CC RES 2008-019 RESOLUTION NO. 2008- 19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES AMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES.
WHEREAS, on January 30, 2007, the City Council amended the City Council
Rules of Procedure regarding the Order of Business, Consent Calendar, City Council
Oral Reports and Roll Call Votes; and,
WHEREAS, on March 6, 2007, the City Council amended the City Council Rules
of Procedure regarding considering new business after 11:00 P.M. and establishing a
12:00 A.M. meeting end time; and,
WHEREAS, on June 5, 2007, the City Council amended the City Council Rules
of Procedure regarding Public Testimony; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council now desires to further amend said rules.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: That Rule 13, Protocol to Request Information from City Staff, is
hereby added to the City Council Rules of Procedure and shall read as follows:
13. PROTOCOL TO REQUEST INFORMATION FROM CITY STAFF
13.1 One-Hour Rule
City staff, including the City Attorney, is authorized to spend approximately
one hour researching and responding to a request for information made by
an individual Council member. The rule applies to a new body of work
and does not apply to pending agenda items.
Requests by an individual Council member for staff support should be
made to the appropriate senior staff member, according to the nature of
the request and the protocol for channeling communications within a City
department.
Information that is prepared to respond to a Council member's request will
be provided to all members of the Council.
13.2 Requests that Exceed the One-Hour Rule
Any request requiring more than one hour of staff time to research a
problem or prepare a response will need to be approved by the full
Council to ensure that staff resources are allocated in accordance with
overall Council priorities.
Once notified that a request for information or staff support would require
more than one hour, the Council member may request that the City
Manager place the request on an upcoming Council agenda.
The Council member desiring Council direction for staff research on an
item will prepare a short written request for the agenda. It will be placed
on the Council agenda for discussion.
The City Manager will provide either a verbal or written report on what will
be required to conduct the research or respond to the request and the
impact of the request (if any) on other work. The Council will then
consider whether it wishes to have staff spend such time bringing the
matter back for full Council discussion and action. The Council may
choose to take no action, in which case the matter is closed.
No change in policy or addition of a new program or service will be made
without a full staff report on the costs and impacts on other services,
programs or workload.
Section 2: That this amendment to the City Council Rules of Procedure shall be
in effect until March 24, 2008.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 4th day of March 2008.
Mayor"Fro 1k-n1
Attest:
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City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Carla Morreale, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the
above Resolution No. 2008-19, was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said
City Council at an adjourned regular meeting thereof held on March 4, 2008.
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City Clerk
Resolution No. 2008-19
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