CC RES 2008-110 RESOLUTION NO. 2008-110
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES AMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES AND
REPEALING RESOLUTION 2008-24.
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, on March 4, 2008, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2008-19,
establishing a "One Hour" Rule for Council to make requests for information of staff to
be in effect until March 24, 2008; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2008-24 to further clarify
the "One Hour" Rule amendment to said rules; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes again to further clarify the "One Hour" rule;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Rule 13, Protocol to Request Information from City Staff, of the City
Council Rules of Procedure is hereby amended to 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. This 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 City
Council to ensure that staff resources are allocated in accordance with
overall Council priorities.
Staff will notify a Council member if the request will require more than an
hour of staff time. Once so notified, the Council member may instruct the
City Manager place the request on an upcoming Council agenda, in
accordance with the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act.
The Council member desiring Council direction for staff research on an
item will prepare a short written request for the agenda.
The City Manager will provide either an oral 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, by a majority
vote of the Council members who are present at the meeting, will then
determine whether it wishes to have staff perform the work. 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: Resolution No. 2008-24 is hereby repealed.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 18th day of November 2008.
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Mayor
Attest:
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. 2008-110, was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the
said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on November 18r 2008.
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