Title
RESOLUTION NO. R17-04
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, ADOPTING THE GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL “COUNCIL MEETING RULES AND PROCEDURES” TO INCLUDE THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND ADDING A ROLL CALL AFTER THE CALL TO ORDER.
Staff Contact: Julie K. Bower, City Clerk
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation [enter the recommendation here]
This is a request for City Council to waive reading beyond the title and adopt a resolution amending Section 3 of the Council Meeting Rules and procedures to include a Roll Call after the Call to Order at the beginning of regular Council voting meetings.
Background
The City of Glendale is dedicated to maintaining decorum at all meetings to allow the orderly conduct of the meeting and to provide individuals in attendance a fair opportunity to provide input at voting meetings to the Council and City administration. In order to achieve this goal, Council has adopted Council Meeting Rules and Procedures.
Council Meeting Rules and Procedures, Section 3 - Order of Business, provides for the order of business at regular voting meetings of the Council. The current Order of Business is as follows:
• Call to Order
• Posting of Colors
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Prayer/Invocation
• Citizen Comments
• Approval of Minutes
• Boards and Commissions
• Proclamations and Awards
• Consent Agenda
• Consent Resolutions
• Public Hearing - Land Development Actions
• Land Development Actions
• Bids and Contracts
• Public Hearing- Ordinances
• Ordinances
• Public Hearing- Resolutions
• Resolutions
• New Business
• Request for Future Workshop and Executive Session
• Council Comments and Suggestions
• Adjournment
Analysis
In order to include the Roll Call in the Order of Business at all voting meetings, the Council meeting Rules and Procedures would need to be modified through the adoption of a resolution at a regular Council voting meeting. The Roll Call would traditionally occur between the Call to Order and the Posting of Colors. A Roll Call will also be added to the workshop agenda, however, changes to the workshop agenda do not require a resolution.
Previous Related Council Action
At its April 14, 2015 regular voting meeting, Council approved Resolution No. 4942 New Series, which amended the Council Meeting Rules and Procedures to include the Posting of Colors.
On January 28, 2014, Council approved Resolution No. 4767 New Series, amending the Council Meeting Rules and Procedures to more accurately reflect the order of the agenda and to change the amount of time afforded to each individual speaker during Citizen Comments from five minutes to three.
On September 10, 2013, Council approved Resolution 4721 New Series, amending the Council Meeting Rules and Procedures to include the Prayer/Invocation Guidelines.
On July 8, 1997, Council approved Resolution 3136 New Series, adopting the Council Meeting Rules and Procedures.