Rule
s and Legislation Committee
October 31, 2024
AGE NDA REPORT
TO: Council President Bas and Members
of the Oakland City Council
FROM: Asha Reed
Office of the City Clerk
SUBJECT: 2025 Legislative Calendar DATE: 10/18/2024
RECOMMENDATION
Staff Recommends the City Council Approve the Report and Recommendation of the 2025 Legislative Calendar for the City Council and Council Committee Meetings, Report and Distribution Schedule.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council Rules of Procedure (Resolution 90066 C.M.S) requires that City Council meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of every month. Fifth Tuesdays are utilized for Special Meetings and workshops. The City Council Rules of Procedures requires that Council Standing Committees are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Additionally, Rule 20 requires that August 1st through August 31st is the City Council's Annual Summer Recess. Given the requirements of the Rules of Procedure, the draft calendar has been generated with the corresponding meeting dates, report deadlines and agenda distribution dates.
BACKGROUND / LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
A. Spring Recess
The proposed dates for Council's Spring Recess coincides with the Oakland Unified School District's Spring Recess.
B. Summer Recess
The proposed dates for Council's Summer Recess end the legislative session following a committee week, therefore legislative matters from Council Committees may carry over into the fall, but also gives the Council the space to schedule a special meeting if needed.
C. Thanksgiving Recess
The standard practice of the City Council is to cancel all meetings during the week of Thanksgiving. The proposed dates for Council's Thanksgiving Recess would therefore be Monday, November 24
h through Friday, November 28th, 2025. Additionally we are recommend the Council switch the November 18, 2025 meeting to a Special Committee meeting to balance out City Council meetings.
Subject: 2024 Legislative Calendar
Date: October 18, 2024 Page 2
Rules and Legislation Committee
October 31, 2024
D. Cancel C
ouncil Meetings for the Week of September 1st, 2025
We recommend the City Council cancel the meeting of September 1st, 2025, and the Rules & Legislation Committee meeting of September 3rd, 2025, as it is the week of Labor Day.
E. Wint
er Recess
The standard practice of the City Council is to cancel all meetings during the last two weeks of the year for Winter Recess. The proposed dates for the Council's Winter Recess would be M
onday, December 22nd, 2025, through Friday, January 2nd, 2026.
ACT
ION REQUESTED OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Staff Recommends the City Council Adopt the 2025 Legislative Calendar for the City Council and Council Committee Meeting, Report and Distribution Schedule.
Respectfully submitted,
Asha Reed
Office of the City Clerk
and Clerk of the Council