RESOLUTION NO. 20224-069XXX
A RESOLUTION OF T HE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING RULES OF PROCEDURE
AND DECORUM FOR BOARD, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE
MEETINGS AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 20212-0693
California Law authorizes the Cit y Council of the City of Fullerton to adopt, abolish, suspend, modify and/or waive procedural rules for the conduct of board, commission and committee meetings.
In adopting these rules, City Council understands that legislative bodies must first abide by the general laws of the State of California concerning rules of procedure for legislative bodies.
NOW, THEREFORE, TH E CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
The Fullerton City Council adopts the following Rules o f Procedure for its appointed boards, commissions and committees:
1. GENERAL LAWS. Boards, commissions and committees shall comply with all general laws of the State of California and all local laws whic h establish rules of procedure for legislative bodies.
2. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE. Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised” adopted as a non -binding guide. Boards, commissions and committees will adopt follow the current edition of “Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised” as a non - binding guide to conduct meetings, to the degree that su ch rules do not conflict with State or local laws.
3. PRESIDING OFFICE R. “Presiding Officer” refers to the legislative body member presiding over the legislative body meeting. The Chair will serves as the Presiding Officer in most instances. The Vice-Chair will serves as the Presiding Officer in the Chair’s absence.
4. DECORUM. All persons shall observe civility, decorum and good behavior.
Legislative bodies encourage citizen participation and expression of all points of view at all legislative body meetings . Unruly or disruptive conduct may result in removal from the meeting or meeting stoppage.
Legislative body m embers shall observe civility, decoru m and good behavior , attend ethics training as required by A ssembly Bill 1234 (2005) and a ttend harassment-prevention t raining as required by City of Fullerton Resolution No. 2015-36.
5. SIGNS. The City of Fullerton recognizes the right of free expression. To preserve Resolution No. 20224-069XXX
decorum and not infringe upon the public’s ability t o view the legislative body proceedings, audience members ma y hold signs in the back row of the Council Chamber provided the sign does not impede viewing or broadcasting of th e meeting and does not otherwise violate meeting rules of procedure.
6. PHOTOGRAPHY / FILMING / AUDIO RECORDING . Media outlets planning to attend a legislative body meeting should contact the City’s Public Information Coordinator, or designee, in advance of the meeting to ensure accommodations for broadcast and tripod cameras. The Fire Marshal, or designee, ensures members of the media film in locations in compliance with safety regulations. Complete or partial blocking of exit aisles is prohibited.
The public may photograph, film and/or audio record proceedings of legislativ e bodies provided that the recording device operator remains in the public areas of the meeting room, keeps aisles clear (for fire safety) a nd does not interrupt other members of the public in attendance or impede staff or legislative body mem bers from conducting the meeting.
7. REGULAR MEETINGS . The legislative body shall hold regular meetings within the city limits only at the time , place and location indicated by City Council resolution or other legislative action.
8. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Per the California Brown Act, the Chair or a majority of the legislative body may call and give notice of special meeting with at least 24 hours ’ notice.
9. OPEN MEETINGS . All members of the public may attend all legislative body meetings except for Closed Sessions.
10. QUORUM. A quorum shall equal 50% + 1 of the membership of the legislative body. For example, a quorum for a five -member body is three members . A quorum for a nine-member body is five members.
11. AGENDA. Secretary shall prepare an agenda for each legislative body meeting.
Staff will place items on the a genda as needed or by City Council direction.
Legislative bodies may add items to future agendas by majority vote, provided the item falls within the purview of the legislative bo dy. City Council must approve the use of resources for any item requiring expenditures beyond those allocated in the current budget. Staff will add requested items that fall within the purview of the legislative body to a future agenda as available resources permit.
The order of items on the agenda shall be:
Call to Order
Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance
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Public Comments
Committee Member / Staff Communications and Reports
Consent Calendar
Public Hearings
Regular Business
Items Pulled from the Consent Calendar
Agenda Forecast
Adjournment
12. EMERGENCY AGENDA MATTERS . Except as otherwise provided herein, the legislative body shall take no action on any matter not listed on the posted agenda.
However, the legislative body may take action on an item not appear ing on the agenda if either: a) the legislative body determines by majority vote that the item qualifies as a statutorily defined “emer gency” or b) the legislative body determines by a two -thirds vote that the need exists for immediate action on an item and the item only came to the attentio n of the members after posting of the agenda and cannot wait until the next regular meeting.
