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Home My WebLink AboutORD 2399,, ' ; . ..... a ORIGINAL OR01NANCE NO. 2399 ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLE 2 .OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO COUNCIL PROCEDURE The council of ·the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as fol- lows: SECTION 1. Subsection (a) of Section 2.04.050 (Agenda) is \ hereby amended to read as follows: "(a) ~11 -e-~r~o ~-A~n•n--g reaolUti~no ~Rn•-ac•c 4~..._ ........ t.J..., ._,g I .._,..,...,. ...... ""' ... ,_..._ I g-.a..'\J •IWll I ""'"'"'•• """..._ ..-..., I documents, or other matters to be submitted to the council at their regular meeting shall be delivered to the city clerk not later than twelve noon on the preceding Wednesday. The city clerk shall prepare the agenda of all such matters according to the order of business (Section 2.04.060) num bering each item consecutively. A complete copy-of such agenda and the aforesaid supporting materials, shall be delivered or mailed to each councilman and each department head so ~s to reach the recipient not later than seven p.m. on the Thursday preceding each council meeting. Said agenda.·· and materials shall be available to the public, the Palo Alto Times and the San Jose M~.;.y in the office of the city clerk, and delivered-to all city libraries by nine a.m. on the Friday preceding each councii meeting, and posted in the council chamber during each meeting. Copies of the agenda only may be obtained at the office of the city clerk, and at all city libraries, all city fire stations, the police station, the community center, and in the counojl chamber du~ing each meeting. The city clerk shall cause a digest of the ag~nda to be published in a newspaper of aeneral circulatio'n at least twentv-four hours before each meeting." - SECTION 2. Subsection (a) of Section 2.04.110 (Procedural rules) is amended to read as follows: ~··(a) Processing of motions. . When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be s'tatecf ,by the mayor before debate. A motion may not be "1itlldrawn·by the mover without the consent. of the membe:r• secoi1din<f it. The· mayo:r ·shall restate the motion prior to · '(Ot:i.ng. " , ,,. SECTION 3. Suha:e~tion · ( 2) of secticn 2. 04 .120 (Addressing the council) is hereby amended to read as follows: . .. -· -. ·. · · :~ (2) Oral communications. ·Taxpayers or residents. of ·the city, or their·authorized leqal representatives, may add~e~s the council'by.oralcommunications on any matter ·concerniµ9 the city•s·nusiness, or any .Il)atter·over which t.hE! ccun~Hl has con~X'.ol; p:t;"«;>vided, how'ever, that preference shall 'be '·9 i \ren to those pet sons .who 'may . have notified the ' ' . city clerk· in advance of' their 'desire _to ·speak."· . -l - _·,_. t~ t I I r1:. _-.. ,. ,., • • SECTION 4. Subsection (a) of Section 2.04.130 (Manner of addresfling council --ii·ime limlt) is hereby amended to read as follows: II (a) Indhtiduals. Each person addressing the council shall step up to the microphone in the front of the rail! shall give his name and address in an audible tone of voice for the records, and unless further time is granted by the presiding officer, shall limit his address to five minutes. In the case' of a hearing required by law, sufficient addi- tional time shall be granted to allow an adequate presentation. All remarks shall be addressed to the council as a body and not to any member thereof«. No person, other than a councilman and the person having the floor, shall be permitted to enter · .. into any dis·cussion with.out the permission of t.he presiding · oificer." ' > SECTION 5. Subsection (b) of Section 2.04.160 (Decorum of councilmen and visitors) is hereby amended to'-read as follows: "(b) Any person making offensive, insulting, threatening, insolent, slanderous, or obscene remarks or who shall become boisterous or who shall make threats against any person or against public order and security while in the council chamber shall be forthwith, by the pres.iding officer, barred from further audience at the meeting before the council, unless permission to continue be granted by a majority vote:of the council." · SECTION 6. Section 2.04.170 (Enforcement of decorum) is hereby arnended'to .read as follows: 11 The chief of police shall be ex-.:1f f icio sergeant-at-arms of the council. He-shall carry out all orders and instruc tions given him by the presiding officer for the purpose of _ roaintaining order and decorum' in the coun~il chamber. Any person in the audience who violates ·'~any provision of subsection (Q) of Rectfon 2.04.160 hereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor> and Upbn conviction thereof, shall be ptmi~hed by a fine vf uvt· ttiv:CC: than one hundred ·dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than thirty days,. or by both such fine and imprisonment. Upon j,n$tr'uctions of the-presiding officer, it shall be the duty of any police officer p~esent to eject any such person from the council chamber or place hJ.m under arrest or both." SECTION 7. Subsection (d) of Section 2.04.200.{Preparation of. minutes) is hereby amended to read as follows': . ! · 11 (d) .Delivery of minutes. As soon as possible after each council meeting the city clerk shall cause a copy of. the minutes thereof to be forwarded to each councilman, the city manager, other officers and department heads, of the city, ~he ~~lo Al,to'l'imes, the ~an Jo~e Mercury; ail city libraries, the community center, the clerk's counter, and the table and bulletin .board . in the ~ounci l chamber·. " - 2 - .. • SECTION a. ·Section 2.04.220 (City manager authorized to process council mai.\) is hereby amended to read as follows: "The city manager is authorized to receive and open all mail addressed to the .city council and give it immediate attention to the end that all administrative business raferred to in such communications and not necessarily requiring . ~ouncilmanic action may be disposed of between council-meet ings,_ provided that all actions taken pursuant to such com.:.: munications shall be reported to the city council thereafter. Any written conununication addressed to.the city council shall be reproduced and distributed to the.city council." SECTION 9. Subsection (b) of Section 2.04.240 (Committee procedural rules) is amended to read as follows: "Chl ~nP~iAl m~etinas. Snecial meetinas mav be .nallerl by the 'ciiai~~rt-·;ith-the_, c~nseilt of a majority of the. c~~.:. -· mitteE'~ members, but a special meeting must be held at city hall, or other locations if appropriate, and two days' notice must be given to every council member." SECTION 10. This ordinance shall become effective upon ~he expiration of thirty days from its passage. INTRODUCED: November 27, 1967. PASSED: December 11, 1967. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Beahrs, Berwald, ~lark, Comstock, Pearson, Spaeth, Wheatleyo Arnold, Cooley, Dias. Gallagher. ,·', - 3 . ·_i) ' . \ I l t ' ._.._ .