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1 Roseville City Council Rules of Procedure 2 Adopted 2/12/07 3 4 Rule 1 Roberts' Rules of Order The Council adopts the most recent edition of Roberts' Rules 5 of Order for all Council meetings. 6 7 8 Rule 2 Timin!! of Council Packet Formation and Delivery Every effort will be made to send 9 draft agendas and supporting documents to Councilmembers ten days in advance of an item 10 appearing on a Council agenda. This additional time will give Councilmembers adequate time to 11 study an issue and seek answers to questions. 12 13 14 Rule 3 Agenda Any Councilmember may add an item or items to a Council Agenda until 15 12:00 Noon on the Wednesday preceding a Monday City Council meeting. 16 17 18 Rule 4 City Council-Requested Items and Location on A!!endas Councilmembers are 19 encouraged to introduce new items for discussion including background information and 20 supporting materials at Work Sessions when possible. Once an item has been introduced, the 21 item will be placed on a Council meeting agenda for further consideration. 22 23 Council-requested items will be discussed following public comment at a Council Meeting. 24 25 26 Rule 5 Electronic and/or Paper A!!enda Packets In an effort to reduce the amount of paper 27 generated, documents will be made available electronically, when feasible. 28 29 30 Rule 6 Public Comment The City Council will receive public comment at Council meetings 31 in accordance with the following guidelines: 32 33 a. Public Comment at the beginning of a Council meeting and not pertaining to an 34 agenda item is for the purpose of allowing the public the opportunity to express 35 their viewpoints about policy issues facing their City government. Presentations 36 will be limited to 5 minutes per speaker. 37 b. Public Comment pertaining to agenda items is for the purpose of allowing any 38 member of the public an opportunity to provide input on that item. These public 39 comments will generally be received after the staff presentation on that agenda 40 item and before Council discussion and deliberation. These public comments are 41 also limited to 5 minutes per speaker. 42 c. Members of the public are always free, and encouraged, to reduce to writing their 43 comments about city business and to submit written comments to the Councilor 44 staff before, during, or after a Council meeting.