HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-2 - Amending Council Policy A-6 Relating to City Council Meetings and Council Policy A-10 Relating to Procedural Rules for the Conduct of City Council MeetingsRESOLUTION NO. 2013 -2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH AMENDING COUNCIL POLICY A -6 RELATING TO CITY
COUNCIL MEETINGS AND COUNCIL POLICY A -10 RELATING TO
PROCEDURAL RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS
WHEREAS, Council Policy A -6 specifies the order of business for Regular
Meeting agendas of the City Council;
WHEREAS, Council Policy A -10 addresses the time limit for which the public
may address the City Council on agenda items, including Consent Calendar items; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes the value and importance of public input and
testimony, and desires to ensure consistency as it relates to when public testimony is
taken and the time limit allowed during the Regular Meetings.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby
resolves as follows:
Section 1: City Council Policy A -6 (Open Meeting Policies) shall be amended
as shown in the redline policy attached hereto and incorporated by reference (Exhibit
1).
Section 2: The City Council hereby repeals all previous resolutions, or portions
thereof, related to City Council Policy A -6 that are in conflict with this resolution.
Section 3: City Council Policy A -10 (Procedural Rules for the Conduct of City
Council Meetings) shall be amended as shown in the redline policy attached hereto and
incorporated by reference (Exhibit 2).
Section 4: The City Council hereby repeals all previous resolutions, or portions
thereof, related to City Council Policy A -6 that are in conflict with this resolution.
Section 5: The City Council find this action is not subject to the California
Environmental Quality Act ( °CEQA ") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will
not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it
has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
• That the applicant or any person responsible for the management of
the entity submitting the application has not within the past three years
had (1) a franchise for commercial solid waste handling services
terminated by the City, and/or (2) operated a solid waste enterprise
within the City without a franchise;
• That awarding the franchise is in accord with the objectives of Newport
Beach Municipal Code Chapter 12.63;
• That granting of such franchise will not, under the circumstances of the
particular case, materially affect adversely the health or safety of
persons residing or working in the City or be materially detrimental to
the public welfare or injurious to property or public improvements;
• And that the applicant has sufficient experience, equipment or
recycling plan to safely comply with the requirements of the franchise
agreement.
D. In compliance with the City Charter a duly noticed public hearing was held
on February 26, 2013, to consider the granting of a franchise to Ecology Auto Parts, Inc.
E. Having considered all oral and documentary evidence presented at the
public hearing, the City Council has determined that the granting of a non - exclusive
franchise is in the public interest.
SECTION 2: Definitions
All words, terms, phrases in this Ordinance shall have the meanings set forth in
Section 12.63.020 of Chapter 12.63 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code.
SECTION 3: Franchise Agreements
A. Grant of Franchises
There is hereby granted to the enterprise listed below (hereinafter, "Franchisee ")
a non - exclusive franchise to operate, maintain, and provide solid waste handling
services along, across and over the public streets, alleys, public ways and public places
dedicated for public use in the City:
(a) Ecology Auto Parts, Inc., a California corporation
B. Non - exclusive Grant
The right to use City streets, alleys, public ways and places for the purposes set
forth in this Ordinance, shall not be exclusive and the City reserves the right to grant a
similar use of streets, alleys, public ways and places to any person at any time during
the term of this franchise.
C. Term of Franchises
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Section 6: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by
the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 8t" day of January, 2013.
ATTEST:
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Leilani 1. Brown
City Clerk
Keith D. Curry
Mayor
Exhibit 1: Council Policy A -6 (Amendments shown using strikeout)
Exhibit 2: Council Policy A -10 (Amendments shown using strikeout)
Exhibit 1
OPEN MEETING; POLICIES
PURPOSE
The Newport Beach City Council and certain Boards, Commissions and Committees are
required to comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Brown Act). The Brown Act requires
public entities to deliberate and take action, in open session. The City Council has adopted
these rules to ensure compliance with the Brown Act and to promote full citizen participation
in the discussions and decisions of their elected and appointed representatives.
POLICY
A. Regular Meetings. The City Council shall hold regular meetings on the second and
fourth Tuesdays of each month except in December and August when there shall be at
least one regular meeting held on the second Tuesday. The meetings shall be held in a
location allowed by the Charter. The regular meeting shall begin at 4:00 p.m., or as
otherwise scheduled due to the demand of business, for Study Session, Closed Session
to follow immediately thereafter, recess after Closed Session, and reconvene at 7:00
p.m. The December meeting of even- numbered years shall begin at 4:00 p.m., or as
otherwise scheduled due to the demand of business, without reconvening at 7:00 p.m.
