Santa Monica October 24, 2023 agenda-report Request by Councilmember Torosis to amend Rule 28 of the Council Rules of Procedure to provide time limit after 11 p.m., to read as follows: RULE 28. ADJOURNMENT No new item, other than Public Input, shall be considered after 11:00 p.m. unless consideration is approved by a two-thirds vote of the Councilmembers present. (New Language Added: For all items commencing after 11:00 p.m., Councilmembers’ comments shall be limited to 1 minute each, and speaking no more than 2 times per item; questions are permitted, but the Presiding Officer shall closely monitor to ensure they are only questions, not statements of opinion; staff presentations shall be limited to 15 minutes, unless the Council by majority vote allows a longer presentation.) Item Pulled by Requestor. 10/19/2023

agenda-report Request by Councilmember Torosis to amend Rule 28 of the Council Rules of Procedure to provide time limit after 11 p.m., to read as follows: RULE 28. ADJOURNMENT No new item, other than Public Input, shall be considered after 11:00 p.m. unless consideration is approved by a two-thirds vote of the Councilmembers present. (New Language Added: For all items commencing after 11:00 p.m., Councilmembers’ comments shall be limited to 1 minute each, and speaking no more than 2 times per item; questions are permitted, but the Presiding Officer shall closely monitor to ensure they are only questions, not statements of opinion; staff presentations shall be limited to 15 minutes, unless the Council by majority vote allows a longer presentation.) Item Pulled by Requestor. 10/19/2023

Santa Monica City Council
October 24, 2023

Document: agenda-report Request by Councilmember Torosis to amend Rule 28 of the Council Rules of Procedure to provide time limit after 11 p.m., to read as follows: RULE 28. ADJOURNMENT No new item, other than Public Input, shall be considered after 11:00 p.m. unless consideration is approved by a two-thirds vote of the Councilmembers present. (New Language Added: For all items commencing after 11:00 p.m., Councilmembers’ comments shall be limited to 1 minute each, and speaking no more than 2 times per item; questions are permitted, but the Presiding Officer shall closely monitor to ensure they are only questions, not statements of opinion; staff presentations shall be limited to 15 minutes, unless the Council by majority vote allows a longer presentation.) Item Pulled by Requestor. 10/19/2023
Meeting: October 24, 2023
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City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: October 24, 2023
Agenda Item: 16.B
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Denise Anderson Warren, City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department
Subject: Request by Councilmember Torosis to amend Rule 28 of the Council Rules of Procedure to provide time limit after 11 p.m., to read as follows: RULE 28.

ADJOURNMENT No new item, other than Public Input, shall be considered after 11:00 p.m. unless consideration is approved by a two-thirds vote of the Councilmembers present. (New Language Added: For all items commencing after 11:00 p.m., Councilmembers’ comments shall be limited to 1 minute each, and speaking no more than 2 times per item; questions are permitted, but the Presiding Officer shall closely monitor to ensure they are only questions, not statements of opinion; staff presentations shall be limited to 15 minutes, unless the Council by majority vote allows a longer presentation.) Prepared By: Nikima Newsome, Assistant City Clerk
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:

A. Proposed Amendment

Santa Monica City CouncilOctober 24, 2023

Santa Monica City Council
October 24, 2023