13. AGENDA PACKET. Staff will prepare a staff report for individual agenda items when necessary and make all material in the agenda pa cket available to public at the same time the legislative body receives the agenda packet by po sting the materials online and m aking materials available to the public at City Hall (or Library, in t he case of the Library Board of T rustees) during regular business hours.
14. COMMUNICATIONS / MATERIALS TO THE LEGISLATIVE BODY FROM THE PUBLIC. Members of the public may submit materials and/or communications for distribution to legislative body members by emailing the legislative body secre tary in advance of t he meeting or by submitting sufficient copies of the materials for all members plus two additional copies to the Secretary before the start the meeting.
All materials submitted to the legislative body become part of the meeting record.
15. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS. Staff will post online all materials and communications provided to a majority of the legislative body regarding items on the ag enda after posting of the agenda through considerat ion of the item at the same time staff provides those mater ials to th e legislative body members. Staff will post items received after Noon on the meeting day as soon as possible b ut no later than the next business day following the meeting.
16. PUBLIC COMMENT. Members of the public will have no more than three minutes each to make public comments on non -agendized it ems and consent calen dar items during the public comment section of the agenda. Members of the public will have no more than three minu tes each to comment o n each individual business Resolution No. 20224-069XXX
item (public hearing and regular business items).
17. LEGISLATIVE BODY MEMBER / STAFF COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS .
Staff and members may provide brief reports, queries and update s within the purview of the legi slative body that require no action and fall within constraints of the California B rown Act during this section of the agenda. Legislative body members shall have up to five minutes each to make reports. Staff should agenize any items requiring a presentation and/or significant discussion as a business item.
18. PRESENTATIONS. Staff will make presentation s to the le gislative b ody for agendized items. Staff may invite a consultant to assist with presentations when warranted.
19. AUDIO-VISUAL EQUI PMENT. Only staff or consultants making presentations may utilize the Council Chamber audio-visual equipment.
20. CONSENT CALENDAR. The agenda may have routine matters grouped together for action , listed under the heading of “Consent Calendar .” The agenda wi ll contain a concise recommendation for each of these items in summary form. The legislative body may take action on all Consent C alendar items on the agenda by with one motion, unless a member of the legislative body pulls one or more items from the Consent Calendar for further discussion and/or clarification. In that event, the Presiding Officer will ask the legislative body to vote on the remainder of the Consent Calendar and then individually consider each ite m pulled from the Consent Calendar
21. PUBLIC HEARINGS. In the event the City Attorney or staff requests continuation of a noticed public hearing item, the legislative body will continue the item to a date-certain, regularly scheduled meeting.
22 MOTIONS. The legislative body uses motions to conduct its general business unless the law specifically requires action by resolution or a good reason exists for formalizing the action by resolution.
23. PROCESSING OF MOTIONS. When a member makes a motion, another member must second the m otion to proceed and the Presiding Officer may so state. Once the Presiding Officer has stated the motion, the maker of the motion may not modify or withdraw the motion without consent of the legislative body . The legislative body may amend the motion with the approval of the maker. The maker of a motion has the first right of debate.
A. Motions Out of Sequence: The Presiding Officer may at an y time, by majority consent of the legislative body, permit a member to propose a motion out of the agenda sequence.
B. Division of t he Question: If the question contains two or more complete Resolution No. 20224-069XXX
propositions, each capable of standing alone, the legislative bod y may, by majority vote, divide the question into separa te parts for consideration and vote.
C. Substitute Motions: A substit ute mo tion seeks to replace a paragraph, section, article or the e ntirety of a main motion with new language and takes precedence over the main motion. The legislative body considers a substitute motion before considering the main motion. Members consider one substitute motion at a time and will dispense with the subst itute motion on the floor before making a new substitute motion.
24. VOTING. On the passage of every motion, the P residing Officer shall call for the vote by voice or roll call. The recording secretary shall enter the results of the vote in the minute s. Any member may change their vote before the next order of business.
A. Voice Vote. The Presiding Officer shall ask, in this order, those in favor to state “Aye”, tho se opp osed to state “Nay” and those abstaining to state “Abstain”. After calling for th e vote, the Presiding Office r will state wh ether the motion passes or fails and the tally of the votes in favor, oppos ed and abstaining.
B. Roll Call Voting. The legislative body shall take a roll call vote when required by law , or upon demand of any member made before or after a voice vote upon any question when voting on an appeal of the Presiding Officer decision or action or when utilizing teleconference technology to conduct the meeting.
