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• FALCON HEIGHTS PLANNING COMMISSION PLANNING COMMISSION STANDING RULES March 26, 1990 INTRODUCTION In the belief that the best decisions are made by the best informed decisionmakers and that the public decision process is best served when the public has every opportunity to present views, the following rules are established to govern regular and special commission meetings as well as formal public hearings. There are several goals behind these rules. 1. In general, free and open discussion by all interested parties should be an essential part of the decision making process. 2. The commission process should have as little procedural overhead as possible. • 3. Time is better spent on substantial matters rather than proforma matters. MEMBERSHIP The formal commission membership consists of seven to nine appointed commissioners. All seven to nine have one vote each and all can introduce motions. For purposes of leading the meeting, the chair, or in the absence of the chair, the vice- chair will be considered the chairperson. RULES Agenda 1. To be considered, an item must be on the agenda and the agenda must be distributed to all the commission members and any other persons having responsibility for an item at least three working days prior to the meeting. An agenda can be modified with addenda by a majority vote but this should be used only for minor items or items with extreme time constraints. 2. An item can be moved from the consent agenda to the action agenda at the request of any commissioner. • 3. Since there will be audierice and possibly cable TV viewers not familiar with each item, the chair will give a brief explanation of each item as it is addressed.