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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, January 07, 2008 Page 7 cilmembers, and public information and reaction, Council consensus revised lan- guage for Rule 3 was proposed as follows: "Councilmembers are encouraged to introduce new items, including background information and supporting materials for discussion and possible action, [at a Council meeting.] Councilmembers may add items to a Council Agenda until 12:00 Noon on the Wednesday preceding a Monday City Council meeting." Discussion included Rule 6 (Issue and Meeting Curfew) and Rule 9 (Suspension of Rules) and interpretation of Roberts' Rules and super-majority requirements; and whether the will of the majority was frustrated or incentives made to slow things down on action items. Councilmember Roe clarified, and Councilmembers Pust and Ihlan concurred, that in the second paragraph of Rule 6, addressing no new items after 10:00 p.m., then the rules would need to be suspended. Mayor Klausing expressed concern that an unintentional consequence of Rule 6 maybe slowing the meeting down. Councilmember Pust opined that such concerns should be taken into consideration at the beginning of each meeting, when the agenda was approved, and any such issues be moved up in the meeting to remove any procedural tricks intended to de- lay action items. Public Comment John Kysylyczyn Mr. Kysylyczyn provided his interpretation of Roberts' Rules and City Council law related to simple-majority votes and setting aside rules; referencing previous legal opinion of City Attorney Joe Langle addressing super-majority votes of the body being upheld. Councilmember Ihlan suggested that City Attorney Steve Andersen provide an analysis, if Roberts' Rules were adopted, whether there was a distinction for the City Council to govern their own procedures versus state law requirements. Councilmember Pust concurred, opining that it maybe prudent to clarify the sim- ple- and/or super-majority vote before it came up as a practical item. Mayor Klausing opined that his understanding of Roberts' Rules was that a 2/3 majority vote could suspend the rules of the body. Councilmember Ihlan opined that Rule 8 (Recording of Meetings) be clarified, as it related to existing practice; and suggested revised language for the last sen- tence, that meetings of the City Council should be recorded unless the City Coun- cil deems otherwise. Councilmember Ihlan noted that the City Council may choose to hold meetings where recording was not feasible; but opined her prefer- ence that all meetings be recorded and broadcast live.