HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-09 Concerning the Order of Business at Council MeetingsORDINANCE NO. 89-9
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING THE ORDER OF
BUSINESS AT COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds and determines as follows:
1. The order of business and times for City Council meetings has been
revised several times to accommodate the preferences of the public and the
Council Members and is likely to be changed again in the future.
2. It is needlessly cumbersome and time-consuming to amend the Munic-
ipal Code whenever it is necessary or desirable to change the order of
business, since the same purpose can be accomplished faster and more easily
by removing the specification of the order of business from the Municipal
Code and placing it in a Council resolution.
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby amends
Title 2 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as hereinafter set forth:
SECTION 2. Revise Title 2 to read as follows:
1. "Section 2-38. Regular Meetings.
The city council shall hold regular meetings in the council
chambers of the city hall, 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, or such
other place as designated by the city council. The dates and
times will be set by council resolution. If by reason of fire,
flood or other emergency it shall be unsafe to meet in the city
hall, the meetings may be held for the duration of the emergency
at such other places as are designated by the mayor, or, if he
should fail to act, by three (3) members of the city council.
When the day for any regular meeting falls on a holiday, Christ-
mas
hristmas Eve or New Year's Eve, such meetings shall be held at the
same hour and place on the next succeeding day not a holiday or
such other time as designated by the city council."
2. "Section 2-40. Study Sessions.
(a) The city council shall hold regular study session meetings
in the fifth floor conference room of the city hall to hear
reports from the staff and to review, discuss, and debate matters
of interest to the city, except that such sessions may be can-
celled by the city manager, with the concurrence of the city
council if not needed. The dates and times of these study ses-
sions will be set by council resolution. Regular study session
meetings shall also be held one hour preceding other regular meet
tings in the conference room adjoining the city council chambers
for the purpose of receiving and reviewing last-minute additions
to the staff reports on items on the agenda for that evening's
meeting and related matters. The mayor may also designate addi-
tional study sessions from time to time, notice to be given in
the same manner as for special meetings of the council. (b) No
official action shall be taken at a study session. The verbal
participation of the public in study sessions will be governed by
rules set by council resolution."
3. "Section 2-48. Order of business.
The order of business at Council meetings will be as established
separate resolution of the Council."
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
thirty (30) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the
expiration of f if teen (15) days from its passage shall be published once in
the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed
and published in the City of Costa Mesa or, in the alternative, the City
Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified
copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the
City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance,
and within f if teen (15 ) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to
be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of
the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names
of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of April, 1989.
Mayor of the MW of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
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ity Clerk of the City of Costa esa
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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ORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Ordinance No. 89-9 was introduced and considered section by section
at regular meetings of the City Council held on the 20th day of March,
1989, and on the 3rd day of April, 1989, and thereafter passed and adopted
as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 17th day
of April, 1989, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: %;IP4114-f / • �'
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 18th day of April, 1989.
City Clerk ana ex -officio Cle of the
City Council of the City of sta Mesa