AGENDA DATE: 1/4/2023
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Adoption of 2023 Board Rules of Procedure
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Adopt Board Rules of Procedure
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Rosenberg
PRESENTER (S): Steven L. Rosenberg
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: Rules of parliamentary procedure guide public bodies, such as the Board of Supervisors, through the various procedural issues that may arise before and during its meetings. Rules of procedure exist for the simple purpose of facilitating the Board's official actions in an orderly manner.
The Board adopts its Rules of Procedure at its annual organizational meeting each January.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Mission - To enhance the well-being and quality of life for all community members through the provision of the highest level of public service consistent with the prudent use of public funds.
DISCUSSION: The draft Rules in Attachment A are those adopted by the Board on August 3, 2022, with the following proposed revisions:
1) a clarification that, as provided by state law, the terms of officers continue until their successors have been elected and qualify for office;
2) provision for the postponement of a Board meeting, in the event of inclement weather or other hazardous condition, to the following Wednesday (instead of to the following regularly scheduled Board meeting, as provided in the Rules currently in effect);
3) provision for the Chair to ask the Clerk to turn off the microphone of a person physically attending a meeting of the Board whose behavior is so disruptive as to prevent the orderly conduct of the meeting (as an alternative to the person's removal from the meeting, which is authorized by the Rules currently in effect); and
4) other miscellaneous revisions, including the deletion of several references to a continuity of government ordinance (as no such ordinance is presently in effect).
If any amendments are desi...
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