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1 d. Si ns maybe held and displayed during Council Meetings but only at the 2 back of the Council Chambers so that the view of the seated audience is 3 not obstructed. 4 e. Public comment, like staff and Councilmember comments, will pertain to 5 the merits of an issue; personal attacks will be ruled out of order. 6 f. The Mayor or presiding officer may make special time-length 7 arrangements for speakers representing~~~ 8 9 10 2. Council-Staff Interaction. Except for routine requests for information or to 11 place an item on a Council agenda, no individual Councilmember shall order or 12 direct a staff member to perform any action; instead, a majority of the Council 13 acting at a Council meetin sg hall dive staff direction and guidance. [This simply 14 places into the rules, and I hope makes even clearer, the statutory prohibition on 15 individual council members directing the staff f t~~,,,;~ndertake an action beyond the 16 simple request for information.] 17 18 ~` 19 3. Councilmember to Councilmember Interaction. 20 a. Councilmembers placing items on the a~ci~~la shall endeavor to provide in 21 the Council packet as much background inlornlation as possible about the 22 agenda item so the Council, Community, and staff can inform themselves 23 about the issue being_presented. [One of the g~~als we should be striving 24 for is transparency. This helps provide transparency for the public 25 concerning the actions of the council, plus it helps other council members 26 understand the agenda item.] 27 b. As with all agenda items, individual Councilmember agenda items are 28 subject to Council motions to approve the item, reject the item, modify the 29 i tcm~ or delay the item for further study or analysis. 30 c. 31 32 33 4. Adjournment. N~~ n~~w agenda item will be taken up after 10:15 p.m. By no 34 later~than 1.1:00 p.n~., all Council Meetings shall conclude either by adjournment 35 or by mcessine ~~~ anuther day. [I would rather have this as an "aspirational" goal 36 than an actual rcyuirement. My concern is that such a rule creates an incentive for 37 council memh~rs who don't want the council to take a particular action, but don't 38 have the votes to stop the action, to talk items to death to prevent the council from 39 acting in a timely way.] 40 41 42 5. Videotaping. Except for closed executive sessions authorized under state law 43 and meetings of Councilmembers outside of the City Council Chambers, all 44 meetings of the City Council shall be videotaped. When the Council decides to 45 meet outside the City Council Chambers, the Council may by motion also direct 46 that the meeting shall be videotaped. 2