Council meeting procedure section has been updated to allow more flexibility in the agenda.
The Telephone Participation Policy and the Use of Mobile Computing Device Policy, Resolution #2013-65 and Resolution #2013-66, were reviewed with City Council. The telephone participation policy has been updated and incorporated into the Rules, and the Mobile Computing Device Policy has been updated and will need to be adopted by resolution. Portions of the Mobile Computing Device Policy that address use of the devices at council meetings have been added to the Rules.
The procedures for public hearings included a process that is no longer used, requiring public comment to be divided into those for or against the matter being presented. This has been removed to simply allow any member of the public to ask questions and then to make comments. No change is made to the five minutes allowed per speaker.
Updates are made to the council dais and city facilities section to reflect actual practice. The portion of the Charter addressing quorum ...
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