HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES CC 1983 61 1983 1221RESOLUTION NO. 83- 61
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
MOORPARK, ADOPTING RULES OF
PROCEDURE FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS
AND RELATED FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
WHEREAS Section 2.04.040 of the Municipal Code
requires that the City Council adopt Rules of Procedure to
govern the conduct of its meetings and any of its other
functions and activities, and regulations pertaining thereto,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of Moorpark that Rules of Procedure for City
Council meetings and related functions and activities are
hereby adopted, to read as follows:
PURPOSE: The purpose and intent of the City
Council in adopting the within rules
shall be to provide directory guidelines
relating to the conduct of the public
business by or on behalf of the City
Council, and in the event of any noncom-
pliance with or violation of any provision
herein, such will not be deemed to
affect the validity of any action taken,
unless otherwise specifically provided
by law.
Section 1. MEETINGS
1.1 REGULAR MEETINGS:
The City Council of the City of Moorpark
shall hold regular meetings in the place specified
in the Municipal Code, on the first and third
Wednesdays of each month at 7:00 P.M. When the
day for a regular meeting of the Council falls on
a legal holiday, no meeting shall be held on such
holiday, but a regular meeting shall be held
at the same hour on the next succeeding day
thereafter that is not a holiday.
1.2 ADJOURNED MEETINGS:
Any meeting may be adjourned to a time,
place, and date .certain, but not beyond the next
regular meeting. Once adjourned, the meeting may
not be reconvened.
1.3 SPECIAL MEETINGS:
Special Meetings may be called by the Mayor
or majority of Councilmembers on 24 -hour notice,
as set forth in Section 54956 of the Government
Code of the State of California. Only matters
contained in the notice may be considered and no
ordinances (other than urgency ordinances) may be
adopted.
1.4 STUDY SESSIONS:
Members of the Council may meet in a regular
Study Session at its regular meeting place on the
second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 P.M.
1.5 NOTICE OF MEETINGS:
Notice of regular meetings or regular study
sessions is not required. Mailed or personally
delivered notice is required of special meetings.
Mailed and posted notice is required of meetings
adjourned by the city clerk. Posted notice is
required of all other adjourned meetings. (Section
54955 Government Code)
1.6 QUORUM:
Unless otherwise provided for in the Municipal
Code, a majority of the Council shall be sufficient
to do business and motions may be passed 2 -1 if
only 3 attend. The following matters, however,
require three affirmative votes: a) adoption of
ordinances, b) resolutions granting franchises,
and c) orders for payment of money.
1.6.1 Legally Required Participation:
If a majority of the Council shall be dis-
qualified to vote on a matter by reason of actual
or apparent conflict of interest, the Council
shall select by lot or other means of random
selection, or by such other impartial and equitable
means as the Council shall determine, that number
of its disqualified members which, when added
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to the members eligible to vote, shall constitute
a quorum.
1.7 MEETINGS TO BE PUBLIC:
Study Sessions and all regular, adjourned or
special meetings of the City Council shall be open
to the public, provided, however, the Council may
hold executive sessions from which the public may
be excluded for the consideration of the following
subjects:
1.7.1 Personnel Matters:
To consider appointment, employment, or
dismissal of a public employee or to hear complaints
or charges brought against such person or employee
by another employee unless such employee requests
a public hearing. The Council may exclude from
any such executive session during the examina-
tion of a witness any or all other'witnesses in
the matter being investigated.
1.7.2 Attorney - Client Matters:
To consider possible or pending litigation in
which the City is or could be a party.
1.8 EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES:
Pursuant to Section 54957.2 of the California
Government Code, the city clerk of the City of
Moorpark may be required to attend an executive
session of the City Council and keep and enter in
a minute book a record of topics discussed and
decisions made at each meeting. The confiden-
tiality of such minutes shall be maintained
pursuant to said section of the Government Code.
Section 2. ORDER OF BUSINESS
2.1 AGENDA:
The Order of Business of each meeting shall
be as contained in the Agenda prepared by the city
clerk. The Agenda shall be a listing by topic of
the subjects which shall be taken up for consi-
deration in the following order:
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Call to Order
Flag Salute
Roll Call
Approval of Minutes
Public Comment
Hearings
Written Communications
Comment by Councilmembers
Consent Calendar
Business Session
Future Agenda Items
Adjournment
Except with majority consent of the Council, items
may not be taken out of order.
