CC Resolution 2003-025 RESOLUTION NO. 2003-025
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, REVISING THE RULES OF
PROCEDURE FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS RELATING TO
MOTIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION
Revision of Section 7.3 of Resolution No. 98-109
WHEREAS, Section 2.04.040 of the La Quinta Charter and Municipal Code
requires that the City Council adopt Rules of Procedure to govern the conduct of its
meetings and any of its other functions, activities and regulations pertaining thereto;
WHEREAS, pursuant to that authority, the City Council has adopted prior
resolutions containing such Rules of Procedure, most recently set forth in City Council
Resolution No. 98-109;
WHEREAS, Council desires to revise to the City's procedures relating to motions
for reconsideration following tie votes;
WHEREAS, the current procedures for reconsideration are set forth in Section
7.3 of Resolution No. 98-109, which states as follows:
7.3 RECONSIDERATION
Any Council Member who voted with the majority may move a
reconsideration of any action at the same meeting or, within seven (7)
calendar days, request to the City Manager or City Clerk that it be
agendized for consideration at the following meeting. If the seventh
calendar day falls on a holiday, then the deadline shall be the next
business day. If the motion to reconsider passes then the original item
may be reconsidered at that time or agendized for the next meeting
which meets any applicable noticing requirements. After a motion for
reconsideration has once been acted upon, no other motion for
reconsideration thereof shall be made without unanimous consent of the
Council.
WHEREAS, under the current rules, only a Council Member who voted in the
majority may move for reconsideration, and with a tie vote, there is no majority.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La
Quinta, California, as follows:
Resolution No. 2003-025
Revision to Rules of Procedure
Adopted: May 6, 2003
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1. Section 7.3 of the City's Rules of Procedure is hereby amended to read
as follows:
7.3 RECONSIDERATION
Any Council Member who voted with the majority may move a
reconsideration of any action at the same meeting or, within seven (7)
calendar days, request in writing to the City Manager or City Clerk that
it be agendized for consideration at the following meeting. If the seventh
calendar day falls on a holiday, then the deadline shall be the next
business day. In the event that the subject of the reconsideration is a
motion that failed as the result of a tie vote, any Council Member who
voted against the earlier motion may move for reconsideration within the
same seven (7) calendar day period. If the motion to reconsider passes,
then the original item may be reconsidered at that time or agendized for
the next meeting which meets any applicable noticing requirements.
After a motion for reconsideration has once been acted upon, no other
motion for reconsideration thereof shall be made without unanimous
consent of the Council.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta City
Council held on this 6th day of May, 2003, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Council Members Henderson, Osborne, Perkins, Sniff, Mayor Adolph
NOES' None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN' None
'DO~ -AI~o'I_[=H,VM ayor
City of La Quinta, California
Re~k~tion No. 2003-025
...... RevisiOn to Rbles of Procedure
Adopted: May 6, 2003
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ATTEST:
~J~clf~E S/GREEK, CMC, City-~-te~
City of La Quinta, California
(CITY SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
M. KATHERINE JENSON, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California