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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/03/1992 CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO August 3, 1992 CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION MINUTES The City Council Study Session was called to order by the Mayor at 7 30 p m Councilmembers present Elise Brougham, Kent Davis, Don Eafanti, Phil Edwards, Vance Edwards, Tony Flasco, Ron Selstad, and Bill Shanley Also present City Clerk, Wanda Sang, City Administrator, Robert Middaugh, City Attorney, John Hayes, staff, and interested citizens Item 1 Discussion of r B 19 - Disposition of Unclaimed Property Mr Middaugh and Wanda Sang discussed their concerns with t~e wording in certain sections of the ordinance and gave suggestions on how the ordinance shaul d b8 worde:i Decision was made t~at the City Clerk, the rity Administrator and the City Attorney would review paragraphs 4,5,7,& 8 to come up with substitute language that basically ~~ovides that the Clerk's Office is the central processing pOint for giving legal notices and t~e Administrator's Office will be the resource for investigation Will be brought in with changes on final reading on August 24th Item 2 Discussion of Council Rules of Order & Procedure Mr Davis gave a preface to the discussion It was decided that the following changes be made as indicated in bold type under Section 5 4, - Time Schedule Consensus of a majority of a Council Committee or any four Councilmembers who wis~ to request a subject to be placed on the Agenda, must notify the City Administrator, City Clerk, or Council President of such item by noon on Friday, and staff requ8sts to the City Administrator by noon on Friday, the week in advance of Council meeting All back-up documents must be filed with the City Clerk's Office by noon on the Wednesday preceding the Monday which Council meets Ordinances to be written by the City Attorney, and any other Agenda items, shall first be approved by either one of the Council Committees, by Consensus at a Study Session, or by majority vote at a City Council meeting Under Section 5 4, - Time Schedule, Consensus was 8-0 to insert after and "have at least three other Council members' approval", change "City Administrator" to "City Clerk" and in next paragraph, after "City Attorney" insert "and any other agenda item" Consensus was 7-1 to change "5 00 p m Friday" to "1\ .JJn Friday" CITY rOUNCIL STUDY SESSI0N MINUTES Page -2- It was decided that the City Admini~trator may eliminate the cover letters for agenda items Consensus was 8-0, Council cannot approve an appropriation under Elected Officials Matters Under Section 8 1 - Public Comment, Consensus was 7-1 to leave this section as is Under Section 6 3 - Reconsideration, Consensus was 8-0 to add the word "Council" before "member voting" Under Section 9-1 - Suspension of these Rules, Consensus was 8-0 to read "Any provision of these rules not governed by the City charter or Code of Laws may be temporarily suspended by a two-thirds majority vote of those members present and voting " Under Section 5-2 - Consent Agenda, Consensus was 8-0 that any Council member can remove an item from the Consent Agenda for discussion, for voting, or both MOTION by Vance Edwards to adjourn, seconded by Mr Davis, carried 5-3 Meeting ~ 00 p m .APPROVED~ CITY COU:CIL ON 'UGUST 24, 1992 BY A VDTE OF _~d/ 4~~A Kent Davis, Council President 8 TO 0