No matters other than those on the agenda
shall be finally acted upon by the Council;
provided, however, that matters not on the agenda
but deemed to be emergencies or of an urgent
nature by any Council member, the city manager,
or the city attorney, or such other matters which
shall have been discussed at the preceding study
session, may be submitted for Council consideration
and action.
2.2 DELIVERY OF AGENDA:
Barring insurmountable difficulties, the
Agenda shall ordinarily be delivered to Council -
members each Friday preceeding the Wednesday
meeting to which it pertains.
The Agenda shall also be available to the
general public at the time it is delivered to the
City Council.
2.3 ROLL CALL:
Before proceeding with the business of the
Council, the city clerk shall call the roll of the
Councilmembers and the names of those present
shall be entered in the minutes. The order of
roll call shall be alphabetical with the Mayor
called last.
2.4 APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Unless requested by a majority of the City
Council, minutes of the previous meeting may be
approved without public reading if the clerk has
previously furnished each Councilmember with a
copy thereof.
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2.5 PUBLIC HEARINGS:
Generally, public hearings, other than those
of a quasi - judicial nature, shall be conducted in
the following order:
Staff review
Questions of Staff by Council
Hearing opened by Mayor
If desired, hearing closed
Questions by Council
Discussion by Council
Action by Council
Questions or comments from the public shall be
limited to the subject under consideration.
Depending upon the extent of the agenda, and the
number of persons desiring to speak on an issue,
the Mayor may, at the beginning of the hearing,
limit testimony, but in no event to less than
3 minutes per individual. Any person may speak
for a longer period of time, upon approval of the
City Council, when this is deemed necessary in
such cases as when a person is speaking as a
representative of a group or has graphic or slide
presentations requiring more time.
Quasi - judicial hearings shall be conducted in
accordance with the principles of due process, and
the city attorney shall advise the City Council in
this regard.
2.6 PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Any person may address the Council of any
subject pertaining to City business, whether
listed on the agenda or not, during the Public
Comments portion of the meeting. A limitation of
3 minutes shall be imposed upon each person
so desiring to address the Council during the
first Public Comments designation on the agenda.
Members of the public may speak at greater length
at the end of the agenda. (See 5.2)
2.7 CONSENT AGENDA:
Items of routine nature, and non - controversial,
shall be placed on the consent agenda. All items
may be approved by one blanket motion upon unani-
mous consent. Prior to, or following review of,
the consent agenda by the city manager, any
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Councilmember may request that any item be with-
drawn from the consent agenda for separate consi-
deration. However, any Councilmember may abstain
from voting on any consent agenda item without
requesting its removal from the consent agenda,
and the city clerk shall be instructed to record
such abstentions in the minutes.
2.8 PRESENTATION BY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL:
The Mayor or any Councilmember may bring
before the Council any new business under the
Report and Requests portion of the Agenda. These
matters need not be specifically listed on the
Agenda, but formal action on such matters shall be
deferred until a subsequent Council meeting unless
deemed to be of an urgent nature or unless
discussed at the study session preceding such
Council meeting.
Section 3. PRESIDING OFFICER
3.1 PRESIDING OFFICER:
The Mayor shall be the Presiding Officer at
all meetings of the Council. In the absence of
the Mayor, the Mayor pro tem shall preside. In
the absence of both the Mayor and the Mayor pro
tem, the Council shall elect a temporary presiding
officer to serve until the arrival of the Mayor of
Mayor pro tem or until adjournment.
In accordance with Government Code Section
36801, the Council shall meet on the Tuesday after
each general municipal election and choose one of
its number as mayor and one as mayor pro tem.
Each selection shall be by three or more affir-
mative votes, and a failure to achieve such total
of affirmative votes, shall be deemed a selec-
tion of the incumbent(s) to remain in office.
Each person so selected shall serve until a
successor is chosen (at any time) by three or more
affirmative votes, provided, that at the first
regular meeting in November of each odd numbered
year, the office of mayor and mayor pro tem.
shall automatically be reconsidered by the Council.
