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Council reviews order of business and public-meeting rules; debate over who may request future agenda items
Summary
Council reviewed proposed edits to its order of business and meeting rules, focusing on public-comment logistics, who may request future agenda items, motions to reconsider and rescind, and tie-vote procedure; members split over changing the current one-member request policy.
The Oviedo City Council reviewed proposed revisions to the city's order of business and rules for public meetings, including public-comment procedures, the process for requesting future agenda items, and how motions to reconsider or rescind should operate.
Staff introduced a set of maintenance and substantive edits to align the printed rules with current practice and to add clarity about discussion items, communications and reports, and public comments. The packet included draft wording that would require a “consensus of council” — interpreted during the discussion as a majority of members present — before staff would place a council-requested item on a future agenda. That represents a change from the current practice, under which a single council member can request a discussion item be scheduled.
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