HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - January 25, 1995CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JANUARY 18, 1995
PENNING: AGENDAS, RECREATION, SCHOOLS, ETC.
Council Member Pennino directed staff to move forward with pursuing joint use and fees
between the City of Lodi and the Lodi Unified School District for facilities. City Manager
Peterson stated that the Assistant City Manager and the Parks and Recreation Director
have been meeting with the School District. Mr. Pennino urged for more progress.
Further, Council Member Pennino suggested that the Consent Calendar be handled as
follows instead of the current format:
• Reading of the Consent Calendar by the City Manager;
• Council to pull items, if any, from the Consent Calendar without discussion;
• Citizens' comments on Consent Calendar; and
• Council votes on the remainder of the Consent Calendar and then discusses
pulled items.
City Attorney McNatt will research the matter.
FILE NO. CC -1(a), CC -40 AND CC -43
CITY OF LODI
MEMORANDUM FROM THE GL r'ICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
To: Honorable Mayor & City Councilmembers
From: Bob W. McNatt, City Attorney
Date: January 25, 1995
Subject: Consent Calendar Procedures
At the Council meeting of January 18, 1995, Councilmember Phil Pennino
inquired as to the possibility of amending the manner in which the consent
calendar portion of Council agendas is handled. Specifically, I believe it
was his feeling that the present procedure is somewhat confusing. The
consent calendar is read by the City Manager, comments by the public on
consent calendar items are solicited, and then Councilmembers are given the
opportunity to remove specific items which may then be considered either at
the end of the consent calendar or moved to the end of the agenda.
Councilmember Pennino's suggestion was that following the reading of the
consent calendar by the City Manager, that matters to be removed from the
consent area by councilmembers should be addressed. That would avoid
citizens coming to the podium, commenting or asking questions on matters
wlfich were going to be removed from the consent calendar anyway, and then
having to return when the matter is called back later.
I believe that Lodi Municipal Code §2.04.100, which specifies the order of
business, is already broad enough to allow that procedure if desired. Even
if the Council could pull matters off the consent calendar before comments
by the public, the concerned individuals would still have the opportunity
to comment on the matter before Council action was taken. That would
satisfy all of the requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Gov. Code 554950
et. seq.). Such a minor adjustment in procedure would not necessarily
require an amendment to the municipal code, but simply the concurrence of
the Mayor who is, by Council policy, the chief parliamentarian for the body.
If the Council desires, it is also possible to modify the language of the
ordinance addressing the consent calendar to specifically enumerate the
above sequence of events. Council input and direction is requested.
Respectfully submitted,
BOB MCNATT
City Attorney
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