3.2 CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting of the Council shall be called to
order by the Mayor or, in his or her absence, by the
Mayor pro tem. In the absence of both the Mayor
and the Mayor pro tem., the meeting shall be
called to order by the City Clerk, whereupon the
City Clerk shall immediately call for the selection
of a temporary Presiding Officer.
3.3 PARTICIPATION OF PRESIDING OFFICER:
The Presiding Officer may move, second, and
debate from the Chair, subject only to such
limitations of debate as are imposed on all
Councilmembers, and he shall not be deprived of
any of the rights and privileges of a Councilmember
by reason of his acting as Presiding Officer.
However, the Presiding Officer is primarily
responsible for the conduct of the meeting. If he
desires to personally engage in extended debate on
questions before the Council, he should consider
turning the Chair over to another member.
3.4 QUESTION TO BE STATED:
The Presiding Officer shall verbally restate
each question immediately prior to calling for the
vote. Following the vote the Presiding Officer
shall verbally announce whether the question
carried or was defeated. The Presiding Officer
may also publicly state the effect of the vote for
the benefit of the audience before proceeding to
the next item of business.
3.5 SIGNING OF DOCUMENTS:
The Mayor, or Mayor pro tem., in the absence
of the Mayor, shall sign ordinances adopted by the
City Council. The City Clerk, or Deputy City
Clerk, shall attest to the signature of the Mayor
or Mayor pro tem.
3.6 MAINTENANCE OF ORDER:
The Mayor or Presiding Officer is responsible
for the maintenance of order and decorum at all
times. No person is allowed to speak who has not
first been recognized by the Chair. All questions
and remarks shall be addressed to the Chair.
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Section 4. RULES, DECORUM, AND ORDER
4.1 POINTS OF ORDER:
The Presiding Officer shall determine all
Points of Order subject to the right of any member
to appeal to the Council. If any appeal is taken,
the question shall be, "Shall the decision of the
Presiding Officer be sustained ?" in which event a
majority vote shall govern and conclusively
determine such question of order.
4.2 DECORUM AND ORDER - COUNCILMEMBERS:
(a) Any Councilmember desiring to
speak shall address the Chair and, upon
recognition by the Presiding Officer, shall
confine himself to the question under debate.
(b) A Councilmember desiring to question
the staff shall address his question to the
city manager or city attorney, in appropriate
cases, who shall be entitled either to answer
the inquiry himself or to designate some
member-of his staff for that purpose.
(c) A Councilmember, once recognized,
shall not be interrupted while speaking
unless called to order by the Presiding
Officer; unless a Point of Order is raised
by another Councilmember; or unless the
speaker chooses to yield to questions
from another Councilmember.
(d) Any Councilmember called to order
while he is speaking shall cease speaking
immediately until the question of order is
determined. If ruled to be in order, he
shall be permitted to proceed. If ruled'to
be not in order, he shall remain silent or
shall alter his remarks so as to comply with
rules of the Council.
(e) Councilmembers shall accord the
utmost courtesy to each other, to city
employees, and to the public appearing before
the Council and shall refrain at all times
from rude and derogatory remarks, reflections
as to integrity, abusive comments and state-
ments as to motives and personalities.
(f) Any Councilmember may move to
require the Presiding Officer to enforce the
rules and the affirmative vote of a majority
of the Council shall require him to so act.
4.3 DECORUM AND ORDER - EMPLOYEES:
Members of the administrative staff and
employees of the City shall observe the same rules
of procedure and decorum applicable to members of
the Council. The city manager shall insure that
all City employees observe such decorum. Any
staff members, including the city manager, desiring
to address the Council or members of the public
shall first be recognized by the Chair. All
remarks shall be addressed to the Chair and not to
any one individual Councilmember or member of the
public.
4.4 DECORUM AND ORDER - PUBLIC:
Members of the public attending Council
meetings shall observe the same rules of order and
decorum applicable to the Council. Any person
making impertinent and slanderous remarks or who
becomes boisterous while addressing the Council or
while attending the Council meeting shall be
removed from the room if the sergeant -of -arms
is so directed by the Presiding Officer, and such
person may be barred from further audience before
the Council. Unauthorized remarks from the audience,
stamping of feet, whistles, yells and similar
demonstratons shall not be permitted by the
Presiding Officer, who may direct the sergeant -of-
arms to remove such offenders from the room.
Aggravated cases shall be prosecuted on appropriate
complaint signed by the Presiding Officer.
