HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 1594ORDINANCE NO. 1594
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LODI
REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY MUNICIPAL CODE §2.04.100 (ORDINANCE
1566 § 1 (PART), 1993) AND REENACTING THIS SECTION AS FOLLOWS: -_______________________________________----------------------_--_--_-- _____________-_-____------------------_--------------------------------
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LODI AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Lodi Municipal Code Chapter 2.04 - City Council Meetings -
is hereby repealed and reenacted in its entirety to read as follows:
Chauter 2.04
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
Sections:
2.04.010
2.04.020
2.04.030
2.04.040
2.04.050
2.04.060
2.04.070
2.04.080
2.04.090
2.04.100
2.04.110
2.04.120
2.04.130
2.04.140
2.04.150
2.04.160
2.04.170
2.04 .la0
2.04.190
REGULAR MEETINGS- -DAY AND TIME.
INFORMAL INFOFMATIONAL MEETINGS.
MEETING PLACE.
MEETINGS TO BE PUBLIC.
SPECIAL MEETINGS.
QUORUM.
PRESIDING OFFICER--MAYOR--MAYOR PRO TEMPORE.
CALL TO ORDER--TBMPORARY CHAIRMAN.
ROLL CALL.
ORDER OF BUSINESS--ASSEMBLY OF OFFICERS.
READING AND APPROVAL OF MIWJTES.
RULES OF DEBATE.
ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL.
VOTING.
DECORUM.
PERSONS ALLOWED WITHIN RAIL.
ENTRY OF DISSENT IN MINUTES.
PREPARATION OF AGENDAS.
CLOSED SESSIONS--CONFIDENTIALITY.
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2.04.010 REGULAR MEETINGS--DAY AND TIME.
Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held on the first
and third Wednesday of each month at seven p.m. In case the meeting
day falls upon a legal holiday, then the regular meeting which
otherwise would have occurred on that day shall be held on the first
business day thereafter at the hour of seven p.m. In case the regular
meeting falls on Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve, then the regular
meeting which otherwise would have occurred on that day shall be held
on the first business day thereafter at the hour of seven p.m.
2.04.020 INFORMAL INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS.
Informal informational meetings of the City Council shall be held
on each Tuesday morning of each month at the hour of seven a.m. in the
Council Chambers of the City or at such location and at such time as
the Council may deem appropriate, subject to notice requirements as
provided by law. No formal action shall be taken by the City Council
at such meetings. The City Manager, City Attorney, Department Heads
and members of the public, as the Council may request, shall be present
and present such information as may be deemed desirable.
2.04.030 MEETING PLACE.
All regular meetings of the Council shall be held in the Council
Chambers, Carnegie Forum building, Lodi, California, or at such other
place as the Council may deem appropriate, subject to notice
requirements as provided by law. If by reason of fire, flood,
earthquake or other emergency, it is unsafe to meet in the place so
designated, the meetings may be held for the duration of the emergency
at such place as is designated by the Mayor.
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2.04.040 TO BE PUBLIC.
All meetings of the Council shall be open to the public.
2.04.050 SPECIAL MEETINGS.
At any time the Mayor or three City Council members may call a
special meeting by delivering written notice to each member and to each
local newspaper of general circulation, radio or television station
requesting notice in writing, such notice to be delivered personally or
by mail at least twenty-four hours before the time of such meeting.
Written notice may be dispensed with if a representative of the
newspaper, radio or television station is present at the meeting and if
all Council members give their written consent to the meeting and the
consent is filed in the City Clerk's office when the meeting is held.
A Council member may give such consent by telegram.
2.04.060 QUORUM.
A majority of all members elected to the Council shall constitute
a quorum at any regular or special meeting of the Council. Unless
otherwise required by law, a simple majority of the members present may
take action or adopt ordinances or resolutions.
