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COUNCIL PROPOSAL
Date File Number Subject AMENDMENT TO CITY COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE TO CHANGE TIME
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PROPOSAL:
It is proposed that:
1. The following amendments to the City Council Rules of Procedure be entered
into the record of the City Council meeting on October 22, 1996, and be adopted
at the City Council meeting on October 29, 1996:
Amend Section 3.1, Regular Meetings, to read as follows:
"The Council shall meet in the Council Chambers at the City Hall
on Tuesday of each week at 10:00 A.M., except that the first and
second Tuesday meetings of each month shaU-be scheduled for
7:00 P.M., unless otherwise officially changed by.fhe City Council."
Amend Section 3.4, Precouncil Meetings, to read as follows:
"When necessary, the Council shall meet in the Pre-Council
Chambers at the City Hall at 8:30 A.M. before a daytime Council
meeting, at 2:00 P.M. before a Council meeting on the first
Tuesday of each month, and at 4:00 p.m. before a Council meeting
on the second Tuesday of each month, unless otherwise officially
changed by the City Council or City Manager."
2. These amendments shall take effect in January of 199
3. The City Council recommend to the Zoning Commission that the Zoning
Commission change its regularly scheduled meeting to the second Wednesday
of each month.
BACKGROUND:
At the October 15, 1996, meeting of the City Council, there was much discussion
over the possibility of an additional evening City Council meeting. The additional
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COUNCIL PROPOSAL
Date File Number Subject AMENDMENT TO CITY COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE TO CHANGE TIME
10/29/96 197 (revised) OF COUNCIL MEETINGS AND PRE-COUNCIL MEETINGS ON SECOND TUESDAY OF
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7:00 P.M. meeting is proposed in an effort to make City Council meetings more
accessible to the citizens of Fort Worth. The second evening meeting is
recommended to accommodate those citizens with an interest in zoning cases
brought before the City Council at the regularly scheduled zoning hearings held
the second meeting of each month.
LEGALITY:
The City Council Rules of Procedure provide that the rules may be amended by
a majority vote of all members of the Council provided that the proposed
amendments shall have been introduced into the record at a prior Council
meeting. The required procedure is to introduce the arrl_4ndment into the record
at one City Council meeting and approve the amendment at a subsequent
meeting.
This proposal is within the powers of the City Council and there is no legal
reason why it cannot be approved.
AVk FISCAL NOTE:
The Director of Fiscal Services certifies that implementation of the Policy
Proposal will have no material effect on City funds.
CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS:
The City Manager's Office has reviewed the proposal and recommends a
starting date of January 14, 1997, to allow time to notify neighborhood groups
and Boards and Commissions that may be affected by this change.
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