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AGENDA REPORT
ITEM 9.8.
CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA
City Council Meeting
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DATE: January 26, 2015 (CC Meeting of 2/3/16)
SUBJECT: Consider Meeting Time for Regular City Council Meetings
BACKGROUND
At the January 20, 2016, regular City Council meeting, Councilmember Van Dam requested a
future agenda item to discuss changing the start time of regular City Council meetings to be
either 6:00 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. for the benefit of the public and staff. Section 2.04.040 of the
Moorpark Municipal Code permits the meeting time to be set by resolution of the City Council.
The City Council's Rules of Procedure, Resolution No. 2012-3148 includes the meeting time
in Section 11.1.
11. COUNCIL MEETINGS
11. 1 Meeting Time and Schedule:
The regular meetings of the City Council shall begin at the hour of 7:00
p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month. In addition to regularly
scheduled meetings as set forth in Section 2.04.010 of the Municipal Code, an
adjourned meeting will typically be held on the second Wednesday of the month
as needed. The fourth Wednesday will only be scheduled when required for
meetings with special purposes or for a study session on a complex issue as
determined by the Mayor and the City Manager or by vote of the City Council.
DISCUSSION
An earlier start time would affect the scheduling of Special City Council meetings, which
when needed are sometimes scheduled to begin between 6:15 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. to
consider Closed Session matters. The Council's discussion should also include consideration
of possibly changing the start times for the Finance, Administration and Public Safety
Committee (Mikos/Pollock), which meets at 6:00 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month
and the Community and Economic Development Committee (Parvin/Pollock, which meets on
the third Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m.
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Honorable City Council
February 3, 2016, Regular Meeting
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Staff would also need to advertise any meeting time change on the City's website and
government channel; and to make certain that any effective date of a changed meeting time
does not impact any public hearing item for which a notice has already been published and/or
distributed. If the meeting schedule is revised, staff would present a revised Rules and
Procedures resolution at a subsequent meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Direct staff as deemed appropriate.
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