(A) Preparation. The Manager shall prepare the agenda for the meeting.
(B) Requests to be placed on agenda. A request to have any item of business placed on the agenda must be received by the Manager in sufficient time so that the agenda may be printed and distributed in accordance with division (E) below, and to this end the Manager may establish an appropriate deadline to receive the requests.
(C) Requests to address Council.
(1) Any individual or group that wishes to address the Council shall make a request to be on the agenda to the Manager.
(2) However, the Council shall determine at the meeting whether the individual or group will be heard by the Council.
(D) Contents.
(1) The agenda shall include, for each item of business placed on it, as much background information on the subject as is available and feasible to reproduce.
(2) Whenever possible a copy of all proposed ordinances shall be attached to the agenda and distributed simultaneously.
(E) Inspection and distribution.
(1) Copies of the agenda and attachments shall be available for public inspection as soon as they are completed.
(2) The Manager shall mail or deliver copies of the agenda and attachments to the Council members in sufficient time to ensure that they are received prior to the meeting.
(3) Additional copies of the agenda may be available for the press and interested members of the public.
(F) Additions.
(1) The Council may, by consensus or majority vote of the Council membership, add an item of business that is not on the agenda.
(2) Unless otherwise specified by the Council, additions to the agenda shall be taken up at the conclusion of all other regular business.
(1981 Code, § 2-6)