The City Council may hold a regular meeting, special meeting, or adjourned regular or
special meeting at another location within the City, or locations outside the
jurisdiction of the City provided appropriate notice is given pursuant to, and the
location of the meeting is consistent with, the Brown Act. When the day for any
regular meeting falls on a legal holiday, no meeting shall be held on such holiday, but
a regular meeting shall be held at the same hours on the following business day.
B. All regular, special and adjourned meetings of the City Council, Boards, Commissions,
and Committees created by the Charter or formal action of the City Council and which
have continuing subject matter jurisdiction shall be called, noticed and conducted in
compliance with the Brown Act.
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. The City
Clerk shall prepare the regular meeting agenda of all such matters under the
direction of the City Manager. This agenda shall be delivered to the City
Council Members on the Thursday preceding the Tuesday Council meeting to
which it pertains.
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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. Members of the City Council may place items on the agenda for discussion by
submitting a title or topic 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 discussed.
3. 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 bulletin board outside the main entrance of City
Hall, 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.
4. As a general rule, members of the City Council will ask that a matter be
scheduled for a report and /or discussion prior to requesting the matter be
placed on the agenda for action. However, the Council may, given appropriate
circumstances, vote to place a matter on a future regular meeting agenda for
action without prior discussion or report.
CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
The closed session agenda shall be prepared by the City Attorney. The closed session agenda
shall strictly conform to the format specified in the Brown Act. The City Attorney shall
prepare a written report, or give an oral report, of any action taken in closed session that is
required to be reported in open session by the Brown Act.
COUNCIL CORRESPONDENCE
The City Clerk is authorized to open and examine all mail or other written communications
addressed to the City Council and to immediately give a copy to the City Manager, The City
Manager shall give immediate attention to administrative business referred to in the
communication that does not require Council action and may be promptly concluded or shall
prepare a staff report for the next available Council meeting, Except as otherwise permitted
by law, all mail or written communications from the public /residents /applicants shall be
submitted to the City Council by 5:00 p.m. on the Monday immediately prior to the meeting
at which the City Council will consider the item that is the subject of the mail or written
communications to allow time for the City Council to adequately consider the mail or written
communications.
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ORDER OF BUSINESS
The agenda for regular meetings of the City Council shall contain the following items in the
order listed:
Study Session
Public comments re Study Session, Non - Agenda Items, — aClosed Session, and
Regular Meeting _ Agenda
Closed Session - After Study Session - Council Chambers Conference Room
Recess
Reconvene at 7:00 p.m. for Regular Meeting
Roll Call
Closed Session Report
Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation
Presentations
Notice to the Public
City Council Announcements or Matters Which Council Members Would Like Placed
on a Future Agenda for Discussion, Action or Report (Non- discussion Item)
Public Comments on Consent Calendar
Consent Calendar:
A. Reading of Minutes /Ordinances and Resolutions
B. Ordinances for Introduction
C. Ordinances for Adoption
D. Resolutions for Adoption
E. Contracts and Agreements
F. Miscellaneous (for example: Planning Commission Agendas, budget
amendments, and permit applications)
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Items Removed from the Consent Calendar
Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items
Oral Reports from City Council on Committee Activities
Public Hearings
Continued Business
Current Business
Motion for Reconsideration
Continued Closed Session, if necessary (report if applicable)
Adjournment
The order of business shall not be changed except by majority vote of the City Council.
PREPARATION OF MINUTES
The City Clerk shall have the exclusive responsibility for preparation of the minutes, and any
directions for changes in the minutes shall be made only by majority action of the City
Council.
READING OF MINUTES
Unless the reading of the minutes of a Council meeting is ordered by a majority vote of the
Council, such minutes may be approved without reading if the City Clerk previously
furnished each Council Member and the public binder and website with a copy.
