HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-55 - Setting Time of Commencement at 6:00 P.M. and Changing Order of Business for Council MeetingsRESOLUTION NO. 05-55
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, SETTING THE TIME OF
COMMENCEMENT AT 6:00 P.M. AND CHANGING THE
ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA HEREBY RESOLVES
AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, currently
begins its meetings at 6:30 p.m. and has done so for quite sometime; and
WHEREAS, the Council is attempting to streamline and improve the meeting
process; and
WHEREAS, the Council is attempting to provide for as much public feedback as
possible; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes beginning meetings one-half hour earlier would
be more convenient for the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA:
1. The order of business and item matter descriptions for Council meeting
agendas shall be as follows:
(a) Closed Session items
(b) Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
(c) Moment of Solemn Expression
(d) Roll Call and Call to Order
(e) Special Presentations
(f) Public Comments
(g) Council Member's Reports, Comments and Suggestions
(h) Consent Calendar
(i) Public Hearings
(j) Old Business
(k) New Business
(1) City Attorney's Reports
(m) City Manager's Reports
(n) Adjournment
2. (a) The City Council will hold regular meetings on the first and third
Tuesdays of each month at the hour of 6:00 p.m., except that there shall be no meeting
on the third Tuesday in December. Preceding each regular meeting, the City Council
will hold a study session commencing at or about 5:00 p.m., as set forth in Costa Mesa
Municipal Code section 2-40.
(b) If there are one or more closed session items, the regular meeting
will be convened at 5:00 p.m. for consideration of those closed session items, and then
will be recessed for the study session preceding the regular meeting. The regular
meeting shall then be reconvened at 6:00 p.m.
3. Public hearings shall be noticed for and commence no earlier than, but as
close as possible to, 7:00 p.m. Any business listed on the agenda prior to the public
hearing items which has not been concluded by 7:00 p.m. shall be considered following
the completion of Old Business items and prior to New Business items.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of August , 2005.
ATTEST:
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Deputyty Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa�
APPROVED AS TO FORM
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, JULIE FOLCIK, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 05-55
was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of August, 2005, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Monahan, Bever, Dixon, Foley
NOES: Mansoor
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 3`d day of August , 2005.
De ty City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
th City Council of the City of Costa Mesa