2.04.070 PRESIDING OFFICER--MAYOR--MAYOR PRO TEMPORE.
The presiding officer of the Council shall be the Mayor who shall
be elected by the Council annually at the first regular meeting after
the canvass of votes done in conjunction with the statewide general
election in even-numbered years. In years where there is no general
statewide election, the Mayor shall be elected at the first regular
meeting in November. At the time of the election of the Mayor, one of
the members of the Council shall be chosen as Mayor Pro Tempore. If
the Mayor is absent or unable to act, the Mayor Pro Tempore shall serve
until the Mayor returns or is able to act. The Mayor shall preserve
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strict order decorum at all regular and a .pecial meetings of the
Council. He shall state every question coming before the Council, call
for the vote, announce the decision of the Council on all subjects and
decide all questions of order, subject, however, to an appeal to the
Council, in which event a majority vote of the Council shall govern and
conclusively determine such question of order. He shall sign all
ordinances adopted by the Council during his presence. In the event of
the absence of the Mayor, the Mayor Pro Tempore shall sign ordinances
as then adopted.
2.04.080 CALL TO ORDER--TEMPOmY CHAIRMAN.
The Mayor, or in his/her absence the Mayor Pro Tempore, shall
take the chair at the hour appointed for the meeting, and shall
immediately call the Council to order. In the absence of the Mayor or
Mayor Pro Tempore, the City Clerk, or the acting City Clerk shall call
the Council to order whereupon a temporary chairperson shall be elected
by the members of the Council present. Upon the arrival of the Mayor
or Mayor Pro Tempore, the temporary chairperson shall immediately
relinquish the chair upon the conclusion of the business immediately
before the Council.
2.04.090 ROLL CALL.
Before proceeding with the business of the Council at regular,
special, or informational sessions, the City Clerk or the acting City
Clerk shall call the roll of the members, and the names of those
present shall be entered in the minutes.
2.04.100 ORDER OF BUSINESS--ASSmLY OF OFFICERS.
At the hour set by this chapter or other ordinance on the day of
each regular meeting, the members of the Council, the City Clerk, City
Manager and City Attorney shall take their regular stations in the
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Council Chambe and the business of the shall be taken up for
consideration and disposition in the following order, except that with
the majority consent of the Council, matters may be taken out of order
and that the order of business set forth in this section may be changed
from time to time by the adoption of an ordinance by the City Council:
A.
B.
C.
D.
1.
2.
E.
F.
G.
1.
2.
3.
4.
H.
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J.
K.
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2.04.110
Roll call;
Invocation;
Pledge of allegiance;
Presentations:
Awards ;
Proclamations;
Consent calendar [Reading; cOIRnents by the public; council
action1 ;
Public hearings;
Communications;
Claims filed against the City of Lodi;
Alcoholic Beverage Control License applications;
Reports: Boards/Commissions/Task Forces/Committees;
Pppointments;
Regular calendar;
Ordinances;
Comments by the public on non-agenda items;
Cments by city council members on non-agenda items;
Closed session;
Adjournment.
RgADING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
Unless the reading of the minutes of a Council meeting is
requested by a majority of the Council, such minutes may be approved
without reading if the City Clerk has previously furnished each member
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with a copy @reof. Any Council member can I orrect an error in the
minutes, subject to verification by the Clerk.
2.04.120 RULES OF DEBATE.
The Council shall, by resolution, adopt rules of conduct and
debate applicable to all City Council meetings.
2.04.130 ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL.
A. Any interested person may, subject to the rules of procedure
adopted hereunder, speak on any item coming before the Council. It
shall be required that persons wishing to speak give prior written
notice, but priority shall be given to those who have 80 notified the
City Clerk in advance.
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B. After a motion is made and seconded, no person shall address
City Council without first securing permission of the Council to do the
so.
C. Remarks by the public shall be made only from the podium.
Speakers shall first give their names and addresses for the record, and
no one shall be permitted to enter into any discussion without
permission of the presiding officer.
2.04.140 VOTING.
All members of the Council, when present, must vote. If a member
of the Council states that he is not voting, his silence shall be
recorded as an affirmative vote unless, however, the Council member
abstains from voting by reason of his/her interest in the matter before
the Council and that reason is stated at the meeting.
