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Commission reviews Rules of Conduct, proposes new meeting start times and edits to procedures
Summary
Deputy City Manager Jeremy Jones presented proposed revisions to the Commission's Rules of Conduct to reflect new meeting start times, remove a dissolved Ethics Committee reference, relocate public-comment time limits, and allow proclamations to be handled within presentations; Mayor Reeves and several commissioners debated the role of proclamations and wording.
Deputy City Manager Jeremy Jones told the Commission that a redlined version of proposed updates to the Rules of Conduct was inadvertently omitted from a prior packet but that staff had prepared revisions to reflect changes directed by the Commission. The proposed edits would set Work Session start times at 4:30 p.m. and Commission meetings at 6:00 p.m., relocate public-comment time-limit language, and update the public hearing legal notice section to reflect House Bill 394.
Mayor Reeves said he had reviewed and supported the redline edits and requested one change in Section 8.3 to replace the now-dissolved Great Falls Ethics Committee with the County Attorney's Office. "He supported all the proposed redline edits and revisions," Jones said of Mayor Reeves' review, and staff agreed to revise the ethics reference accordingly.
Commissioners debated whether proclamations should remain expressly in the order of business. Commissioner McKenney said he disagreed with the proposed time change and favored preserving proclamations as an optional part of the mayor's ceremonial duties, while Commissioner Tryon said proclamations have become "overly promotional" and are better handled outside of formal meeting time. Deputy City Attorney Rachel Taylor advised that proclamations could be subsumed under a broader "other presentations" category if the Commission preferred that approach.
Staff will incorporate the requested edits, reinsert a previously stricken section for further review, and seek to maintain the proposed timeline so new start times could take effect at the first meeting in September if the Commission moves forward.
