Label
Council Rules Change
Title
Amending the Rules of Council by repealing and enacting Rule II.E. specifying days for Council Meetings; and declaring an emergency.
Summary
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
City Council desires to change the Rules of Council as revised to December 19, 2023, by changing the day of Council Meetings from Wednesday to Tuesday
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That Rule II.E. of the Rules of Council that reads:
Council shall meet bi-weekly on Wednesday at 4:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers. Council, may by motion, dispense with any regular meeting or change the day and hour of holding any regular meeting. Whenever Wednesday shall be a holiday, the regular meeting, unless otherwise provided for by motion, shall be held on the preceding Tuesday at 4:00 P.M. At each meeting the Journal of the preceding meeting shall be read unless the reading shall be dispensed with and shall be approved by a two-thirds vote of the members present.
Is hereby amended to read as follows:
Council shall meet bi-weekly on Tuesday at 4:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers. Council, may by motion, dispense with any regular meeting or change the day and hour of holding any regular meeting. Whenever Tuesday shall be a holiday, the regular meeting, unless otherwise provided for by motion, shall be held on the following Wednesday at 4:00 P.M. At each meeting the Journal of the preceding meeting shall be read unless the reading shall be dispensed with and shall be approved by a two-thirds vote of the members present.
SECTION 2. That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for the further reason that the Rules of Council need to be revised to meet the needs of this City Council.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 12, nays 0.
Passed: October 23, 2024, as an emergency measure: yeas 12, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: October 24, 2024
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor