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Council to consider reverting agenda-rule change after months of public concern
Summary
Following public comment and council debate, the mayor directed staff to bring forward an ordinance introduction to revert the council’s future-agenda rule to require only a motion and a second (not a third). The change would return the process to its earlier form; the council did not adopt a final ordinance at the Jan. 14 meeting.
Lake Havasu City Council on Jan. 14 discussed restoring the council’s “future agenda item” procedure to require a motion plus one second rather than the current practice that had included a third concurring councilmember under a code change adopted in 2023.
Councilmember David Diaz asked that the code be reverted to the earlier language that allowed a single councilmember to place an item on a future agenda with a second, saying the current wording can block topics from public discussion. The item drew extended public comment:…
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