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Council debates allowing individual members to unilaterally place items on agenda; no policy change recorded
Summary
Councilmembers debated whether individual council members should be able to place items on the agenda without securing prior consensus; staff presented a survey of 33 Orange County cities and the history of Stanton policy; council discussed staff workload, Brown Act constraints and possible limits but did not adopt a change at the meeting.
The Stanton City Council held an extended discussion on Sept. 23 about whether individual council members should be allowed to place items on the council agenda without first securing a second or consensus.
City staff said the item originated from a council request and presented a historical review of Stanton’s policies: policies dating to 1987, a 1995 change requiring a majority to place council‑initiated items which was removed in 1996, and a 2009 reintroduction of a ‘‘consensus’’ concept that remains in the 2022 version. Staff…
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