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Martinez council adopts new City Council handbook to modernize governance
Summary
Councilmembers unanimously adopted a 47-page City Council handbook April 1 to update procedures on meetings, remote participation, communications, appointments and training; staff will implement a new agenda template and a proposed 10 p.m. meeting curfew.
The Martinez City Council adopted a new City Council handbook April 1, a comprehensive update intended to modernize meeting procedures, clarify roles, and align council practices with current law.
Assistant City Manager Lauren Segayan outlined the handbook’s scope: expansion from an older 18-page document to a 47-page handbook that codifies council and staff roles, meeting types, remote participation rules aligned with recent AB changes, communications guidance, training and ethics…
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