Adopted - November 13,1967
Amended - March 28,1994
Amended - June 13,1977
Amended - June 27,1994
Amended - October 25,1977
Amended - December 12,1994
Amended - February 9,1981
Amended - February 26,1996
Amended - December 9,1996
Amended - May 26,1998
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Amended - November 8,1999 (eff.1/1 /2000)
Amended - March 14, 2000
Amended - February 27, 2001
Amended - March 27, 2001
Amended - August 28, 2001
Amended - January 27, 2004
Amended - March 9, 2004
Amended - March 28, 2006
Amended - February 26, 2008
Amended - October 27, 2009
Amended - December 6, 2010
Amended - February 22, 2011
Amended - November 27, 2012
Amended - Tanuary 8, 2013
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Exhibit 2
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PROCEDURAL RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
RULES OF ORDER FOR CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
A. Rules of Order. Except as provided in this Policy, the City Charter, other rules or
practices followed by the City Council, or applicable provisions of State law, the
procedures of the Council shall be guided by the latest revised edition of Robert's
Rules of Order.
1. Failure to Observe Rules of Order. Rules adopted to expedite the
transaction of the business of the Council in an orderly fashion are
deemed to be procedural only and the failure to strictly observe such rules
shall not affect the jurisdiction of the Council or invalidate any action
taken at a meeting that is otherwise held in conformity with law.
B. Public Input. Members of the general public have the right to address the City
Council on any item on the agenda, as well as any item under the subject
jurisdiction of the body.
1. Aeendized Matters and Consent Calendar. Speakers on agenda items,
including, but not limited to Consent Calendar items shall limit their
comments to three 3 #ive 5 minutes and shall step down from the
lectern immediately after their time has elapsed unless the presiding
officer has granted the speaker's request for additional time. The
presiding officer may grant the speaker additional time if the speaker is
addressing the Council on a complicated or complex matter or if the
speaker represents a group of individuals whose individual testimony
would exceed the total time allotted to the speaker. Speakers shall limit
their comments to matters relevant to the item on the agenda.
2. Non- agendized Matters and Cement C The agenda shall contain
a public comment section during which any member of the public may
address the Council on any non - agenda item generally considered to be a
municipal affair and within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council.
To ensure that all members of the public have an opportunity to address
the Council during public comments, each speaker shall be limited to
three (3) minutes and shall immediately step down from the lectern upon
expiration of the allotted time unless the presiding officer has granted the
speaker's request for additional time. Staff and/or members of the City
Council may briefly respond to each speaker who testifies during public
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comments. Responses shall be limited to the specific issue(s) raised by the
speaker and shall generally be limited to information helpful to the
public's understanding of the issue(s) raised by the speaker. The City
Council shall not take action relative to any public comment unless an
action would be authorized by Section 54954.2(b) of the Government
Code.
3. Consent Calendar, A Consent Calendar item may be pulled Mayor
or a member of the City Council. If a Consent Calendar item is pulled
members of the public mmy speak on each pulled item for up to three 3
minutes unless the presiding officer has granted the speaker's rtquest for
additional, time.
OFFICERS
A. Presiding Officer. The Mayor shall be the Presiding Officer at all meetings of the
City Council. In the absence of the Mayor, or at the Mayor's request, the Mayor
Pro Tempore shall preside. In the absence of the Mayor and Mayor Pro
Tempore, the City Clerk shalt call the Council to order, whereupon a temporary
Presiding Officer shall be elected by the Council Members present to serve until
the arrival of the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tempore.
1. Powers and Duties of Presiding Officer.
a. Participation. The Presiding Officer may move, debate and vote
from the Chair.
b. Question to be Stated. The Presiding Officer shall state (or
announce) the motion prior to opening any subject to debate (Refer
to CONDUCT OF BUSINESS - Section A.2.c.). The Presiding
Officer or such member of the City staff as he or she may designate
shall verbally restate each question immediately prior to calling for
the vote.
C. Signing of Documents. The Presiding Officer shall sign all
ordinances, resolutions, contracts and other documents
necessitating his or her signature which were adopted in his or her
presence, unless he or she is unavailable, in which case the
signature of an alternate Presiding Officer may be used.
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d. Sworn Testimony. The Presiding Officer may require any person
addressing the City Council to be sworn as a witness and to testify
under oath, and the Presiding Officer shall so require if directed to
do so by a majority vote of the Council.
B. Parliamentarian. The City Clerk shall be designated as Parliamentarian for the
City Council proceedings to advise the Presiding Officer. Within the limitations
imposed by Roberts Rules of Order, the Presiding Officer has the authority to
determine proper parliamentary procedure.
