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All Council Members
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Amending the Rules of Council by repealing and enacting Rule II.E. and Rule VI.D. specifying days for Council Meetings and Zoning & Planning Committee; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
City Council desires to change the Rules of Council as revised to January 18, 2022, by changing the day of Council Meetings from Tuesday to Wednesday and deleting a specified day for the Zoning & Planning Committee.
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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 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.
Is hereby amended to read as follows:
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.
SECTION 2. That Rule VI.D. of the Rules of Council that reads:
The regular Zoning and Planning Committee shall be on a Wednesday, at least 30 days following the Plan Commission hearing.
Is hereby amended to read as follows:
The regular Zoning and Planning Committee shall be at least 30 days following the Plan Commission hearing.
SECTION 3. 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: December 19, 2023, as an emergency measure: yeas 12, nays 0.
Attest:
Gerald E. Dendinger Matt Cherry
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: December 19, 2023
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor