HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 9232 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 9232
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council April 20, 2010
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SUBJECT: DAY COUNCIL MEETINGS START TIME
This Informal Report is in response to Staff Action Tracking 587 regarding the City Council's
discussions and recommendations regarding the start time for the City Council Meetings held
during the day.
During the March 23, 2010, City Council Meeting, City Council Members Zimmerman and Espino
requested that City staff look into the possibility of changing the City Council Meeting start time
for the morning meetings. This request is a result of several recent lengthy Pre-Council Meeting
agenda items that have delayed the start time of the regular Council Meeting approximately 20 to
30 minutes. Since the morning Pre-Council Meetings are from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., there are
occasions when this time period does not provide sufficient opportunity for the Council to discuss
all of the items on the Pre-Council Agenda. The longer Pre-Council Agendas could also be
attributed to the cancellation of 14 City Council meetings during 2010.
The recommended time change by Council Member Espino was to move the Pre-Council
Meeting up to 8:00 a.m., leaving the regular Council Meeting at 10:00 a.m.; or to continue with the
8:30 a.m. Pre-Council Meeting and move the regular Council Meeting to 10:30 a.m. With either
recommendation, this would allow two hours for the Pre-Council Meeting process.
In order to change the start time for either the Pre-Council Meeting or the regular Council
Meeting, the Council's Rules of Procedures must be amended. The reference for the starting
times of the City Council Meetings are noted in the Rules of Procedure as follows:
Section 3. TYPES OF MEETINGS
"3.1 Regular Meetings: 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 shall be scheduled for 7:00 p.m., unless otherwise officially
changed by the City Council."
"3.4 Pre-Council Meetings: The Council shall meet in the Pre-Council Chambers at the
City Hall at 8:30 A.M., before a daytime Council meeting, at 2:30 P.M., before a Council
meeting on the first Tuesday of each month, and at 3:30 P.M., before a Council meeting on
the second Tuesday of each month, unless otherwise changed by the City Council or City
Manager."
As a matter of information, sometime in 2002 the City Manager and/or City Council changed the
Pre-Council Meeting time for the night meetings to the current 3:00 p.m.
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 9232
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council April 20, 2010
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• SUBJECT: DAY COUNCIL MEETINGS START TIME
After considering all options, the City staff is recommending that there be no change to the
meeting start times. The staff will attempt to better manage the number and length of the
presentations.
If the Council elects to move forward with any time change recommendation, a resolution will be
prepared and placed on a future agenda to officially amend the Council's Rules of Procedure.
Dale A. Fisseler, P.E.
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS