MEETING DATE:
June 25, 2024
SUBJECT:
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RESOLUTION 2024-9320 - ADOPTING AN UPDATED CITY COUNCIL MEETING POLICY AND PROCEDURES
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Recommendation
Recommendation
ADOPT Resolution 2024-9320, approving an updated Council Meeting Policy and Procedures
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Board or Commission Action (If not applicable, please state not applicable below)
Not Applicable
Relevant Council Strategic Theme (If not applicable, please state not applicable below)
Good Governance
Executive Summary
The City Council has not reviewed or updated its meeting policy, currently memorialized as Policy Number 2013-06 (Council Meetings Policies and Protocols) since 2013, when it adopted a version that superseded and replaced former Policies A-6 and A-16. There is another Policy, A-11, which also appears to have been subsumed within Policy Number 2013-06, and would also be superseded in the event the City Council adopts the proposed updated version.
The proposed updated Policy suggests revisions to procedures relating to speaker time limitations, presentations for City Council meetings, as well as decorum issues as permitted by the Ralph M. Brown Act (Brown Act) and applicable case law.
Discussion
The current Policy pertaining to City Council meetings has not been updated since 2013. The proposed updated Policy addresses speaker times, meeting decorum, and associated security issues, among other issues.
The Brown Act, at Government Code ? 54954.3, provides that local agencies may adopt regulations relating to the conduct of meetings, including the time allocated for public testimony and for each individual speaker. In a review of the codes and agendas of local jurisdictions, the cities of Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, Del Mar, El Cajon, Escondido, Encinitas, Imperial Beach, Lemon Grove, National City, Oceanside, Poway, Santee, Solana Beach, and Vista all have standard speaker times of three (3) minutes rather than (5) minutes, which is the current San Marcos time limitation fo...
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