CITY OF
City Clerk
RESOLUTION 06-54
A RESOLUTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER,
WHEREAS, Research completed by the City Clerk’s office confirmed that a high percentage of municipalities, including the Kenai Peninsula Borough, employ the 3 minute time limit; and
WHEREAS, A time limit of 3 minutes has been established for the public to comment during the City Council Meetings and Section 1 Note 7 specifies a 5 minute time limit; and
WHEREAS, There are inconsistencies within Section 3 under the heading of Lobbying Activities.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Homer City Council Operating Manual shall be amended as follows:
7. Audience Participation -
Audience comments are acceptable when invited by a Councilmember or the Mayor. Audience comments as an agenda item is provided so that
anyone wishing to speak to the Council may do so without prior arrangement. The
Mayor may limit the time for "Comments Upon
Matters Already on the Agenda or Audience Comments. Comments are generally
limited to [5] 3 minutes per
person [per issue] unless authorization to speak longer is granted by
Council action.
BASIC TIME
LIMIT (Public Comments, Public Hearing Testimony and Audience Comments.)
Comments are limited to [five] three
minutes per person [per issue] unless authorization to speak longer is
granted by Council action. In the interest of time, the Council has found it
necessary to place a time limit. It may be desirable to have one spokesperson
for special interest groups making a statement to the Council.
When working with a contract
lobbyist or lobbying on behalf of the City, the Mayor, City Manager and Council
will be guided by the above-mentioned process. Toward the end of the session,
when legislation moves quickly, the City Manager, Mayor or Council members
responsible for specific issues may draft a position document and send it to
the appropriate players. In that case, a hard copy of the transmittal will be
distributed to Council, Mayor, and City Manager immediately thereafter in their
mailboxes, with a copy placed in Council packets under [Committee Reports or
City Manager’s Report(whichever applies)]
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Announcements/Presentations/Borough and Commission Reports, thereby ensuring public involvement.
Upon returning from travel on
City business, including lobbying trips or other trips made on behalf of the
City, the City Manager, Council members and Mayor will file written reports for
inclusion in the next Council meeting pack et under
Announcements/Presentations/Borough and Commission Reports [(whichever
applies)] using the attached format. Each entry describing the activity and
subject(s) discussed will be followed by a recommendation. In this way,
Councilmembers, the Mayor, or the City Manager following up will have a clear
direction to follow. Reso 00-08.
Each Councilmember, the Mayor,
and City Manager are expected to share his/her lobbying activities with the
public in oral and written form under the agenda section marked [Committee
Reports or City Manager's Report, whichever applies] Announcements/Presentations/Borough and Commission Reports.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 22nd day of May, 2006.
CITY OF
ATTEST: JAMES C. HORNADAY, MAYOR
MARY L. CALHOUN, CMC, CITY CLERK
Fiscal Note: N.A.