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2.04.150 DE
A. Council Members. While the Council is in session, the
members must preserve order and decorum, and a member shall neither, by
conversation or otherwise, delay or interrupt the proceedings or the
peace of the Council nor disturb any member while speaking or refuse to
obey the orders of the Council or its presiding officer, except as
otherwise provided by this chapter. Any member who, after warning by
the Chair, repeatedly violates these rules may be ejected for the
remainder of the meeting by two-thirds vote of the Council.
B. Other Persons. Any person making personal, impertinent or
slanderous remarks or who becomes boisterous during the Council meeting
shall be forthwith, by the presiding officer, barred from further
audience at the meeting before the Council, unless permission to
continue is granted by a majority vote of the Council.
C. Any violation of this section may be punished as an
infraction pursuant to Section 1.08.010 of this Code.
2.04.160 PERSONS ALLOWED WITHIN RAIL.
No person, except City officials, their representatives and
newsgathering or media personnel, shall be permitted within the rail in
front of the Council Chamber during meetings, without the express
consent of the Council.
2.04.170 ENTRY OF DISSENT IN MINVTES.
Any Council member shall have the right to have the reasons for
his dissent from, or protest against, any action of the Council entered
on the minutes.
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2.04.180 PR kTION OF AGEND?+S.
A. Consistent with the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act
(Government Code Section 54950 et seq.), the agenda for Council
meetings shall be prepared by the City Manager, and distributed by the
City Clerk.
B. Matters may be placed on the agenda for consideration by the
City Council by request of:
1. Any member of the City Council.
2. The City Manager.
3. The City Clerk.
4. The City Attorney.
C. Any reasonable request by any person named in this section to
place a matter on the agenda shall be honored, subject to the City
Manager’s discretion as to the preparation of accompanying staff
reports.
2.04.190 CLOSED SESSIONS--CONFIDENTIALITY.
A. No officer, employee or agent of the City shall, without
proper authorization, divulge confidential information received by such
person as part of his or her official duties during any closed session
of the City Council authorized under the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government
Code Section 54950 et seq.) as it now exists or may later be modified.
B. Such confidential information may include but is not limited
to matters involving pending litigation, property acquisition, labor
negotiations, personnel matters or other information, the disclosure of
which would reasonably be likely to prejudice the good faith conduct of
City business, constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy, or place
the City at an unfair disadvantage in negotiations.
C. For purposes of this Section, “proper authorization” shall
mean:
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(1) tters of personal privacy, a by the individual
enjoying such right of privacy;
(2) The order or subpena of a court of competent jurisdiction;
(3) Authorization by the City Council as a body;
(4) Conclusion or finalization of the matter or subject
involved, as determined by the City Council.
D. Nothing in this ordinance shall be deemed a waiver of any other
confidential privilege for any information established elsewhere by
statute or case law.
SECTION 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are repealed insofar as such conflict may exist.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be published one time in the "Lodi
~ews Sentinel", a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and
published in the City of Lodi and shall be in force and take effect
thirty days from and after its passage and approval.
roved this 15th day of June, 1994
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Ii n JAM A. SIEGLOCK Y
Attest :
myor
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State of Calif07 r) la
County of San Joaquin, 88.
I, Jennifer M. Perrin, City Clerk of the City of Mi, do hereby
certify that Ordinance No. 1594 was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Lodi held June 1, 1994 and was
thereafter passed, adopted and ordered to print at a regular meeting of
said Council held June 15, 1994 by the following vote:
Ayes: Council Members - Mann, Pennino, Snider and
Sieglock (Mayor)
Noes: Council Members - Davenport
Absent : Council Members - None
Abstain: Council Members - None
I further certify that Ordinance No. 1594 was approved and signed by
the Mayor on the date of its passage and the same has been published
pursuant to law.
C&%#€Jhl""- IFER . PERRIN
City Clegk
Approved as to Form:
BOBBY W. MCNAlT
City Attorney
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