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Council reviews edits to rules of order; members debate political activity, use of city resources and advisory groups
Summary
City staff proposed clarifying edits to Richardson’s council rules of order and procedure, including changing the public comment card deadline and codifying public-comment instructions; council members debated partisan activity, wearing city-identifying attire at outside events, ad hoc committees and limits on staff time.
City staff presented recommended wording changes to the council’s rules of order and procedure and solicited council direction on a set of recurring questions: when a council member may represent the council, whether council members’ city-identifying attire should be restricted at partisan events, how ad hoc or advisory committees should use city resources, and a staff-time threshold for council research requests.
Amy Neemer, city secretary, and Mr. Magner reviewed edits staff proposed including moving the online public-comment card deadline from 5 p.m. to 4 p.m. and codifying the meeting instructions read aloud at…
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