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
A. Rules of Debate.
1. Getting the Floor. Every Council Member desiring to speak shall first
address the Chair, gain recognition by the Presiding Officer, and shall
confine himself or herself to the question under debate, avoiding
personalities and indecorous language.
Z Opening Debate. The following three steps are necessary prior to opening
debate on any subject except as noted.
a. Motions. Before any subject is open to debate, a motion must be
made. The motion is a proposal in that it sets forth something the
person making the motion favors.
b. Motions - Second Required. A motion by any member of the
Council, including the Presiding Officer, may not be open to debate
without a second. Such action does not mean that the seconder
endorses the motion, but only that he /she wishes to have the
motion considered.
c. Stating of Motion. The motion must be stated (or announced) by
the Presiding Officer prior to opening the subject to debate.
Exceptions:
L Oral Presentations. Oral presentations may be made by
staff, or someone designated by staff, prior to a motion being
made and debated upon.
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ii. Questions to Staff. At any time during the proceedings,
every Council Member desiring to question the City staff
shall, after recognition by the Presiding Officer, address the
questions to the City Manager, the City Clerk or the City
Attorney, who shall be entitled either to answer the inquiry
himself or herself or to designate a member of his /her staff
for that purpose.
iii. Public. Hearings. For matters that are the subject of a public
hearing, the procedures for opening debate are suspended
until after the public hearing is closed.
3. Addressing the Council
a. Manner of Addressing Council. Each person desiring to address
the Council shall step up to the microphone, may state his /her
name and address for the record, state the subject he /she wishes to
discuss, may state whom he /she is representing if he /she
represents an organization or other persons and, unless further
time is granted by the Mayor, and shall limit his /her remarks to
three (3) minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as
a whole and not to any member thereof or to the audience. No
question shah be asked a Council Member or a member of the City
staff without the permission of the Presiding Officer.
Exception:
The City Council may preside over administrative hearings or
designate a hearing officer to take evidence and submit proposed
findings and recommendations. In the event the City Council
conducts any hearing that is quasi judicial or administrative in
nature, the following procedure shall be followed:
i. The presiding officer may ask the City Manager to summarize
the nature of the hearing and the issues to be resolved by the
City Council.
ii. The presiding officer shall invite the person or entity that filed
the application for permit, license or other entitlement
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(applicant) to make a presentation. The applicant shall have a
reasonable amount of time to present evidence or testimony
relevant to any issue before the City Council. The City
Council, City Manager or City Attorney may ask questions of
the applicant or any witness presented by the applicant.
iii. In the event the matter is pending before the City Council by
virtue of an appeal, the presiding officer shall invite the
appellant to make a presentation. The appellant shall have a
reasonable amount of time to present evidence or testimony
relevant to any issue before the City Council. The City
Council, City Manager or City Attorney may ask questions of
the appellant or any witness presented by the appellant.
iv, Upon conclusion of the presentations by the applicant and the
appellant, if any, the presiding officer shall invite testimony
from members of the audience.
V. Prior to closing the hearing, the presiding officer shall give the
applicant the opportunity to comment on the evidence with
the right to comment limited to no more than five (5) minutes.
vi. The presiding officer shall have the discretion to require the
applicant, the appellant and their respective witnesses, to
present testimony under oath.
vii. The presiding officer shall have the right to exclude testimony
or evidence which is not relevant to any issue before the City
Council.
viii. Hearsay evidence shall be admissible but shall not be
sufficient to sustain a decision or finding unless corroborated
by testimony or evidence that would be admissible in a Court
of law. The presiding officer may ask the City Attorney for
guidance relative to evidentiary rulings unless the City
Attorney is presenting evidence on behalf of a City
department or City employee, or is otherwise representing
any person or entity adverse to the applicant or appellant.
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b. Spokesman for Group of Persons. In order to expedite matters and
to avoid repetitious presentations, whenever any group of persons
wishes to address the Council on the same subject matter, it shall be
proper for the Presiding Officer to request that a spokesman be
chosen by the group to address the Council and, in case additional
matters are to be presented by any other member of said group, to
limit the number of such persons addressing the Council, subject to
the right of all members of the public to speak on any item on the
agenda pursuant to the Brown Act.
