Tuesday, a public hearing will be held for residents to address concerns about The Standard. Landmark development proposes building the multi-level housing development on Route 66 and Blackbird Roost, near Barnes and Noble. The project would utilize about seven acres of land and displace residents of the Arrowhead trailer park. Below is a release from the city of Flagstaff about this Tuesday’s meeting (and likely second meeting Wednesday night.)
The Flagstaff City Council is providing an explanation of the process and Rules of Procedure regarding the upcoming public hearing on “The Standard” rezoning request. The Council is providing this detail to enable the public to successfully participate.
The Public Hearing on “The Standard” will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The Council must follow established Rules of Procedure for all Public Hearings, including “The Standard”. The Rules of Procedure call for the following sequence: a staff presentation, an applicant presentation, Council clarifying questions and answers, public comment, applicant response, staff response, Council questions and deliberation. The Rules of Procedure (see below – with minor time modifications) will be followed for “The Standard” Public Hearing as detailed below:
- The Public Hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m.
- City staff will be given 30 minutes for a presentation
- The Applicant for the rezoning request will be given 30 minutes for a presentation
- City Council clarifying questions
- Public comment will begin at approximately 7:00 p.m.
o Anyone wishing to speak as part of the Public Hearing, MUST fill out a comment card and submit it to the City Clerkit it to the City Clerk
o Each speaker will be given 2 minutes to address the Council
- Public comment will be taken until 9:30 p.m. If there are still individuals that have not had a chance to comment (excluding those who leave early) the Council will continue the Public Hearing to Wednesday, July 2 at 6:00 p.m.
o In order to speak at the possible July 2nd continuation of the Public Hearing members of the public must have turned in a comment card at the July 1st Public Hearing. New comment cards will NOT be accepted at a July 2nd meeting
o If a July 2nd meeting is necessary, the remaining comment cards will be called, including those of individuals that had to leave the July 1st Public Hearing early.
- The Applicant will have an opportunity to respond
- Staff will have an opportunity to respond
- Council questions and deliberation
The City of Flagstaff will provide translation services during the public hearing. Two interpreters have been hired and 15 new headsets purchased to assist with the translation services.
RULES OF PROCEDURE
for the
FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL
Rule 1 GENERAL RULES
[Flagstaff City Charter Art. II, §14]
1.01Rules of Procedure; Journal
The Council shall determine its own rules and orders of business, and shall provide for keeping a record of its proceedings. The record of proceedings shall be open to public inspection.
1.02Written Rules, Order of Business, and Procedure
These Rules of Procedure of the Council shall be available to all interested citizens.
Rule 2 CODE OF CONDUCT & CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
2.01Code of Conduct
City Councilmembers occupy positions of public trust. All actions and business transactions of such officials dealing in any manner with public funds shall be in compliance with all laws or ordinances establishing a code of conduct for public officials or pertaining to conflicts of interest of public officials or employees.
2.02Participation and Voting Bar [A.R.S. §38-503]
Any Councilmember prohibited from participating or voting on any matter before the City by the state conflict of interest laws shall make known such conflict on the record of any meeting where the item is discussed, and shall not enter into discussion, debate, or vote on such matter.
3.01Regular Meetings
Rule 3 COUNCIL MEETINGS
[Flagstaff City Charter Art. II, §12 and 13]
The City Council shall hold regular meetings on the first and third Tuesday of January, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, November, and December, and on the fourth Tuesday of August unless a majority of the Council decides to postpone or cancel such meeting. No change shall be made in regular meeting times or place without a published seven day notice.
Regular meetings shall consist of a 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. meeting. The 4:00 p.m. portion of the meeting will include Approval of Minutes, Appointments, Liquor License Hearings, Consent Items, and Routine Items. At the agenda review work session one week prior to the regular Council Meeting, the City Council may direct that any of the agenda items be moved to the 4:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m. portion of the meeting. At the 4:00 p.m. meeting, the Council may vote to defer any item on that portion of the agenda to the 6:00 p.m. meeting.
