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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/02/1999 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 161, 1999, AMENDING AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 15 DATE: November 2, 1999 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Steve Roy SUBJECT: First Reading of Ordinance No. 161, 1999, Amending Section 2-28 of the City Code Pertaining to Regular Meetings of the City Council. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The purpose of this proposed Code change is to clearly state the City Council's ability to cancel a regularly scheduled Council meeting. BACKGROUND: The City Code provides in Section 2-28(a)that regular meetings of the City Council shall be held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Occasionally, because of holiday seasons or other scheduling conflicts, it is desirable and necessary for the Council to cancel a previously scheduled regular meeting. The proposed amendment is being recommended because the City Code does not, at present, explicitly authorize such cancellations. i I i i 1 i i ORDINANCE NO. 161, 1999 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING SECTION 2-28 OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHEREAS,Section 2-28(a)of the City Code states that regular meetings of the City Council shall be held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month; and WHEREAS, on occasion, it is necessary and desirable for the City Council to cancel a regularly scheduled meeting; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to amend the City Code so as to expressly allow for such cancellations. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that Section 2-28(a)of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 2-28. Regular meetings. (a) Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month unless any such regularly scheduled meeting is canceled by a majority vote of the City Council. If any such meeting date is a national holiday, the regular meeting shall be on the preceding Monday. Such meeting shall commence at 6:00 p.m. The City Council may adjourn any regular meeting to a later date by majority vote of its members Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 2nd day of November, A.D. 1999, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of November, A.D. 1999. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of November. A.D. 1999. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk