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ORDINANCE NO. 2023-3959 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTED RULES OF <br />PROCEDURE FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS BY REVISING PROCEDURES <br />RELATED TO THE ATTENDANCE POLICY FOR MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL; <br />FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT; CONTAINING <br />A REPEALING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to a special election held on May 1, 2021, the La Porte Home Rule Charter <br />was amended to provide that "a member of City Council shall forfeit his or her office by failing to <br />attend three (3) consecutive regular Council meetings without being excused by the Council."; and <br />WHEREAS, on July 26, 2021, the City Council amended the City Council Rules of Procedure and <br />Ethics Policy to establish rules for attendance of meetings by City Council members and to provide <br />guidelines to the City Council in making a determination whether an absence is excused or unexcused; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, based on authority of Section 2.07. Meetings. b. Rules. of the City Charter of the <br />City of LaPorte, which provides that "City council shall determine its own rules and order of <br />business", the City Council finds that it is within its purview to amend the attendance policy <br />contained within the City Council Rules of Procedure; and <br />WHEREAS, the La Porte City Council desires to revise procedures related to classification of <br />absences as excused or unexcused by amending the City Council Rules of Procedure and Ethics Policy, <br />as provided below. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA <br />PORTE, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. The City Council Rules of Procedure and Ethics Policy is hereby amended by <br />revising Section 5.04 "Rules for Attendance at Regular Meetings of the City <br />Council", which section shall hereinafter read as follows: <br />"SECTION 5.04 Rules for Attendance at Regular Meetings of the City Council <br />Section 2.04 (b)(4) of the City Charter provides that a member of City Council shall. forfeit his or her <br />office by failing to attend three (3) consecutive regular Council meetings without being excused by the <br />Council. <br />A member of City Council who will not be able to attend a regular Council meeting shall make a <br />reasonable effort to notify the Mayor, the City Manager's Office, or the City Secretary's Office prior <br />to the meeting, and shall indicate the reason for his or her inability to attend. <br />Absences shall be considered excused if for personal illness, family illness, emergencies, funerals, <br />military service, family events including vacations, weddings, and graduations, business obligations, <br />official city business such as attendance at a conference for municipal officers, or for other good cause <br />as determined by the Council. <br />
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