AGENDA CAPTION:
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Consider approval of Ordinance 2018-14, on the first of two readings, amending Section 2.041 of the San Marcos City Code to update the frequency of Regular Meetings per month; including procedural provisions; and declaring an effective date.
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Meeting date: May 1, 2018
Department: City Clerk’s Office
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Background Information:
On December 19, 2017 the City Council adopted Ordinance 2017-67 on second reading which approved the following:
1. Reduced the number of regular meetings from 24 per year to 22 per year as authorized by the voters in Proposition E of the 2017 Special Charter Election.
2. Changed the day of the first regular meeting in November from the first Monday to the first Wednesday of that month.
3. Changed the day for first regular meeting in October from the first Tuesday to the first Monday of that month to resolve a scheduling conflict with the National Night Out event.
Staff recently realized that the current language requires all regular meetings to be held on the first and third Tuesdays of the month, and does not allow for any other Tuesday (May 29, 2018 for example) to count as a regular meeting. In order to have a meeting held on any other day count as a regular meeting Section 2.041 needs to be amended.
The change being requested is as follows:
“Regular meetings of city council shall be held at 6:00 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of the month with the exception of the following: the first regular meeting in November which is held on the first Wednesday of that month, and with the exception of the first regular meeting in October which is held on the first Monday of that month, or any date approved as a regular meeting date by city council at a posted meeting.
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Recommendation:
Approve the attached Ordinance to allow for the May 29 meeting to count as a regular meeting.