a. The City Clerk’s office shall prepare a proposed agenda for each meeting of the Board of Commissioners as determined by the City Manager. The deadline for placing an item on the agenda for all regular meetings shall be 12:00 p.m. (noon) on Wednesday before the Tuesday meeting. The agenda and supporting documents shall be finalized and distributed to the Board of Commissioners no later than the close of business on Thursday before the Tuesday meeting or as otherwise directed by the City Manager. No item may be placed on the agenda after its distribution without approval of the Board of Commissioners. Only the City Manager, Mayor or Commissioners may sponsor an item for the agenda. No item may be removed from the agenda after its distribution except by the person who sponsored the item on the agenda or by the Board of Commissioners.
b. The proposed agenda shall include ordinances, municipal orders and resolutions proposed to be approved by the Board of Commissioners. The order of appearance of the items placed on the agenda shall be determined by the City Manager.
c. As used in the proposed agenda, the following definitions shall apply:
“Municipal Order” shall mean an official act of the Board of Commissioners which is binding upon the officers and employees of the City of Bowling Green and any governmental agency over which the City has jurisdiction.
“Ordinance” shall mean an official act of the Board of Commissioners which is a regulation of a general and permanent nature and enforceable as a local law or is an appropriation of money.
“Resolution” shall mean an expression of the opinion or will of the Board of Commissioners including such actions as the honoring of groups or individuals or actions showing support for a public issue.
(Ord. BG2001-12, 3/6/2001; Ord. BG2006-36, 11/8/2006; Ord. BG2009-14, 6/2/2009)