4.5 ENFORCEMENT OF DECORUM:
The head of the City's police agency or his
designee shall be ex- officio sergeant -of -arms of
the Council. He shall carry out all orders and
instructions given him by the Presiding Officer
for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum
in the Council Chambers. Upon instructions from
the Presiding Officer, it shall be the duty
of the sergeant -of -arms or his representative to
eject any person from the Council Chambers or
place him under arrest or both.
As set forth in Government Code Section
54957.9, in the event that any meeting is willfully
interrupted by a group or groups of persons so as
to render the orderly conduct of such meeting
unfeasible and order cannot be restored by the
removal of individuals who are willfully inter-
rupting the meeting, the members of the Council
may order the meeting room cleared and continue in
session. Only matters appearing on the agenda may
be considered in such a session. Duly accredited
representatives of the press or other news media,
except those participating in the disturbance,
shall be allowed to attend any session held
pursuant to this section. Nothing in this section
shall prohibit the Council from establishing a
procedure for readmitting an individual or indi-
viduals not responsible for willfully disturbing
the orderly conduct of the meeting.
4.6 PERSONAL PRIVILEGE:
The right of a member to address the Council
on a question of personal privilege shall be
limited to cases in which his integrity, character,
or motives are assailed, questioned or impugned.
4.7 CONFLICT OF INTEREST:
All Councilmembers are subject to the provi-
sions of California Law, such as Chapter 7, Title
9, of the California Government Code, relative to
conflicts of interest, and to conflicts of interest
codes adopted by the Council. Any Councilmember
prevented from voting because of a conflict of
interest shall refrain from debate and voting.
Such Councilmember may choose to leave the Council
Chambers during debate and voting on the issue.
4.8 LIMITATION OF DEBATE:
No Councilmember normally should speak more
than once upon any one subject until every other
member choosing to speak thereon has spoken. No
member shall speak for a longer time than five
minutes each time he has the floor, without the
approval of a majority vote of the Council.
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4.9 DISSENTS AND PROTESTS:
Any member shall have the right to express
dissent from or protest to any action of the
Council and have the reason entered in the minutes.
If such dissent or protest is desired to be
entered in the minutes, this should be made clear
by language such as, "I would like the minutes to
show that I am opposed to this action for the
following reasons..."
4.10 PROCEDURES IN ABSENCE OF RULES:
In the absence of a rule herein to govern a
point or procedure, Robert's Rules of Order, Newly
Revised, shall be used as a guide.
4.11 RULINGS OF CHAIR FINAL UNLESS OVERRULED:
In presiding over Council meetings, the
Mayor, Mayor pro tem, or temporary'Presiding
Officer shall decide all questions of interpreta-
tion of these rules, points of order or other
questions of procedure requiring rulings. Any
such decision or ruling shall be final unless
overridden or suspended by a majority vote of the
Councilmembers present and voting, and shall be
binding and legally effective (even though clearly
erroneous) for purposes of the matter under
consideration.
Section 5. ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL
5.1 MANNER OF ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL:
Any member of the public desiring to address
the Council shall proceed to the podium and wait
to be recognized by the Presiding Officer. After
being recognized, he shall state his name and
address for the record.
All remarks and questions shall be addressed
to the Chair and not to any individual Councilmember,
staff member or other person. During a public
hearing, all remarks shall be limited to the
subject under consideration. No person shall
enter into any discussion without being recognized
by the Presiding Officer.
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5.2 TIME LIMITATION:
Any member of the public desiring to address
the Council shall limit his address to three (3)
minutes unless further time has been granted by
the Presiding Officer in the individual case, or
in accordance with Section 2.5.
5.2.1 Exception:
A limit of three minutes is imposed during
the Public Comments portion of the agenda. (See
2.6)
5.3 ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL AFTER MOTION IS
MADE:
After a motion has been made, or after a
public hearing has been closed, no member of the
public shall address the Council without first
securing permission by a majority vote of the
Council.
5.4 LIMITATIONS REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENTS
AND REPORTS:
The making of oral communications to the
Council by any member of the public during the
"Public Comments" and /or "Public F-ports and
Requests" portions of the agenda snall be subject
to the following limitations:
5.4.1 At any time, before or after the oral
communication is commenced, the Presiding Officer
may if he deems it preferable, direct that the
communication be made instead either to the city
manager or other appropriate staff member during
regular business hours, or in writing for subse-
quent submittal to Councilmembers, pursuant
to Section 5.5.