The recording secretary shall take the roll call vote.
C. Failure to Vote. Every member should vote unless disquali fied for cause or by th e decision of the City Attorney. Members should avoid self disqualification which results in a tie vote thwarting action.
D. Abstention. A member cannot be compelled to vote. A member may abstain from voting, but in doing so, consen ts that a majority of the quorum may act for them.
E. Tie Vote. A tie vote on any matt er under consideration constitutes denial o f the motion except for appeals of a decision of the Presiding Officer where a tie vote sustains the Presiding Officer’s decision.
25. RECONSIDERATION. Any member voting with the majority on a matter may move for reconsideration of any action taken on that matter at the same meeting or have the matter en tered into t he minutes for rec onsideration at the next succeeding meeting, pr oviding n o legal rights have intervened between said meetings to create estoppel. After the legislative body has acted on a motion for reconsideration of a matter, it may not con sider any other motion for Resolution No. 20224-069XXX
reconsideration thereof without unanimous consent.
26. APPEAL. Any member may appeal an y Presiding Officer decision or ruling. The Presiding Officer shall call for a roll call vote to determine if legislative body desires to sustain the decision. A majo rity or tie vote shall sustain the Presi ding Officer’s decision.
27. MINUTES. The recording secretary will record the action minutes of the legislative body meeting and present a final draft of the minutes to the legislative body for approval. T he legislative bod y may then, by motion, make corrections that conform to fact and action minute format before approving the draft minutes.
A. Action minutes should contain a clear and concise statement of legislative body actions generally limited to , including, all motions and seconds made and the roll call vote thereon and al l public comments received during the meeting as specified in Section 27B..
B. For all items, including when the legislative body may act in a quasi -judicial proceeding such as on an a ssessment or zoning mat ter, the recording secretary shall record in the minutes the names and city of residence (if provided) of persons addressing the legislative body, the subject matter of the remarks and whet her the person spoke in support or oppositio n to a the subject matter.
C. The recording secr etary shall retain recordings of meetings in accordance with the City’s Records Retention Schedule.
D Recusals: Members recusing themselves from discussion on a particular agenda item shall p ublicly state the reason for recus al and exit the meeting room. The recording secretary will include the reason for recusal and the time the member exited and returned to the meeting room in the minutes.
28. SUBCOMMITTEES, WORK GROUPS AND AD -HOC COMMITTE ES.
Legislative bodies must conduct the public’s busi ness at a public meeting. Brown Act regulations generally apply to s ubcommittees, work groups and ad -hoc committees created by a legi slative body. Legislative bodies may not form subcommittees, work groups or ad-hoc committees that require expenditure of city resources not allocated in work plans or approved by City Council.
29. BUSINESS CARDS. City Council voted on J uly 5, 2022 to not allow business cards for legislative body members.
30. CITY SEAL. Fullerton Municipal Code 2.01.020 st ates "It shall be unlawful for any person to make or use th e seal of the City of Fullerton, or reproduction thereof, for any purpose other than for the o fficial business of the City of Resolution No. 20224-069XXX
Fullerton, its Council, officers or departments." Per City of Fullerton Administrative Policy No. 34 only C ity staff m ay request approval from the City Clerk to use the City Seal. Legislative body members may not use or reproduce the City Seal without prior authorization from the Cit y Clerk and requested through their city staff liaison.
31. CHAIR / VICE CHAIR ROTATION. Boards, commissions and committees select a Chair and Vic e Cha ir at the ir first meeting of the calendar year using the following process:
-Chair asks members to make nominations for Chair.
-When member s have offered all nominations, the Chair asks for a mo tion, second and vote to close the nominations process.
-The nominations end when the legislative body votes in the a ffirmative to c lose nominations.
-The Chair asks members to state their preferred nominee using the roll call vote process.
-If a nominee receives majority support, the nominee becomes Chair. -If no no minee receives majority support, the legislative body continues discussion and voting until one member receives majority support and becomes Chair. Nominees may withdraw from considerati on during this process to facilitate consensus.
-The incoming Chair repeat s the nominations process for the Vice Chair selection.
32. ADDRESSING OTHER CITY LEGISLAT IVE BODIES. Board, Commission and Committee Members may address other City legislative bodies as members of the public . Members may only make represent their b oard, commission or committee when so directed by the majority of their legislative body.
ADOPTED BY THE FULLERTON CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 2, 2022.
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Fred JungNicholas Dunlap
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lucinda Williams, MMC
City Clerk
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