HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 08Memorandum
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council
From: Steven C Mielke, City Administrator
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Date: January 25, 2013
Subject: Meeting Protocols
Mayor Little has requested that I add to the work session agenda a discussion of meeting
protocols and procedures to ensure that the Council is satisfied with the methods that have
been used for Council meetings.
Some potential areas of discussion could include:
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1. How citizen comments are handled; how much time is afforded in citizen comments.
2. Use of sign -in sheets or other methods of recording names and addresses at public
hearings and /or citizen comments
3. Council dialogue and voting protocols. (i.e. providing adequate time for discussion;
forecasting votes; explaining reasons for "no" votes.
4. Roll call voting versus group response voting?
5. Routing of staff questions through Administrator.
No action or changes are required. The purpose of the discussion is to determine if changes
are needed.