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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 11.
For Meeting of: January 7, 2020
ITEM TITLE: City Council meeting agenda process
SUBMITTED BY: Alex Meyerhoff, Interim City Manager
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
As a brief review, the agenda process, as noted in the Council Rules of Procedure, are attached.
City Council Members may add items to future meeting agendas, per the Rules of Procedure of
the Yakima City Council. This is discussed in Section C Meetings, #3 Meetings - items
considered.
ITEM BUDGETED:
STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
ATTACHMENTS:
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No activity of a Council committee shall serve to limit information about policies,
proposals, and issues assigned to it by a majority of the Council from reaching the
full Council in a timely way. No Council committee shall substitute its judgement for
the judgement of the full Council.
Council committees do not have the power or authority to commit the City nor to take
any binding action on behalf of the full Council.
C. MEETINGS
1. Regular meetings - Time of meeting
Regular meetings of the Council shall be held on the first and third Tuesdays of each
month, unless otherwise changed. Regular meetings shall convene at 6:00 p.m.
2. Regular meetings - Place of meetings
(a) City Hall
Unless notice is given pursuant to Rule C.2.b. of these Rules, all regular
meetings of the Council shall be held in the City Council Chambers on the first
floor of City Hall and all study session meetings shall be held either in the City
Council Chambers or another properly noticed location.
(b) Changed meeting place
Any meeting of the Council may be held at a place other than that required by
Rule C.2.a. hereof on proper notice of a changed meeting place.
(c) Special meetings
Special meetings may be called by the presiding officer or by a majority of the
members of the Council pursuant to RCW 42.30.080. Types of special
meetings that may be called include study sessions, Council briefings, retreats of
the Council, joint meeting with another elected body, and emergency meetings
(see C 6 below).
3. Meetings - Items considered
(a) At regular meetings of the City Council, no action shall be taken on any item(s)
not appearing on the posted agenda of such meeting except and unless, by
majority vote of the City Council members, it is determined that an emergency
exists and that immediate action must be taken by the City Council to address
the emergency.
(b) Any City Council member(s) may, under "Other Business", propose that an
item(s) or issue(s) be referred to City staff for research and review, be assigned
to a specific committee of the Council for research and review, be assigned to a
specific advisory committee to the Council, and/or be added to the agenda of the
next available City Council regular meeting so that such item(s) or issue(s) can
be considered by the full Council, provided that such a proposal receives a
positive majority vote by the City Council members present.
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