1.28.050 Council Meetings and Agenda.
A. The order and wording of the agenda for Council meetings shall be as follows:
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG/LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
V. CONSENT AGENDA
a. Approval of Minutes
b. Introduction and Scheduling
(1) Ordinances
(2) Resolutions
c. Final Action
(1) Ordinances
(2) Resolutions
d. Action on Grant Applications/Awards
e. Approval of Final Settlements and/or Appeals
f. Other Items
VI. MESSAGES FROM EXECUTIVE/JUDGES/PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
VII. PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS
VIII. ORDINANCES
IX. RESOLUTIONS
X. COMMUNITY FORUM
XI. OTHER BUSINESS/ANNOUNCEMENTS
XII. ADJOURNMENT
B. Broadcasting. All regular Council meetings shall be broadcast from gavel to gavel.
C. Public Participation in Council Meetings.
1. Items for Final Action. Anyone may address any item on the agenda for final action. Public comment on any other items on the agenda shall be at the discretion of the Council. To ensure equal opportunity for the public to comment, the Council may impose a time limit on each speaker. All comments must be directed to the Chair.
2. Rules for Public Participation.
a. Three minute time limit, unless changed by the Council.
b. All comments must be directed to the Chair.
c. No person shall disrupt the orderly conduct of any Council meeting.
d. Speakers who fail to comply with the Council's rules governing public participation in Council meetings shall be subject to forfeiture of his or her opportunity to speak to the Council and/or removal from the Council Chambers or other meeting room at the discretion of the Chair.
3. Community Forum.
a. Purpose. The purpose of Section X, Community Forum, is to afford members of the public an opportunity to address the Council on issues of significance to or affecting Pierce County government and that do not appear otherwise on that particular meeting agenda.
b. Councilmembers shall not engage in dialogue or debate during Community Forum without approval of a majority of the Council.
4. The Council adopts and incorporates herein by reference the provisions of RCW 42.17A.555 regarding the use of its facilities for campaigns or ballot propositions.
5. Audio Equipment is available for the Hearing Impaired. Please contact the Clerk.
6. The language of this subsection shall be shown at the bottom of the first page of each agenda of the County Council meetings.
D. The Council agenda and meeting schedule shall be set and approved by the Rules and Operations Committee. The Clerk of the Council shall place on a draft agenda for approval by the Rules and Operations Committee any proposal if it has been sponsored by one or more Councilmembers.
E. The Council Meeting Agenda is to be electronically delivered to the Executive by noon on the Friday prior to the meeting for which it is prepared.
F. Items may be added to amend an agenda approved by the Rules and Operations Committee only to refer an Ordinance or Resolution to committee, to set or revise a date of public hearing, to correct clerical errors, to consider emergency Ordinances, emergency or appointment Resolutions, Proclamations, Recognitions and/or Awards, to authorize grant applications/awards, to approve final settlements and/or appeals, or to consider motions that are not final action on any ordinance.
G. The order of items of business may be changed at any Council meeting by a majority vote of the Council.