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ORDINANCE NO. 19-63-B on. 4:t 8-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 19-63
AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 19-63-A,
RELATING TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURES OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE
CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, IN REGARD TO PRO-
VIDING A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD
AS AN ORDER OF BUSINESS AT ALL REGULAR
MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
• WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 19-63 as amended, provides in
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part, the Rules of Procedure for Regular Meetings of the
City Council and
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WHEREAS, such Ordinance does not provide as an Order
of Business any provision' for a question and answer period
• between representatives of the City and interested citizens,
and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the welfare of
the City to have a free interchange of information and
ideas between representatives of the City and interested
citizens and residents of the City and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to make
public all official business of the City and to encourage
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an open exchange of information and discussion of City
business so as to avoid half-truths, false information,
misunderstanding or ignorance, Now Therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Rule 1. 04 of Section 1 of Ordinance No.
19-63 as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows :
"Rule 1. 04 Agenda.
11 ] There shall be an official Agenda of every meeting
of the Council, which shall determine the order of business
conducted at the meeting. The Council shall not take action
upon any matter, proposal, report or item of business which
is not listed upon the Official Agenda, unless the entire
Council shall have first consented to the presentation
thereof for consideration and action. The agenda shall be
prepared by the Clerk in appropriate form approved by the
Council. Matters may be placed on the agenda by the City
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Attorney, City Manager, any member of the City Council, or
any person through a sponsoring Councilman. "All items of
business to be placed on the agenda of a regular meeting
shall be submitted to the City Clerk immediately following
the workshop session of the Council which shall take place
on the Thursday evening immediately preceeding the next
regular meeting date. " The official agenda for every
regular meeting of the Council shall include a period of
(I] time limited to .one (1) hour for the purpose of a question
and answer session during which any person from the audience
may direct questions concerning City business or affairs to
any member of the Council or officer or officials of the City.
Such question and answer period shall be regularly agendaed
by the City Clerk at the Conclusion of the Council' s Order
of business. The regular meeting agenda shall be made known
to the public on, or before, one o' clock on the Monday after-
noon immediately preceding the regular meeting date at which
time the agenda will become the order of the day. "
SECTION 2. Rule 1.11 of Section 1 of Ordinance No. 19-63
as amended is hereby amended to read as follows :
Rule 1.11 Order of Business
All Meetings of the Council shall be open to the Public .
Promptly at the hour set for- each meeting, the members of
the Council, the City Attorney, the City Manager, the Mayor
and the Clerk shall take their regular stations in the
Council Chamber, and the business of the Council shall be
taken up for consideration and disposition in accordance
[-I with the agenda for the meeting. The agenda shall constitute
LJthe order of business including a question and answer period
immediately prior to adjournment . Other items of business
concerning the welfare or business of the City may be added
to the Order of Business or agenda of the Council by the
unanimous consent of the Council members present at the meeting. "
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
-,upon-i s adoption.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Floriida on this the 20th day of December, 1966.
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