(A) The Mayor or City Manager shall approve an agenda of the business to be presented at a regular Council meeting. No item of business shall be added to an agenda after 4:30 p.m. on the Wednesday of the week proceeding the week of the Council meeting for which the agenda has been prepared. The Council shall vote on only matters that appear on the agenda for that meeting or are introduced by a Council member or the Mayor. Council members and the Mayor shall endeavor to have subjects they wish considered submitted in time to be placed on the agenda.
(Prior Code, § 1.05.070)
(B) (1) In order to make more efficient use of meeting time, the Mayor may place non-fee related resolutions and requests for minute approval which are routine in nature and concerning which no debate is expected on a “consent agenda” to be considered at the next regular meeting.
(2) Any item placed on the consent agenda shall be removed at the request of the Mayor or a Council member prior to the time a vote is taken on the consent agenda items. All remaining items on the consent agenda shall be disposed of by a single motion “to adopt the consent agenda”.
(3) Adoption of the consent agenda shall be by the affirmative vote of all Council members present at the time the vote is taken and shall have the same effect as a separate vote for each item. If there are dissenting votes, each item in the consent calendar shall be voted upon separately in the usual manner.
(Prior Code, § 1.05.075)
(C) The order of business at Council meetings shall be determined by the Presiding Officer of the Council.
(Prior Code, § 1.05.080) (Ord. 264, passed 7-6-1999; Ord. 298, passed - -; Ord. 299, passed 10-21-2002; Ord. 305, passed 3-17-2003; Ord. 362, passed 6-18-2007; Ord. 386, passed 3-1-2010; Ord. 396, passed 10-3-2011; Ord. 412, passed 2-4-2013)