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Richfield council reviews updates to rules of procedure and decorum; agrees on several clarifications
Summary
Councilors reviewed a wide-ranging redline of the city's rules of procedure and decorum, reached consensus on several procedural clarifications and asked staff to prepare the revised document for formal adoption.
The Richfield City Council spent the bulk of its Aug. 12 meeting reviewing staff-proposed updates to the council rules of procedure and decorum, discussing public-participation limits, how the mayor and council may vary agenda order, and enforcement steps for disruptive in-person behavior.
City Clerk Friedrich and City Manager Katie Rodriguez presented a redlined draft that consolidated earlier changes requested by council and legal input from City Attorney Tietjen. The council discussed, among other items, whether to limit debate when a member appeals the presiding officer's ruling (members favored aligning with Sturgis parliamentary procedure and removing a provision that restricted…
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