REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 01/04/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: City Manager's Office - City Clerk
SUBJECT:
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Request from Vice Mayor Richins and Council Member Steiner to consider holding the Committee of the Whole and Study Session meetings on the first and third Wednesday of the month, respectively.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Vice Mayor Richins and Council Member Steiner are asking the City Council to consider revising the meeting schedule. Currently, the Committee of the Whole is held on the second Wednesday of the month and the Study Session is held on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Vice Mayor Richins and Council Member Steiner are requesting that the meetings be held on the same day as City Council meetings, the first and third Wednesday of each month, respectively.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council provide staff with direction on whether to revise the monthly meeting schedule by holding Committee of Whole meetings on the first Wednesday of each month, and any Study Sessions on the third Wednesday of each month.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
Vice Mayor Richins and Council Member Steiner requested a future agenda item to evaluate the possibility of reducing meeting days to two Wednesdays a month. The City Council currently meets four Wednesdays each month: the first and third Wednesdays are City Council meetings, the second Wednesday is the Committee of the Whole (COTW), and the fourth Wednesday is a Study Session.
Prior to 2021, the City Council held three meetings per month: two City Council meetings and a Study Session. In 2021, the work of council sub committees was consolidated into a COTW, which meets on the second Wednesday of the month.
Each of these four council meetings meets the Brown Act standard of a public meeting, which requires that the agenda for public meetings be posted at least 72 hours before the meeting. The Office of the City Clerk is responsi...
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