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Draft dated 5/25/2010 Proposed Council rule changes Rule 1. Regular and Abbreviated Meetings of the City Council The Missoula City Council shall hold regular meetings on the first, second, and fourth Mondays of each month, at the hour of seven p.m. On the third Monday of the month, the City Council will conduct an abbreviated meeting. The Council President may call a Committee of the Whole meeting following the abbreviated meeting to discuss issues referred to the committee. The Council may adjourn any meeting at any specific time and such adjourned meeting shall be considered a meeting for the transaction of all business which may come up before the Council. Rule 9. Order of Business Order of business for regular meetings The regular order of business is as follows: 1. Call to order and roll call 2. Approval and correction of minutes of prior Council meeting(s) 3. Schedule committee meetings 4. Public comments from citizens 5. Consent agenda 6. Comments from City staff, City agencies, Community Forum, Neighborhood Councils, boards, commissions, or authorities 7. Special presentations 8. Public hearings 9. Communications from the Mayor 10. General comments of City Council members 11. City Council committee reports and actions on items submitted by committees 12. New business 13. Items to be referred to committees or boards 14. Miscellaneous communications, petitions, reports, and announcements The presiding officer or a majority of the Council members present may take up any item on the agenda out of the order listed above, unless a majority of the Council members object. Order of business for Abbreviated Meetings An abbreviated meeting of the City Council meeting shall include order of business items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14. Decorum at Meetings City Council members, the Mayor, City staff and the public are all required to follow the same basic rules of order and decorum to maintain a productive atmosphere and the integrity of governmental business before Council. Comments may indicate a concern for an issue. The behavior of or action taken by an individual or group may not include use of loud, threatening or abusive language or acts which disrupt, disturb, or otherwise impede the orderly conduct of the meeting. Such remarks, language, or acts shall, at the discretion of the presiding officer, be ruled out of order.