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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br />Submittal Date: <br />Originating Department: <br />Presented By: <br />Agenda Item No.: <br />08/ZO/08 <br />Council Date: <br />City Council <br />Kevin Carruth <br />20• <br />08/2$/0g <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br />Move to approve a resolution requiring two readings before adoption of ordinances, <br />allowing for a supermaj ority vote of five to suspend the rule and allow for one reading, <br />and establishing a pre-meeting workshop to be held one hour prior to regular council <br />meetings. <br />POLICY ISSUE(S): <br />Operational protocols <br />BACKGROUND: <br />At the August 11 meeting the consensus of the Council regarding meeting and legislative <br />protocols was as follows: <br />1. Ordinances: Require ordinances to have two readings before adoption and allow for <br />a supermajority vote of five to suspend the rules and allow only one reading should <br />Council deterniine that circumstances warrant. <br />2. Pre-meeting Workshops: Workshops will be held one hour before regular meetings <br />to allow for questions to be addressed or researched before the regular meeting and <br />help prevent late night sessions. The workshops, which are still open to the public, <br />will be held in the council chamber conference room. <br />BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br />EXHIBITS: <br />Resolution <br />ACTION: <br />BUDGET INFO: <br />❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order <br />Expense <br />$ <br />❑ Department Report Z Resolution <br />gudgeted Amt. <br />$ <br />❑ Presentation ❑ <br />Ordinance <br />y'I'D Actual <br />$ <br />❑ Public Hearing ❑ <br />Other <br />Acct. Name <br />Acct. Number <br />FISCAL NOTES: <br />REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br />Z Administration Z City Clerk ❑ Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fire <br />❑ Municipal Court 0 Legal ❑ Libtary ❑ Police ❑ Eng./Public Works ❑ Urilities <br />City of Paris <br />Revised 2/04/08 <br />- (l00146 <br />