5.4.2 No speaker shall be permitted to
address the Council on a topic which is currently
before or about to be submitted for consideration
by a City commission, board or other agency before
which the speaker should make his presentation,
until that latter body has completed its deli-
berations and taken its final action. In case the
speaker should have followed an otherwise available
appeal procedure, the Presiding Officer shall not
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allow oral communication to the Council outside
that procedure.
5.4.3 The Presiding Officer may limit the
number of speakers heard on non - agenda topics at
any single meeting. Those whose presentations are
postponed shall be given priority at the next
meeting (during the "Public Comments" or "Public
Reports and Requests" portions of the agenda).
5.4.4 If it appears that several speakers
desire to speak regarding a single topic, the
Presiding Officer may reasonably limit the number
speaking as to each side of an issue. In this
regard, preference may be given to speakers who
represent groups of persons who have designated a
spokesman.
5.4.5 No oral communication shall be allowed
to include charges or complaints against any
employee of the City, regardless of whether such
employee is identified in the presentation by name
or by any other reference which tends to identify
him. All charges or complaints against employees
shall be submitted to the city manager for appro-
priate action, and may also be submitted to
members of the Council by written communication.
5.5 WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE:
The city manager is authorized to receive and
open all mail addressed to the Council as a whole
and give it immediate attention to the end that
all administrative business referred to in said
communications, and not necessarily requiring
Council action, may be disposed of between Council
meetings. A copy of such communication shall be
sent to each Councilmember marked "Information
Only."
Any communication relating to a matter
pending, or to be brought before the City Council
shall be included in the agenda packet for the
meeting at which such item is to be considered.
Letters of appeal from administrative or
commission decisions shall be processed under
applicable provisions of the Municipal Code, or
other ordinances.
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Copies of all other communications sent to the
Council will be transmitted to them.
5.6 PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO BE WITHIN PLATFORM:
No person except City officials shall be
permitted within the platform area in front of the
Council table without the invitation or consent of
the Presiding Officer.
Section 6. MOTIONS
6.1 PROCESSING OF MOTIONS:
When a motion is made and seconded,-it shall
be stated by the Presiding Officer before debate.
A motion so stated shall not be withdrawn by the
mover without the consent of the person seconding
it.
6.2 MOTIONS OUT OF ORDER:
The Presiding Officer may at any time, by
majority consent of the Council, permit a member
to introduce an ordinance, resolution, or motion
out of the regular agenda order.
6.3 DIVISION OF QUESTION:
If the question contains two or more division -
able propositions, the Presiding Officer may, and
upon request of a member shall (unless appealed),
divide the same.
6.4 PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS:
When a motion is before the Council, no
motion shall be entertained except the following,
which shall have precedence in the following order:
a. Adjourn
b. Fix hour of adjournment
C. Table
d. Limit or terminate discussion
e. Arne nd
f. Postpone
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6.5 MOTION TO ADJOURN (not debatable):
A motion to adjourn shall be in order at any
time, except as follows:
.a. When repeated without intervening
business or discussion.
b. When made as an interruption of a
member while speaking.
C. When discussion has been ended, and
vote on motion is pending, and
d. While a vote is being taken.
A motion to adjourn "to another time" shall
be debatable only as to the time to which the
meeting is adjourned.
6.6 MOTION TO FIX HOUR OF ADJOURNMENT:
Such a motion shall be to set a definite time
at which to adjourn and shall be undebatable and
shall be unamendable except by unanimous vote.
6.7 MOTION TO TABLE:
A motion to table shall be used to temporarily
bypass the subject. A motion to table shall be
undebatable and shall preclude all amendments or
debate of the subject under consideration. If the
motion shall prevail, the matter may be "taken
from the table" at any time prior to the end of
the next regular meeting.
6.8 MOTION TO LIMIT OR TERMINATE DISCUSSION:
Such a motion shall be used to limit or close
debate on, or further amendment to, the main
motion and shall be undebatable. If the motion
fails, debate shall be reopened; if the motion
passes, a vote shall be taken on the main motion.
