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03/18/2024
RESOLUTION 2024-026
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING AMENDED RULES OF PROCEDURE GOVERNING
THE CONDUCT OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND COUNCIL
WORK SESSIONS
A. The City Council has previously adopted certain Rules of Procedure
Governing the Conduct of City Council Meetings (the “Rules of Procedure”), which Rules
of Procedure have been amended from time to time by the Council, most recently in July
2022 with the adoption of Resolution 2022-068.
B. The Rules of Procedure are intended to promote the orderly and efficient
conduct of the meetings and ensure fair treatment of members of the public wishing to
comment for Council’s consideration.
C. The City Council wishes to further amend the Rules of Procedure to more
specifically provide a means for managing meetings when there is an unruly and
disruptive crowd at the meeting or when the volume of general public comment expected
will preclude the Council from reasonably carrying out its meeting.
D. The City Council expects to also consider amendments to the City Code
that more fully enable remote meetings by the Council and by the public, and the
proposed Rules provide a means for implementing amendments of that sort.
E. The City Council wishes to clarify that any scheduled agenda items that are
not considered due to the adjournment of a meeting prior to completion of the meeting
agenda.
F. The revision of the Rules of Procedure to address the issues noted herein,
as set forth in Exhibit “A,” will improve the conduct of Council meetings and provide clarity
for the public.
G. The City Council believes that such rules and regulations are in the best
interests of the City.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. The revised Rules of Procedure Governing the Conduct of City
Council Meetings and Work Sessions (“Rules of Procedure”), attached hereto as Exhibit
“A” and incorporated herein by this reference, are hereby adopted by the City Council.
Section 2. The aspects of the Rules of Procedure that allow for remote
participation by Councilmembers shall not go into effect unless and until Council amends
the City Code to allow for remote attendance and voting at Council meetings.
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Section 3. That the Rules of Procedure shall supersede all previous rules of
procedure that have heretofore been adopted by the City Council including, but not limited
to, Resolution 2022-068.
Passed and adopted on March 18, 2024.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Interim City Clerk
Effective Date: March 18, 2024
Approving Attorney: Carrie Daggett