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SGS - ACTION ITEM: Report, Discussion, and Recommendation to City Council on Amendments to City Council Policy 3204 (Agendizing Items for Discussion) to Create a New Council Business Section on the City Council Agenda and Other Related Improvements for Agendizing Items for Discussion
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Meeting Date: April 30, 2025
Contact Person/Dept.: Michael Bruckner/City Manager's Office
Jesse Mays/City Manager's Office
Phone Number: (310) 253-6023
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Attachments: Yes [X] No []
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (04/25/2025)
Department Approval: Michael Bruckner, Assistant City Manager (04/25/2025) _____________________________________________________________________
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Governance Subcommittee discuss and make a recommendation to City Council regarding amendments to City Council Policy 3204 (Agendizing Items for Discussion) to create a New Council Business section on the City Council Agenda and other related improvements.
BACKGROUND
At the April 2, 2025, Standing Governance Subcommittee Meeting (Subcommittee), the Subcommittee received a report (Attachment 1) about creating a new section on the City Council agenda to allow one or more City Council Members to add items for City Council discussion prior to the meeting.
City Council Policy 3204 provides guidelines for how a City Council Member can request an item be placed for discussion on a future City Council agenda. As outlined in the policy, a City Council Member must make a request during a City Council Meeting and get the support of at least two additional Council Members for their item to be discussed. The process is informally called "getting majority consensus" or colloquially as "three nodding heads." If the item receives support, the City Clerk's Office notifies the appropriate department(s) and the work is then scheduled for a future ...
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