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RESOLUTION NO. R-2018-144
A RESOLUTION adopting the City Council 2019 regular business meeting schedule.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, the Council is adopting an annual
meeting schedule totaling 24 meetings, consisting of two business meetings per month; and
WHEREAS, the proposed schedule provides for regular meetings to occur with
starting times of 6 p.m. on specified Tuesdays of each month with exceptions provided for
recess periods or when a meeting would fall on a City, religious or cultural holiday or Election
Day or another event; and
WHEREAS, a majority of the Council may call special meetings or revise the
regular meeting schedule when necessary; and
WHEREAS, unless otherwise specially revised in the future, regular meetings of
the City Council for calendar year 2019 shall be held on the days set forth below.
January 8 and 15 (2nd & 3rd Tuesdays of the month due to 1/1 holiday)
February 5 and 19
March 5 and 19
April 2 and 16
May 7 and 21
June 4 and 18
July 2 and 16
August 5 and 20 (1st Monday & 3rd Tuesday of the month due to National Night Out
Activities on 8/6)
September 3 and 17
October 1 and 15
November 5 and 19
December 3 and 10 (first & second Tuesday)
Regular meetings of the City Council shall be scheduled to commence at 6 p.m.
unless otherwise noticed in this resolution or revised in the future and legally noticed and
posted for a revised meeting time; and
WHEREAS, in the event the City Council fails to adopt a resolution to establish
regular meeting dates for any calendar year, the regular meetings of the City Council for
such calendar year shall be the first and third Tuesdays of each month, except any
Tuesday which falls upon the day of an authorized City holiday, in which event the first
Tuesday thereafter which is not a holiday shall be a regular meeting day; and
WHEREAS, notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution, any regular
meeting of the Council may be set, canceled or rescheduled to a different date, time or
location by motion duly adopted by the affirmative votes of at least four members of the
City Council or by any other manner as provided by law. The date, time and location of
any meeting set or rescheduled to a different date, time or location shall be noticed and
posted in the manner provided by law; and
WHEREAS,this resolution shall supersede and render null and void the provisions
of any prior resolution to the extent such provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of
this resolution The resolution shall become operative on January 1, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City of
Yakima, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
That the City Council of the City of Yakima adopts the 2019 regular meeting
schedule on specified Tuesdays as indicated.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 11th day of December, 2018
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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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Item No. 10.
For Meeting of: December 11, 2018
ITEM TITLE: Resolution announcing Council Business meeting schedule for
2019
SUBMITTED BY: Sonya Claar Tee, City Clerk
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
As part of the City's Strategic Priority of Public Trust and Accountability, attached is the Council
Business meeting schedule for 2019.
ITEM BUDGETED:
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Trust and Accountability
APPROVED FOR
SUBMITTAL: lir City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt resolution.
BOARD/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
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