Resolution 15772CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15772
AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF RESOLUTION NOS. 15382, 15697
and 15746 TO AMEND THE RULES OF ORDER GOVERNING CITY
COUNCIL MEETINGS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Alameda desires to have all citizens fully
participate in the proceedings of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, City Charter Art. I Sec. 2(D), Alameda Municipal Code Secs. 2-1.7 and
2-1.8, and Government Code Sec. 54954.3 gives the City Council discretion to adopt
reasonable regulations concerning the proceedings and order of business of City Council
meetings; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2674, adopted at the August 16, 1994 City Council
meeting, states that Rules of Order of City Council meetings shall be set by City Council
Resolution;
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 15382 was adopted on May 15, 2018;
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 15697 was adopted on September 15, 2020;
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 15746 was adopted on February 16, 2021; and
WHEREAS, a subcommittee of Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft and Councilmember Knox
White are proposing amendments to the Rules of Order.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda that
Sections 6 through 10 of Resolution Nos. 15382, 15697 and 15746 are amended to:
6. Presentations. All presentations, except Council Referrals, are limited to ten (10)
minutes and will be timed. Council Referral presentations are limited to five (5) minutes
and shall be timed. Councilmembers should refrain from asking questions during
presentations.
7. Council Questions and Comments. Each Councilmember may ask questions
and deliberate for up to nine (9) minutes per regular agenda item and up to three minutes
(3) per Council Referral. Procedural discussions are not timed. Special meetings and
workshops addressing one topic, taking place on a day no other Council meeting is taking
place where regular City business is being considered, also will not be timed.
8. Council Communications. Councilmembers can speak under Council
Communications for up to nine (9) minutes.
9. Counting Votes. The vote count on a motion will be determined by the majority
of the membership unless a greater threshold is required by law. A supermajority is two-
thirds of the City Council (4 members).
10. Latest Time a New Agenda Item May Be Called. No new regular agenda items
or Council Referrals will be heard after 11:00 p.m.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting
assembled on the 4th day of May, 2021, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Knox White, Vella and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft
—3.
NOES: Councilmembers Daysog and Herrera Spencer — 2.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 5t" day of May, 2021.
C
Lara Weisiger, C Clerk
City of Alameda
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Yibin Shen,,Xy Attorney
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