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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 8,2013 Page 11 City Council; along with other budget-related items such as policies and the City Council's first look at the revised CIP. Acting Mayor Willmus asked, with the Council's consensus, that individual Councilmembers make sure to have their rankings into staff by Monday, April 15, 2013; at which time staff would have individual and average information availa- ble for that evening's City Council meeting, as well as making sure it's included in the packet posted online going forward. b. Discuss Additions to Council Rules City Manager Malinen briefly reviewed several staff recommendations for addi- tions to Rule 3 of the Council Rules to assist meeting flow, as detailed in the RCA dated April 8, 2013. Those recommendations provided for adding an agenda sec- tion entitled "Budget Items," appearing early on in the agenda; and allowing for a ten minute break after two hours from the start of the meeting. Acting Mayor Willmus advised that he struggled with having presentations early in the meeting, and would prefer that they be moved deeper into the agenda. Councilmember Laliberte concurred, noting that often the public was required to sit through presentations that were not pertinent to them; however, if someone was appearing from out-of-town, the agenda should remain flexible enough to ac- commodate their schedules as well. Councilmember Etten concurred, providing those outside professional presenters, some being paid to appear, not get caught at the end of the meeting. Acting Mayor Willmus suggested looking at the meeting structure and the se- quence of those meetings during a month, and only hold presentations at a certain meeting each month rather than at each meeting. To the extent possible, City Manager Malinen advised that the meetings could be adjusted and agenda amended at the meeting itself as well. Councilmember McGehee suggested moving the Consent Agenda further down on the agenda, since there typically weren't a lot of questions. Councilmember Etten suggested, beyond those items needed for action to allow staff to conduct the City's day-to-day business, public hearings could be held at meetings when presentations were not planned, since both of those items often took a larger chunk of time. Laliberte moved, McGehee seconded, adoption of revised Council Rules for Sec- tion 3 by adding a section entitled "Budget Items to each agenda format; and