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Council reviews seating, vice-mayor rotation and notice rules in draft procedures; asks staff to clarify 3/4 threshold and posting language
Summary
As part of a rules-of-procedure review, Fountain Hills councilors asked staff to make explicit that a three-quarter threshold equals six votes when the council has seven members; they also discussed vice-mayor rotation, timing for agenda materials, and whether to remove a definition of "newspaper" after citing Arizona law.
Fountain Hills Town Council members reviewed several operational items in the draft rules of procedure, including the role and seating of the mayor, the formula and length of rotation for the vice mayor role, and vote thresholds for actions requiring a three-quarter majority.
Council members asked staff to make explicit language in the draft clarifying that a three-quarter vote on a seven-member council requires six affirmative votes. One council member said, "You have to round up in the event that there's, so if if 5 doesn't pass the threshold, then you go up to 6," and another asked that…
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