HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2024-4021_Update to Council Rules of ProcedureORDINANCE 2024-4021
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTED RULES OF
PROCEDURE BY REVISING THE ORDER OF BUSINESS; FINDING COMPLIANCE
WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF
WHEREAS, Councilpersons seek to conduct their meetings in an orderly and consistent fashion;
and
WHEREAS, the La Porte City Council desires to revise the adopted order of business as provided
below; and
WHEREAS, based on authority of Section 2.07. Meetings. b. Rules. of the City Charter of the
City of La Porte, which provides that "City council shall determine its own rules and order of
business", the City Council finds that it is within its purview to amend the order of business
contained within the City Council Rules of Procedure.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA
PORTE, TEXAS:
Section 1. The City Council Rules of Procedure and Ethics Policy Section 6.05. "Order of
Business" is hereby amended by edits to the order and names of its items, which
section shall hereinafter read as follows:
"6.05. Order of Business. All meetings of the Council shall be open to the public, in accordance
with the Texas Open Meetings Act. Promptly at the hour set on the day of each regular meeting as
posted as required by law, the members of the Council, the City Secretary, the City Attorney, the
Mayor, and the City Manager, shall take their regular stations in the Council Chambers, and the
business of the Council shall generally be taken up for consideration and disposition in the following
order:
1. Call to Order
2. Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance
3. Recognitions
4. Citizen Comment
5. Presentations
6. Consent Agenda
7. Public Hearings and Associated Ordinances
8. Statutory Agenda
9. Reports
10. Items of Community Interest
11. Executive Session
12. Reconvene
13. Adjourn"
Section 2. Open Meetings Act Notice. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and
declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting
of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the
City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open
Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this meeting has been
open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the
subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The City
Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents and
posting thereof.
Section 3. Repeal. All ordinances or pars of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to
the extent of such conflict only.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this 14t^ day of October 2024.
CITY OF LA POR , TE
Rick Helton, Ma or
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Clark T. Askins, City Attorney