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Rule 12 Rules of Order The rules of parliamentary practice embraced in Roberts Rules of Order (Revised) shall govern the Council procedure in cases to which they are applicable and to which they are not inconsistent with the Standing Rules of Procedure of the Council. Rule 13 Suspension of Rules No rule of the Council shall be suspended without the concurrence of at least four(4) members of the Council, unless provided otherwise in the rules. Rule 14 Order of Business The following shall be the order of business of the Council: A. Communications and Public Comments B. Approval of Minutes C. Consent Agenda,2,5 D. Items Removed From Consent Agenda E. Organizational Business F. Reports and Recommendations G. Recognitions H. Hearings3,4 I. Land Use J. Ordinances and Resolutions K. Reports and Recommendations (Continued, if necessary) L. Items Tabled M. Other Business N. Adjournment Footnotes: (1) Consent items are considered as one item, requiring one motion for approval and one vote. (Z) If anyone wishes to discuss a consent item separately or vote on it as an individual action, that item can be separated from the list and may be considered with the regular agenda. The rest of the Consent Agenda would then be adopted with the one motion, one vote procedure. (3) In matters requiring a previous public hearing before the Planning Commission, additional public comment may be accepted by the City Council. Variances for driveways, set backs, and other lot dimension issues, which have been the subject of public comment and/or have had split votes from the Planning Commission after a Planning Commission public hearing, will be placed on the Land Use portion of the City Council Agenda. (5) Variances on which the Planning Commission held public hearings but, without public comment and have a unanimous recommendation of the Punning Commission, will be placed on the City Council Consent Agenda, to be considered as generally routine in nature. 3