Supplemental Memo
TO:
Honorable Mayor & City CouncilMembers of the Public
FROM: Nikki Fortunato Bas
Council PresidentCouncil District 2
SUBJECT: Amended Council Rules of Procedure DATE: January 26, 2023 At the January 19, 2023 Rules & Legislation Committee meeting, the committee heard and discussed theproposed amendments to the Council Rules of Procedure.
The following additional amendments have been made to the draft legislation and are highlighted ingreen.
Effective date● Added effective date of March 1, 2023 in the resolved clauses Rule 23 – Rules and Legislation Committee’s Jurisdiction● Added: Propositions that the Council may place on the ballot on the Councils’ own motion mayalso be assigned, at the discretion of the Rules and Legislation Committee, to one or moreadditional Standing Committees as information items for their input, provided the Rules andLegislation Committee retains authority to determine whether or not to forward such propositionsto the City Council.
Rule 26 A – Procedure for Councilmember to Place Items on an Agenda● Amended as follows: Accordingly, Councilmembers shouldshall make every effort tothoroughlyinvestigate policy issues prior to submitting proposals to a committee or the Council for action.
Rule 29 – Tie-Breaking Votes by Mayor● Amended as follows: In accordance with Charter Section 305(i), solely for the purposes ofdetermining whether the Mayor is eligible to cast a tie-breaking vote, abstentions and absencesshall count as a “No” vote,except that where a Councilmemberis absent or abstains because theywere required by law to recuse themselves, such as due to a legally-recognized conflict ofinterests, then sucha legally-required recusal shallnot count as a “No” vote.
In addition, I recommend that the amendments below also be made so that the Scheduling Request Formmay be updated as needed by the City Clerk.
Rule 3 – Definition of Terms
xiii. Scheduling Request Formshall mean the formpublished by the Clerk’s Officeattached hereto as Attachment A, which shall be usedto request scheduling a proposedagenda item by the Rules and Legislation Committee to help ensure the timely andorderly submission and scheduling of such requests.
City CouncilFebruary 7, 2023
Honorable Mayor & City CouncilSubject: Amended Council Rules of ProcedureDate: January 26, 2023 Page2 xiv. Agenda Report Templateshall mean the template attached hereto asAttachmentAB, which shall be used to generate reportsto accompany ordinances andNon-Advisory Resolutions in accordance with Rule 26(D).
For questions regarding this report, please contact Cinthya Munoz-Ramos, Chief of Staff to CouncilPresident Nikki Fortunato Bas, District 2 at [email protected].
Respectfully submitted,
Nikki Fortunato BasCouncil President, District 2
Prepared by:Nikki Fortunato BasCouncil President, District 2 Attachments (3):1. Amended Resolution - clean version with Rules Committee feedback2. Amended Resolution - red-lined version with Rules Committee feedback3. Presentation to Rules & Legislation Committee, January 19, 2023 City CouncilFebruary 7, 2023