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RESOLUTION NO.
19-88
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A RESOLUTION of the city council of the City of Port
Angeles amending the Council's Rules of Procedure
to set forth the procedure for notifying the
public of upcoming hearings and Council meeting
agendas.
WHEREAS, Chapter 168, Laws of 1988, requires cities to
establish a procedure to notify the public of upcoming hearings
and of the preliminary agendas of forthcoming Council meetings;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council in Resolution No. 14-88
complied with said statute and formalized the city's already
established practice for notifying the public of upcoming
hearings and Council meeting agendas; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable to incorporate
the procedure for notifying the public of upcoming hearings and
Council meeting agendas into the city Council's Rules of
Procedure;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON, as follows:
section 1. The Council Rules of Procedure, as adopted
by Resolution No. 13-86, as amended, are hereby amended by adding
a section to read as follows:
Notice of Public Hearings.
Notice of all public
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hearings to be conducted by the City Council shall be given
either by publishing written notice at least once in the City's
official newspaper prior to the date of the hearing or by
complying with any specific statutory requirements for such
notice that may be applicable to the particular type of hearing
involved.
Section 2.
section 7 of the Council Rules of
Procedure, as adopted by Resolution No. 13-86, as amended, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
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section 7 - Agenda. The city Manager shall
prepare the agenda of business for all regular Council
meetings. Any Council member, department head, or
citizen desiring to place a matter on the agenda shall
notify the City Manager by twelve o'clock noon on the
Wednesday preceding the Council meeting. Every agenda
item must be supported by a written explanation inform-
ing the Council and staff of the issue, background
and/or analysis, and recommendation and/or conclusion,
unless the item is self-explanatory. All written
materials for the agenda shall be delivered to the city
Manager by twelve o'clock noon on the Friday preceding
the Council meeting. Except for announcements, late
items that the City Manager does not receive by the
stated deadlines shall not be considered by the Council
except upon a majority vote of the members present.
Written copies of preliminary aqendas for all meetings
of the City Council shall be made available to the
local news media and any other persons who have
requested copies of such aqendas at least 24 hours
prior to the time scheduled for such meetinqs. Addi-
tionallY. copies of such aqendas shall be available at
ci ty Hall for any person who mav request one. and a
COpy shall be posted in a conspicuous location at city
Hall.
section 3. section 1 of Resolution No. 14-88 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
section 1. Notice of all public hearings to be
conducted by the city council or any of its advisory
boards and commissions shall be given either by
publishing written notice at least once in the city's
official newspaper a~-%ease-eeft-6ftys prior to the date
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of the hearing or by complying with any specific
statutory requirements for such notice that may be
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applicable to the particular type of hearing involved.
PASSED at a regular meeting of the Port Angeles city
council on this 19th day of July, 1988.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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Michelle M. Maike, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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