1.15.050 Order of Business.
(a) The order of business for every regular meeting of the City Council shall be outlined on an agenda.
(b) The following shall be the order of business at the regular meetings of the City Council:
(1) Call to Order: pledge of allegiance, roll call, and approval of the agenda and consent agenda (public comment shall be permitted on items included on the consent agenda);
(2) Scheduled administrative reports;
(3) Scheduled public comment;
(4) Unscheduled public comment;
(5) Public hearings;
(6) Minutes of previous meetings;
(7) Unfinished business;
(8) New business;
(9) Commission and committee reports;
(10) Report of the mayor;
(11) Reports from administration;
(12) Additional public comment: citizen comments and council member comments;
(13) Executive session (when applicable);
(14) Pending legislation; and
(15) Adjournment.
(c) Those items on the agenda that are considered routine by the City Manager and the City Clerk shall be identified by an asterisk (or similar notation) next to the item as listed on the agenda and thereby included under that portion of the agenda entitled “consent agenda.”
(1) The consent agenda will be set at the time of the approval of the agenda and a single vote will approve both the agenda and consent agenda.
(2) At the time of consideration of the consent agenda, items may be added by the unanimous consent of the Council and any item may be removed by the objection of a single member of the Council.
(3) Items removed from the consent agenda will be addressed in their proper numerical order of the regular agenda, unless otherwise set by the Council.
(4) Adoption of the consent agenda will constitute approval of all items on the consent agenda by the Council.
(d) If the Council desires to transact business out of its regular order, it may do so upon approval of a motion to suspend the rules, which motion must be approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Council Members in attendance.
(e) The City Clerk shall maintain a list of tabled and pending items.
(f) The administration may develop policies and procedures to implement this section, subject to review and approval of Council.
(g) Failure to comply with the above policies and procedures or with any administrative policies will not invalidate any ordinance, resolution or other Council action as long as there was a good faith effort at compliance by the City Clerk.
(KC 1-12; Ords. 212, 913, 2347-2008, 2480-2010, 3338-2023)