§ 30.19. ORDER OF BUSINESS; AGENDA.

(A) Each meeting of the Council shall convene at the time and place appointed therefor. Council business shall be conducted in the following order:

(1) Call to order;

(2) Roll call;

(3) Approval of minutes and bills;

(4) Public hearings;

(5) Petitions, requests, and communications;

(6) Ordinances and resolutions;

(7) Reports of officers, boards, and committees;

(8) Unfinished business;

(9) New business;

(10) Miscellaneous; and

(11) Adjournment.

(B) The order of business may be varied by the presiding officer, but all public hearings shall be held at the time specified in the notice of the hearing.

(C) An agenda of business for each Council meeting shall be prepared and filed in the office of the City Manager-Clerk not later than the Friday immediately preceding the regular scheduled meeting of the City Council. The agenda shall be prepared in accordance with the order of business and copies thereof shall be delivered to each Council member and to the City Attorney as far in advance of the meeting as time for preparation will permit. Unless the Council, in its discretion, votes to consider matters not appearing on the agenda, no item of business shall be considered unless it appears on the agenda for the meeting. In the event any Council member wishes to propose a new ordinance including amendments to existing ordinances, and the new ordinance does not relate directly to a subject or item of business on the agenda, then one week prior to the regular scheduled meeting of the Council, the Council member introducing that ordinance must present to the City Manager-Clerk in writing a summary of the ordinance to be proposed. The City Manager-Clerk shall then include the proposed ordinance as part of the agenda and deliver a copy of the summary to other Council members and to the City Attorney at the same time the agenda is delivered.

(`74 Code, § 100:15) (Am. Ord. 262, passed 11-10-83)