4. After Motion. After a motion has been made or a public hearing has been
closed, no member of the public shall address the Council from the
audience on the matter under consideration without first securing
permission to do so by a majority vote of the City Council.
5. Interruptions. A Council Member, once recognized, shall not be
interrupted when speaking unless called to order by the Presiding Officer,
unless a point of order or personal privilege is raised by another Council
Member, or unless the speaker chooses to yield to a question by another
Council Member. If a Council Member, while speaking, is called to order,
he or she shall cease speaking until the question of order is determined
and, if determined to be in order, he or she may proceed. Members of the
City staff after recognition by the Presiding Officer shall hold the floor
until completion of their remarks or until recognition is withdrawn by the
Presiding Officer.
6. Points of Order. The Presiding Officer shall determine all points of order
subject to the right of any Council Member to appeal to the Council. I£ an
appeal is taken, the question shall be "Shall the decision of the Presiding
Officer be sustained ?" A majority vote shall conclusively determine such
question of order.
7. Point of Personal Privilege. The right of a Council Member to address the
Council on a question of personal privilege shall be limited to cases in
which the integrity, character or motives are questioned or where the
welfare of the Council is concerned. A Council Member raising a point of
personal privilege may interrupt another Council Member who has the
floor only if the Presiding Officer recognizes the privilege.
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8. Privilege of Closing Debate. The Council Member moving the adoption of
an ordinance, resolution or motion shall have the privilege of closing
debate.
9. Limitation of Debate. No Council Member shall be allowed to speak more
than once upon any particular subject until every other Council Member
desiring to do so shall have spoken.
10. Protest Against Council Action. Any Council Member shall have the right
to have the reasons for his or her dissent from, or his or her protest
against, any action of the Council entered in the minutes. Such dissent or
protest to be entered into the minutes shall be made in the following
manner: "I would like the minutes to show that I am opposed to this
action for the following reasons .....°
1.1. Remarks of Council Member and Synopsis of Debate. A Council Member
may request through the Presiding Officer the privilege of having an
abstract of his or her statement on any subject under consideration by the
Council entered in the minutes. If the Council consents thereto, such
statement shall be entered in the minutes.
B. Rules of Decorum.
1. Council Members. While the Council is in session, the members must
preserve order and decorum. Each Council Member shall conduct himself
or herself with decorum and shall neither, by conversation or otherwise,
delay nor interrupt the proceedings or the peace of the Council, nor
disturb any member wlvle speaking or refuse to obey the orders of the
Presiding Officer.
2. Decorum of Speakers. Speakers shall not engage in willful conduct which
interrupts the meeting or interferes with the orderly conduct of the
meeting. Any speaker engaging in such conduct shall be called to order
by the presiding officer and, if the conduct continues, the presiding officer
may order the speaker barred from speaking and /or attending the
meeting. No person shall be declared out of order, prevented from
speaking or barred from attendance at any meeting because of any
disagreement with the speaker's position or view on any matter, because
of the speaker's identity or because of any disagreement with the content
of relevant testimony.
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3. Members of the Audience. No member of the audience shall willfully
interrupt the orderly conduct at the meeting. The presiding officer shall
direct the removal of any individual whose willful interruption renders
infeasible the orderly conduct of the meeting. In the event the removal of
the individual or individuals willfully interrupting the meeting does not
restore order, the presiding officer may order the meeting room cleared
and continue in session. Media representatives shall be allowed to remain
at the meeting except those representatives of whose willful conduct
interrupted the meeting.
4. Persons Authorized to be Within Rail. No person except members of the
Council and the City staff shall be permitted within the rail without the
consent of the Presiding Officer,
D. Enforcement of Decorum. The Chief of Police, or such member or
members of the Police Department as he may designate, shall be Sergeant -
at -Arms of the City Council and shall carry out all orders given by the
Presiding Officer for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the
Council meetings. Any Council Member may move to require the
Presiding Officer to enforce the rules upon affirmative vote of a majority
of the Council.
VOTING PROCEDURES
A. Voting Procedure. Any vote of the Council, including a roll call vote, may be
registered by the members by answering "Yes" for an affirmative vote, "Abstain"
for an abstention, or "No" for a negative vote upon the member's name being
called by the City Clerk, or by pressing a switch to cause a green light to show
for an affirmative vote, the yellow light to show an abstention, or a red light to
show for a negative vote, upon a vote being called for by the Presiding Officer,
Following the vote, the City Clerk shall audibly announce the results of the vote
by name indicating whether the question carried or was defeated. The same
shall be recorded in the minutes as the vote. The Presiding Officer in his or her
discretion may publicly explain the effect of a vote for the audience, or he or she
may direct a member of the City Staff to do so, before proceeding to the next item
of business.
