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C. Regular City Council Meeting Agenda.
1. Staff shall provide the City Clerk with the title and recommendation of all items
to be placed on a regular Council meeting agenda no later than
5:00 p.m. two Fridays before the next regular City Council meeting, except for
urgent items unknown to staff at the time. The City Clerk shall prepare the
regular meeting agenda of all such matters under the direction of the City
Manager. This agenda shall be provided to the City Council Members on the
Thursday preceding the Tuesday Council meeting to which it pertains.
The agenda and staff reports will be available for the public and media in the
Office of the City Clerk and shall be posted on the City's public website no later
than 3:30 p.m. on the Friday preceding the meeting.
2. The regular meeting agenda shall contain a brief description of each item of
business to be transacted or discussed and a statement that members of the
public may offer testimony as to any matter on the agenda and may speak on
non - agenda items during the public comment section of the agenda. The
agenda shall be posted on the City's website, as well as at the entrance to the
City Council Chambers, at least 72 hours before each regular meeting, and the
City Clerk shall maintain records of the name of the person posting the agenda,
and the date and time of posting.
3. A member of the Citv Council may place an item(s) on the Citv Council agenda
by submitting a title or topic, to the City Manager, sufficient to satisfy the
requirements of the Brown Act on or before 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday preceding
the meeting at which the item is to be considered. When requested, the City
Attorney shall assist a City Council member with the drafting of an agenda title
or topic to ensure consistency with the Brown Act.
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G. City Manager may place an item on the agenda in the course of operating the City.
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Council Policy A -9:
City Council Committees
G. Boards and Commissions shall be reviewed on or before December 31 of
each year consistent with the Maddy Act (Cal Gov 54972) and Council Policy A-
2 (Board, Commission, and Committee appointments). Committees shall be
reviewed in October of each year for any needed additions, changes or
deletions by the City Manager and the City Council. Within this review, Council
shall consider whether the work done by committees is duplicative of other
committees' work, and shall consider merging or disbanding committees as
appropriate. This provision shall not however prevent such changes at other
times of the year.