TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
David N. Carmany, City Manager
FROM:
Quinn Barrow, City Attorney
SUBJECT:Title
Meeting Management - Consent Calendar
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION OUTLINING THE SCOPE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONSENT CALENDAR
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution 13-0065, "A Resolution of the Manhattan Beach City Council Outlining the Scope of the Consent Calendar for City Council Meetings."
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
BACKGROUND:
Periodically, and most recently on May 21, 2013 and August 13, 2013, the City Council reviewed its rules of order for the conduct of City Council meetings to facilitate effective meeting management. The Council's consideration of the rules of order is intended to foster an environment in which more members of the public may participate in Council meetings at a reasonable hour.
There was considerable discussion of the Consent Calendar at the August 13, 2013 City Council meeting. A draft excerpt of that discussion is attached as Attachment 2. After discussion and public input, the following motions were approved:
A motion was made by Councilmember Burton, seconded by Councilmember Powell, and carried (5 - 0) to direct the City Attorney to prepare a report to present with a draft resolution making recommendations regarding appropriate items to place on the Consent Calendar and include, as attachments, samples of consent calendar items from other cities.
A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Howorth, seconded by Councilmember Burton, and carried (5 - 0) to start including first and second readings of ordinances on the consent calendar, when appropriate.
A motion was made by Councilmember Burton and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Howorth to allow the public to pull items from the Consent Calendar prior to City Council doing so, by coming t...
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