HomeMy WebLinkAbout3/2/2005 - STAFF REPORTS (11) CITY COUNCIL MARCH 2, 2005
CONSENT CALENDAR
SUBJECT: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1665
MODIFYING THE COMMENCEMENT OF REGULAR CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS
FROM: David H. Ready, City Manager
BY: Office of the City Clerk
SUMMARY:
The City Council will consider adopting an ordinance that will modify the start time of
Regular City Council meetings from 7:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
RECOMMENDATION:
Waive further reading and Adopt Ordinance No. 1665, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF PALM SPRINGS CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2.04.010 OF THE PALM
SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE TIME FOR THE
COMMENCEMENT OF REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL."
STAFF ANALYSIS:
At its February 9, 2005 meeting the City Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance
to modify the time the City Council meetings start.
On February 16, 2005 the City Council introduced on first reading the proposed
ordinance.
The current provisions of the Palm Springs Municipal Code provide that regular
meetings of the City Council will commence at 7:00 P.M. The attached ordinance will
provide that the time the Regular City Council meetings will commence is set at the hour
of 6:00 P.M. or other such time as the City Council establishes by resolution.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None. The City may realize some minor savings in overtime as meetings adjourn
earlier, but the majority of staff that attend meetings are exempt employees.
mes Thompson, City Clerk David H. Ready, City flan der
Attachment:
Ordinance No. 1665
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ORDINANCE NO. 1665
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2.04.010 OF THE PALM
SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE TIME FOR
THE COMMENCEMENT OF REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
City Attorney Summary
The current provisions of the Palm Springs Municipal Code provide that regular meetings
of the City Council will commence at 7:00 p.m. This ordinance will provide that the time of
the regular City Council meeting will commence at the hour of 6:00 p.m. or such time as
the City Council establishes by resolution.
The City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California. ordains:
Section 1. Section 2.04.010 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is amended to read:
2.04.010 Meetings — Place — Days— Month
Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held in the City Hall, 3200 Tahquitz-
McCallum Way, in the city, on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at the hour of
6:00 p.m. or such other time as the City Council may establish by resolution.
Section 2. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be
published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law and this Ordinance shall take
effect thirty (30) days after passage.
ADOPTED this 2"d day of March, 2005.
AYES: Members Foat, McCulloch, Mills, Pougnet and Mayor Oden
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
City Clerk Mayor
HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING Ordinance 1665 was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting held on the 2"d day of
March, 2005, and that same was published in the PUBLIC RECORD, a newspaper of
general circulation on March 15, 2005, in a summary form.
James Thompson
City Clerk