An agenda shall be prepared and, as required by State law, posted for all meetings. No Council substantive action shall be taken on any matter unless that matter appears on the agenda or such non-agenda action is authorized under the Brown Act. However, for any item not appearing on the agenda, any Councilmember may briefly respond to comments or questions of the public, briefly report on their own activities, request information from staff or request the matter be placed on a future agenda.
All matters to be submitted to the Council should be delivered to the City Clerk not later than the time requested by the Clerk for such submittals.
The City Clerk shall prepare the agenda under the direction of the City Manager. The agenda and back-up material should be delivered to the Councilmembers on the Thursday evening preceding the Tuesday Council meeting to which the agenda pertains. The agenda shall be posted and accessible to members of the public per the Brown Act.
Each agenda shall contain an opportunity for the public to address the City Council on any item of interest to the public. The Mayor subject to a Councilmember’s right of appeal shall determine the time allotted to each speaker or for the entire public comments section of the meeting.
(§ 1, Ord. 868-NS, eff. September 18, 1984, as amended by § 1, Ord. 954-NS, eff. February 10, 1987, § 1, Ord. 1231-NS, eff. April 25, 1995, § 3, Ord. 1421-NS, eff. December 17, 2003, and § 1, Ord. 1711-NS, eff. 5-5-2023)