DATE:
November 19, 2024
CATEGORY:
Consent
DEPT.:
City Manager’s Office,
City Clerk’s Office
TITLE: 2025 City Council Meeting Schedule
RECOMMENDATION—Approve the 2025 City Council meeting schedule.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
As set forth in Mountain View City Code Section 2.1, City Council Regular Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. The following schedule proposes minor modifications to the City Council’s regular schedule to avoid observed holidays and provide for a summer recess and a winter recess. City Council Special Meetings have been included to accommodate the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and to anticipate board, commission, and committee interviews, a Council retreat, and the Council appointees’ annual review.
The proposed 2025 meeting schedule is as follows:
January 14 City Council Meeting (Ceremonial)
January 28 City Council Meeting
February 11 City Council Meeting
February 25 City Council Meeting
March 11 City Council Meeting
March 18 Special City Council Meeting (Rental Housing Committee Interviews) March 25 City Council Meeting
April 5 Special City Council Meeting (Retreat)
April 8 City Council Meeting
April 22 City Council Meeting
May 13 City Council Meeting
May 27 City Council Meeting
June 10 City Council Meeting
June 24 City Council Meeting
August 26 Special City Council Meeting (Appointee Evaluation Closed Session) September 9 City Council Meeting
September 23 City Council Meeting
2025 City Council Meeting Schedule
November 19, 2024
October 14 City Council Meeting
October 21 Special City Council Meeting (Environmental Planning Commission Interviews) October 28 City Council Meeting
November 4 Special City Council Meeting
November 18 Special City Council Meeting
December 9 City Council Meeting
December 16 Special City Council Meeting
As long as at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body participates in person from a singular physical location in Mountain View clearly identified on the agenda, Councilmembers attending conferences that overlap with a Council meeting may avail themselves of the provisions of Government Code 54953 to attend the meeting using the “just cause” provision.
Use of this provision is limited to two meetings per Councilmember per calendar year.
The following outlines some of the conferences being held in 2025 as well as observed holidays:
Cal Cities
January 22 through January 24—Mayors and Council Members Academy; Sacramento, California April 23 through April 25—City Leaders Summit; Sacramento, California October 8 through October 10—Annual Conference and Expo; Long Beach, California
National League of Cities
March 10 through March 12—Congressional City Conference; Washington, D.C.
November 19 through November 22—City Summit; Salt Lake City, Utah
United States Conference of Mayors
January 17 through January 19—Winter Meeting; Washington, D.C.
June 19 through June 22—Annual Meeting; Tampa, Florida
2025 Observed Holidays—City Hall Closed
Wednesday, January 1 New Year’s Day
Monday, January 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday, February 17 Presidents Day
Monday, March 31 César Chávez Day
Monday, May 26 Memorial Day
Thursday, June 19 Juneteenth
Friday, July 4 Independence Day
Monday, September 1 Labor Day
2025 City Council Meeting Schedule
November 19, 2024
Tuesday, November 11 Veterans Day
Thursday, November 27 Thanksgiving Day
Friday, November 28 Day after Thanksgiving
Thursday, December 25 Christmas Day
Friday, December 26 Day after Christmas
Once approved, the meeting dates will be published online at https://mountainview. legistar.com.
LEVINE ACT
California Government Code Section 84308 (also known as the Levine Act) prohibits city officials from participating in any proceeding involving a “license, permit, or other entitlement for use” if the official has received a campaign contribution exceeding $250 from a party, participant, or agent of a party or participant in the proceeding within the last 12 months. A city official is similarly prohibited from accepting, soliciting, or directing a campaign contribution exceeding $250 from a party, particip ant, or agent of a party or participant to any proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use for 12 months after a final decision is rendered in said proceeding.
Please refer to the “X” in the checklist below for information about whether the recommended action for this agenda item is subject to or exempt from the Levine Act.
SUBJECT TO THE LEVINE ACT
___ Land development entitlements
___ Other permit, license, or entitlement for use
___ Contract or franchise
EXEMPT FROM THE LEVINE ACT
___ Competitively bid contract
___ Labor or personal employment contract
_X_ General policy and legislative actions
For more information about the Levine Act, please see the Fair Political Practices Commission website: www.fppc.ca.gov/learn/pay-to-play-limits-and-prohibitions.html .
2025 City Council Meeting Schedule
November 19, 2024
PUBLIC NOTICING—Agenda posting.
Prepared by:
Kimbra McCarthy
City Manager
Heather Glaser
City Clerk
KMC-HG/4/CAM
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