TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Quinn Barrow, City Attorney and Michael Estrada, Assistant City Attorney
Nadine Nader, Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Meeting Management Resolution (City Attorney Barrow/Assistant City Manager Nader).
INVITE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION NO. 15-0048
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that after receiving public comments, the City Council adopt Resolution No. 15-0048, amending the rules of order for the conduct of City Council meetings.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with this action.
BACKGROUND:
The Manhattan Beach City Council has adopted a series of resolutions that established rules of order for the conduct of City Council meetings. The Brown Act requires that city councils adopt rules for "the conduct of business." The Brown Act requires that every meeting be public and that the agenda provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the council "before or during" consideration of that item.
The Brown Act mandates that city councils adopt reasonable regulations to ensure the intent of the Brown Act is carried out. The primary intent of the Brown Act is that the people's business be conducted openly and transparently, with comments from the largest number of members of the public before a council takes action on any item.
Periodically, the City Council reviews and amends the rules of order to facilitate the efficient and transparent conduct of the City's business. On July 8, 2015, the City Council considered a number of different concepts designed to facilitate the efficient and transparent conduct of the City's business at a reasonable hour as well as to facilitate a meeting in which more members of the public may address the Council. The City received input that...
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