B. Disqualification for Conflict of Interest. Any Council Member who is
disqualified from voting on a particular matter by reason of a conflict of interest
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shall publicly state or have the Presiding Officer state the nature of such
disqualification in open meeting. Where no clearly disqualifying conflict of
interest appears, the matter of disqualification may, at the request of the Council
Member affected, be decided by the other Council Members. A Council Member
who is disqualified by reason of a conflict of interest in any matter shall not
remain in his or her seat during the debate and vote on such matter, but shall
request and be given the permission of the Presiding Officer to step down from
the Council table. A Council Member stating such disqualification shall not be
counted as a part of a quorum and shall be considered absent for the purpose of
determining the outcome of any vote on such matter.
C. Failure to Vote. Every Council Member should vote unless disqualified by
reason of a conflict of interest. The vote of Council Member who abstains absent
a disqualifying conflict of interest shall be counted with the majority vote of the
quorum on the question voted upon.
D. Tie Vote. Tie votes shall be lost motions and may be reconsidered.
E. Changing Vote. A member may change his vote only if he makes a timely
request to do so immediately following the announcement of the vote by the City
Clerk and prior to the time that the next item in the order of business is taken up.
F. Reconsideration. A motion to reconsider the vote on any action taken by the City
Council at either this meeting or the previous meeting may be made only by one
of the Council Members who voted with the prevailing side.
MISCELLANEOUS
A. Ordinances Resolutions and Contracts.
1. All ordinances, resolutions and contracts shall be prepared by the City
Attorney. No ordinance shall be prepared for presentation to the Council
unless ordered by a majority vote of the Council, or requested by the
Mayor, or City Manager, or prepared by the City Attorney on his own
initiative. The Planning Commission may initiate zoning and planning
ordinances.
2. Prior Review by Administration Staff. All ordinances, resolutions and
contract documents shall, before presentation to the City Council be
reviewed by the City Manager.
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3. Reading; of Ordinances. -and R-esolut orw If a motion to waive reading of
all ordinances an ions -has been adopted at the beginning of the
Council meeting, the City Clerk will read the ordinances and-Tesoh+tiwons
by title only. If any Council Member so requests, the ordinance or
resolution -shall be read in full.
B. Council Meeting Length. It is the intent of the City Council that no item will be
introduced on a City Council agenda after the hour of 11:00 p.m. Furthermore, it
is the City Council's intent that if the item introduced and being discussed by
11:00 p.m. is not concluded by 12:00 a.m., the Council should adjourn the
meeting to another date. The intent and purpose of this policy is to encourage a
reasonable hour in which the Council business is discussed and to protect against
fatigue in discussing and deciding important City issues.
C. Seating Arrangement for City Council. Following each councilmanic election,
members of the City Council shall be seated at the Council table with senior
Council Members having first choice of seats. The Mayor, however, shall be
seated in the center of the Council table and the Mayor Pro Tempore shall always
be seated immediately next to and to the right of the Mayor. In the event of
equal seniority among members of the Council, selection of Council seats shall be
made alphabetically.
Adopted- August 21,1972
Amended - November 24,1975
Amended - November 28,1977
Amended - July 24,1978
Amended - September 11, 1978
Amended - November 27,1978
Amended - October 23,1979
Amended - February 9,1981
Amended - June 25,1984
Amended - October 22,1984
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Amended - March 24,1986
Amended- January 12,1987
Amended - May 26,1987
Amended - November 28,1988
Amended - August 13,1990
Amended - October 22,1990
Amended - June 28,1993
Amended - March 28,1994
Amended - October 9,1995
Amended - February 26,1.996
Amended - August 28, 2001
Amended - February 22, 2011
Amended - Tanu,ary 8, 2013
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani 1. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2013 -2 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a
regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 8,h day of January, 2013, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Hill, Selich, Henn, Mayor Curry
Noes: Gardner, Petros, Daigle
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 9th day of January 2013.
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City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
(Seal)