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Laguna Hills tables updated rules of decorum after council debates Rosenberg’s vs. Robert’s rules
Summary
After an extended discussion about adopting updated rules of decorum and parliamentary procedure, Laguna Hills City Council voted unanimously to continue consideration of proposed City Council Policy 115, citing need for more comparison and education on Rosenberg’s versus Robert’s rules and concerns over debate-cutoff thresholds.
City staff presented a proposed resolution to adopt updated City Council Policy 115 — Rules of Decorum and Procedure — at the Laguna Hills City Council meeting on March 25. The staff report said the current rules were last updated in 1996 and that the draft policy was prepared to align meeting procedures with the Ralph M. Brown Act and recent changes in state law.
The presentation explained the draft policy includes six categories of changes — Brown Act consistency, updated disorderly-conduct language, clarified public-comment procedures (including electronic comments), agenda management language and a recommendation to adopt…
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