6.9 MOTION TO AMEND:
A motion to amend shall be debatable only
as to the amendment. A motion to amend an amend-
ment shall be in order, but a motion to amend an
amendment to an amendment shall not be in order.
An amendment modifying the intention of a motion
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shall be in order, but an amendment relating to a
different matter shall not be in order. A substi-
tute motion on the same subject shall be acceptable,
and voted on before a vote on the amendment.
Amendments shall be voted first, then the main
motion as amended.
6.10 MOTION TO CONTINUE:
Motions to continue to a definite time shall
be amendable and debatable as to propriety of
postponement and time set.
Section 7. VOTING PROCEDURE
7.1 VOTING PROCEDURE:
In acting upon every motion, the vote shall
be taken by voice or roll call or any other method
by which the vote of each Councilmember present
can be clearly ascertained. The vote on each
motion shall then be entered in full upon the
record. The order of voting shall be alphabetical
with the Mayor voting last. The Clerk shall call
the names of all members seated when a roll call
vote is ordered or required. Members shall
respond 'aye', 'no' or 'abstain', provided that
when a vote is collectively taken by voice or when
a method of voting other than by voice or roll
call is used, any Councilmember not audibly and
clearly responding 'no' or 'abstain' or otherwise
registering an objection shall have his vote
recorded as 'aye'.
7.2 ROLL CALL VOTING:
Every ordinance and any resolutions or orders
for franchises or payments of money require three
affirmative votes. A roll call vote shall be used
for these changes. Any other question before the
Council shall not require a roll call vote unless
demanded by any member. It shall not be in order
for members to explain their vote during roll
call. Any member may change his vote before the
next order of business.
7.3 FAILURE TO VOTE:
Every Councilmember should vote unless dis-
qualified for cause. A Councilmember who abstains
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shall, for purpose of the item under consideration,
be considered as if absent.
7.4 RECONSIDERATION:
Any Councilmember who voted with the majority
may move a reconsideration of any action at the
same meeting or the next regular meeting. After a
motion for reconsideration has once been acted
upon, no other motion for a reconsideration
thereof shall be made without unanimous consent of
the Council.
7.5 TIE VOTES:
Tie votes shall be lost motions. When all
Councilmembers are present, a tie vote on whether
to grant an appeal from official action shall be
considered a denial of such appeal, unless the
Council takes other action to further consider the
matter. If a tie vote results at a time when less
than all members of the Council are present, the
matter shall automatically be continued to the
agenda of the next regular meeting of the Council,
unless otherwise ordered by the Council.
Section 8. RESOLUTIONS
8.1 DEFINITIONS:
As a rule of thumb, it can be said that
legislative acts of the City Council (usually a
rule of public conduct for long -term application)
are taken by ordinance, whereas more routine
business and administrative matters (usually more
temporary and transitory in nature) are accomplished
by "resolutions ". The term "resolution" in its
general sense will denote any action taken affirma-
tively via a vote of the Council, other than one
taken by ordinance. As used in this City, however,
three terms are in general use to denote such
(non- ordinance) actions: "resolution ", "minute
order ", and "motion" (thereafter recorded by
minute entry). Technically, all three are equally
as legally effective and binding; they just vary
in the formality of respective memorialization.
The most formal is referred to locally as a
"resolution ". This, in addition to being referenced
in the minutes, will be recorded by a separate
document, numbered in sequence and preserved in a
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separate set of books. Such "resolutions" are
used in this City for various reasons, such as
when specifically required by law, when needed as
a separate evidentiary document to be transmitted
to another governmental agency, or where the
frequency of future reference back to its contents
warrants a separate document (with the additional
"whereas" explanatory material it often recites)
to facilitate such future reference and research.
A "minute order" as used locally denotes a
separate document which is also maintained in a
separate set of books, under a system of sequential
numbering, and is referenced in the minutes;
however, the "minute order" is drafted far more
briefly than a "resolution" and is distinguished
from a mere minute entry only by the need, in
general, to have a separate document to facilitate
certain administrative processes to which it
pertains.
The "motion" (assuming it was one which passed)
is a Council action which is recorded simply by an
item entry in the minutes of the meeting at which
it was accomplished, and no separate document is
made to memorialize it.
