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<br />REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br />Appropriation <br />Agenda Date Requested: March 23, 2020 <br /> <br />Requested By: Mayor Rigby Source of Funds: N/A <br /> <br /> <br />Department: City Council <br /> <br />Account Number: N/A <br /> <br />Amount Budgeted: N/A <br />Report Resolution Ordinance <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Amount Requested: N/A <br />Exhibits: Ord. 2020-3786 <br />Budgeted Item: Yes No <br /> <br /> Adopted Rules of Procedure <br /> <br /> <br />SUMMARY <br />Following extensive review, the City Council Rules of Procedure and Ethics Policy were <br />updated and adopted as a combined document at the January 13, 2020, City Council <br />meeting. The most current edition of (RONR) <br />was adopted as the parliamentary authority, and no inclusion was made to provide for <br />a special rule of order for other limits on debate. <br />RONR provides that members <br />immediately pending, can speak no longer than ten minutes unless \[the member\] <br />obtain31- <br />has a special rule providing otherwise, no member can speak more than twice to the <br />-389, ll.2). <br /> <br />At the March 9, 2020, City Council meeting, Mayor Rigby announced that the Council <br />would follow the RONR limit on debate until it could consider a revision to the adopted <br />Rules of Procedure. A majority vote of the Council is required for adoption of a special <br />rule of order for its proceedings. <br /> <br />NOTE - Regardless of what is adopted, the Council, Section 8 of the Rules of Procedure <br />allows that the Council may temporarily suspend any provision of the document not <br />otherwise governed by the City Charter, City Code, or other law with a two-thirds vote. <br />(This is in accordance with RONR as well, which also notes that an assembly may <br />choose to vote to limit or extend the limits of debate, for a pending question or for a <br />single session, with a two-thirds vote.) <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION <br /> <br />