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ORDINANCE NO 78 , 1975
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEMON 2-1 and 2-2
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS RELATING
TO MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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` ection 1 That Section 2-1 of the Code of the City of
Fort Collins be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows
ection 2I-1 Time and Place of Council Meetings
A Re lar Meeti s Regular meetings of the City Coun-
c i s e e d on the first and third Tuesdays of
each month provided, however that if such meeting
date is a national holiday the regular meeting shall
be on the preceding Monday Such meeting shall com-
mence at 5 30 P M The Council may adjourn any regular
meeting to a later date by majority vote of its members
The place of such meeting shall be the Council Chambers
of the City Hall unless the Council by majority action
of a quorum of its members directs that a meeting be
held elsewhere
B Special Meetings Special meetings of the City Council
may be held at any time on call of the Mayor or a
majority of the City Council Notice of such call of
meeting shall be given by the City Clerk in writing to
each member of the City Council at least twenty-four
(24) hours before the time scheduled for said meeting
Such notice shall set forth the time and place of the meet-
ing and the purpose in calling such meeting Such notice
shall be served on the members of the Council by personally
delivering a copy thereof to each such member If any
member of the City Council has given written notice to the
City Clerk that such member will be out of town for a
period and not available for Council meetings then notice
of such special meeting need not be served on such Coun-
cil member Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
no additional notice of any special meeting shall be re-
quired to be given to any member of the Council who is
present at a regular meeting of the Council when such
special meeting was scheduled by Council
Section 2 That Section 2-2 of the Code of the City of
Fort Collins be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows
Section 2-2 Conduct of Meeting
A Agendas Agendas for regular or special meetings of
the Council shall be prepared by the City Manager
and distributed to the members of the Council prior
to the time of the meeting Any member of the Coun-
cil may request the City Manager to place any matter
on the agenda for a meeting and such request shall be
honored Items on the agenda may be passed or tabled
by action of the Council at the meeting In the dis-
cretion of the presiding officer of the Council
items not on the official agenda may be brought up
and acted on by the Council at any regular or speci-
al meeting
"B Executive Sessions The Council by majority
vote of its members may go into executive session
for the purpose of considering matters when the
Council determines that release of the information
to be discussed would be contrary to the best
interests of the City of Fort Collins Executive
Sessions may be held only for the purpose of
considering matters involving the following
subjects
(1) Personnel matters
(11) Consultations with the City Attorney
regarding legal matters
(iii) Consideration of property acquisitions
by the City
No final legislative action shall be taken by the
City Council in executive session and such final
legislative action may only be taken in open
meeting Executive sessions shall be closed to
the general public but the Council may permit any
person or group to attend such sessions "
C Open Meetings Required Except as otherwise provided
as ovegu air and special meetings of the City
Council shall be open to the public provided that the
City Council shall have the power to cause persons to
be removed from a Council meeting if any person fails
to comply with the requirements of the presiding offi-
cer in maintaining order during the meeting
D Official Meetings The provisions and requirements of this
article shall apply only to regular or special meetings called
pursuant to this article No other gathering of the Council
shall be considered a meeting and no official action of the
Council shall be taken except at a regular or special meeting
called and held in accordance with the provisions of this
article
Introduced considered favorably on first reading and
ordered published this 4th day of November A D 1975
and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of
November A D 1975
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City Cle 'k
'assed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of
November A D 1975
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City Clerk
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