FINAL ORDINANCE NO. 08-150 - Laserfiche WebLink

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(i) Reports from City Staff, and 6) Adjourn. (B) Agenda. An agenda will be prepared for all regular Council meetings by the city clerk/administrator or their designee. Agenda items may be placed on the agenda by the Mayor and a Council member, two Council members or staff. Members of the public wishing to place an item on the agenda must do so by contacting city staff or Council members, or by speaking during the public comment period. No member of the general public may add any items to the agenda. (1) Special Meetings. When a special meeting is called pursuant to applicable law, the agenda for the special meeting must be included in the request for the meeting and in the publication of the notice of the meeting pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 13D.04, subd. 2. (2) Agenda Procedures. Any Staff member or Mayor and Council member or two Council members wishing to add an item to any agenda pursuant to this Section shall do so by complying with the following: (a) All requests from Council Members to place an item on the posted agenda must be received by the city clerk/administrator by 10 a.m. eleven days prior to the next Council meeting. For a regularly scheduled Tuesday meeting, the deadline for agenda items would be 10 a.m. on the Friday preceding packet completion. (b) All requests to place an item on the posted agenda must be on the form prescribed by the city clerk/administrator. The form shall be completed with the goal of clearly describing the subject matter to be considered by the Council and any action requested or required. Supporting information may be attached to the form as necessary. (c) All requests to place an item on the posted agenda by city staff or Council members must be reviewed by the city clerk/administrator or their designee prior to being included in the agenda. (d) The agenda, along with all related information materials, will be provided to all City Council members and the city attorney at least four days prior to the Council meeting for which it applies. For a regularly scheduled Tuesday meeting, the packet will be provided by 5 p.m. the Thursday preceding. (C) Consent Agenda. A consent agenda may be used to improve the efficiency of meetings. The consent agenda allows the Council to consider several items at one time. Only one motion is necessary to approve all items on the consent agenda. (1) Items that require findings of fact or an explanation of Council actions, such as 10