8.2 RESOLUTIONS PREPARED IN ADVANCE:
Where a resolution has been prepared in
advance, the procedure shall be: motion, second,
discussion, vote pursuant to methods prescribed in
Section 7.1, and result declared. It shall not be
necessary to read a resolution in full or by title
except to identify it. Any member may require
that the resolution be read in full.
8.3 RESOLUTIONS NOT PREPARED IN ADVANCE:
Where a resolution has not been prepared in
advance, the procedure shall be to instruct the
city manager or the city attorney to prepare a
resolution for presentation at the next Council
meeting.
8.4 URGENCY RESOLUTIONS:
In matters of urgency, a resolution may be
presented verbally in motion form together with
instructions for written preparation for later
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execution. After the resolution has been verbally
stated, the voting procedure in 8.2 above shall be
followed.
Urgency resolutions shall be avoided except
when absolutely necessary; and shall be avoided
entirely when resolutions are required by law, in
improvement acts, zoning matters, or force account
work on public projects. Where the resolution has
been drafted in written form, either before or
during the meeting, this paragraph shall not be
deemed applicable.
Section 9. ORDINANCES
9.1 INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES:
Ordinances shall not be passed within five
days of their introduction, nor at other than a
regular meeting or at an adjourned regular meeting.
However, an urgency ordinance may be passed
immediately upon introduction and either at a
regular or special meeting. Except when, after
reading the title, further reading is waived by
regular motion adopted by unanimous vote of the
Councilmembers present, all ordinances shall be
read in full either at the time of introduction or
passage. When ordinances, other than urgency
ordinances, are altered after introduction, they
shall be passed only at a regular or at an adjourned
regular meeting held at least five days after
alteration. Corrections of typographical or
clerical errors are not alterations within the
meaning of this section.
9.2 EFFECTIVE DATE:
All ordinances, except as provided in
Section 36937 of the Government Code, shall take
effect 30 days after adoption, but may be made
operative at such later date as may be designated
in the ordinance.
9.3 PUBLISHING:
It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to
post or publish all ordinances in accordance
with Section 36933 of the Government Code
within 15 days after adoption.
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9.4 URGENCY ORDINANCES:
All urgency ordinances must receive four (4)
affirmative votes to be adopted and to become
effective immediately. If such an ordinance fails
to receive a 4/5 majority, it may thereafter be
considered and passed in the same manner as
regular ordinances.
Section 10. STUDY SESSIONS:
Study Sessions shall at all times be open to
the public and the news media, except for: a)
executive sessions held at such times pursuant to
Government Code Section 54947.6 whereat the
Council meets with its designated repres -entatives
prior to and during consultation and discussions
with representatives of employee organizations;
and b) executive sessions to consider possible or
pending litigation in which the City is or could
be a party.
10.3 PURPOSE:
Study Sessions are not intended to constitute
a meeting of the City Council and they shall be
carried on regardless of the number of Councilmembers
in attendance.
At said study sessions, no formal action shall
be taken, no motions shall be offered, no arguments
entered into; the sole purpose of said meetings
being to provide background information to members
of the Council and to allow Councilmembers to ask
questions and to express personal opinions. This
shall not, however, be deemed to apply with
respect to executive sessions referred to in
section 10.2.
10.4 AGENDA:
The city manager shall be responsible for pre-
paring an agenda of items for discussion at each
study session.
Section 11. STANDING COMMITTEES:
11.1 FINANCE COMMITTEE:
There shall be a standing committee of the
City Council known as the Finance Committee, whose
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duties shall be those as prescribed in the Moorpark
Municipal Code or as otherwise assigned by the
City Council, The Committee shall consist of two
members, one of whom shall be the Mayor, who shall
also serve as its Chairperson, and the other shall
be a Councilmember appointed by the City Council,
ADOPTED THIS 21st day of December , 1983
ATTEST:
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MAY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA ) SS.
CITY OF MOORPA R K )
I, DORIS D. BANKUS , City Clerk of the City of
Moorpark, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 83 -61 was adopted by the City Council of the City of
Moorpark at a regular meeting thereof held on the 21st day of
December , 19 83 , and that the same was adopted by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Straughan, Harper, Beaulieu,
Prieto and Mayor Yancy- Sutton;
NOES: None;
ABSENT: None.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 21st
day of December , 19 83
CITY CLERK
(SEAL)