File #: 12-0707    Version:
Type: decision Status: Passed
File created: 10/29/2012 In control: City Council
Agenda date: 12/11/2012 Final action: 11/20/2012
Title: Agenda Item: Approval of 2012 Amendments to City Council Guidebook
Attachments: 1. 1. Amendments to Council Guidebook, 2. 2. Report from General Government, 3. 3. Web Link to Council Guidebook

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Agenda Item:

Approval of 2012 Amendments to City Council Guidebook

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Issue:

Shall the attached amendments be approved?

 

Committee Recommendation:

General Government Committee recommends the Guidebook amendments.

 

City Manager’s Recommendation:

Move to approve the Council Guidebook amendments shown in attachment #1, as recommended by General Government Committee and discussed by City Council at a special meeting on November 20.

 

Staff Contact:

Cathie Butler, Communications Manager, 360.753.8361

 

Presenter(s):

None. Consent Calendar item.

 

Background and Analysis:

The Olympia City Council’s usual procedures and practices are contained in the Council’s Guidebook. Biennially, or as needed, the Council’s General Government Committee reviews the Guidebook and recommends changes, if warranted.

 

Council reviewed 2012 recommended changes at a Special Study Session on Tuesday, November 20, and agreed to forward certain changes to a December Council business meeting on the Consent Calendar. The changes are shown in attachment #1.

 

Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):

None known.

 

Options:

1. Approve the recommended changes.

2. Do not approve, or modify the recommended changes.

 

Financial Impact:

None.