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Council waives second reading and adopts ordinance updating prohibited conduct on public buses
Summary
Iowa City councilors unanimously waived second consideration and adopted amendments to Title 6 that update definitions and add prohibited acts for conduct on public buses.
The Iowa City Council unanimously waived the usual second-consideration rule and adopted amendments to Title 6, Chapter 8, updating definitions and adding prohibited conduct on public buses.
A staff member presented the ordinance as second consideration with a request to expedite. Councilor Moe moved to waive the second consideration; another councilor seconded. The council then voted unanimously to waive the second reading and immediately considered and adopted the ordinance by roll call.
The ordinance language revises definitions in Section 1 and updates and adds prohibited acts in Section 2; no specific citation language was read into the minutes at the meeting. No public speakers addressed the item during the council discussion.
The ordinance was adopted by a 5–0 roll-call vote after the second-reading waiver.