The 6:00 p.m. meeting is intended for items of specific interest to the community or items that may require extended discussions, as well as advertised public hearings. The agenda shall include carryover items from the 4:00 p.m. meeting, public hearings, regular agenda items, and discussion items.
If the day fixed for any regular meeting of the Council falls upon a day which the City observes as a legal holiday, the meeting may be cancelled or held at a time and date designated by the Council. All regular meetings of the Council shall be held in the City Hall Council Chambers. No change shall be made in regular meeting times without a published seven-day notice. However, the Mayor or City Manager may change the Council meeting location to adjust to a specific need for additional space required to accommodate a large citizen turnout, upon giving the public notice of such change pursuant to notice requirements. All regular meetings of the Council shall be open to the public.
3.02Special Meetings
Special meetings may be called by the City Manager, three or more members of the Council, or by the Mayor. The Council may hold any other meetings it deems necessary at such times and locations as it determines appropriate under the circumstances for the purposes of addressing specific issues, specific neighborhood’s concerns, strategic planning, budgeting, or for any other purpose allowed by law, so long as notice of such meeting has been given in accordance with the Arizona Open Meeting Law. The City Clerk shall prepare written notice of special sessions, stating time, place, and agenda; this notice shall be given personally, or by telephone, to each member of the Council, the City Manager, and the City Attorney, and shall be posted no later than twenty-four hours in advance of the special meeting. If an emergency requires an earlier meeting of the Council than allowed by this rule, Rule 3.05 pertaining to emergency meetings shall be followed.
3.03Work Sessions and Agenda Review
Work sessions are public meetings held for the following purposes: (1) briefing Councilmembers on items included on the Council’s regular meeting agenda, (2) discussion of long range plans and programs for which no immediate action is required, (3) detailed discussion of matters which may soon be placed on a regular meeting agenda, and (4) exchange of information between the staff and Council. No formal vote shall be taken on any matter under discussion, nor shall any Councilmember enter into a commitment with another respecting a vote to be taken subsequently in a public meeting of the Council, providing that nothing herein shall prevent the Council from giving staff direction on any matter under discussion. Any formal action, however, must be scheduled for Council action at a regular or special Council meeting.
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The City Council may hold work sessions every second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. When there are five Tuesdays in a month, work sessions will be held on the second and fifth Tuesdays. No meetings will be held on the fourth Tuesday of a five-Tuesday month or, on the last Tuesday of December, unless otherwise agreed to by a majority of the Council.
The work session held the Tuesday prior to a regular Council meeting shall include two reviews of the action items on the next week’s regular Council agenda, including a determination as to which items shall be placed on the 4:00 p.m. meeting agenda or the 6:00 p.m. portion of the meeting agenda. The preliminary review of the draft Council meeting agenda shall be placed first on the work session agenda and will have as its purpose the identification of items that the Council designates for more detailed discussion after all other work session items have been discussed. In the final agenda review that shall occur as the last regularly scheduled item on the agenda, the Council may discuss items on the next week’s agenda and give direction to the City Manager as to additional information needed. Public comment need not be taken, but may be accepted at the second agenda review, at the discretion of the Chair.
No work sessions will be held during the summer break period beginning on the day following the third Tuesday in July until the fourth Tuesday of August, unless called as a special meeting as provided in Section 3.02 of these Rules.
3.04Executive Sessions [A.R.S. §38-431.03]
The Council may meet in, or recess into, executive session for all purposes allowed by law. The City Manager shall schedule any such meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 4:00 p.m., or earlier as the need arises, prior to work sessions, but an executive session may be scheduled at any other time where circumstances require more immediate action. When there are five Tuesdays in a month, executive sessions shall be held on the second and fifth Tuesday at 4:00 p.m., or earlier, as needed. An executive session may be convened at a special meeting called for that purpose on a majority vote of the members of the Council, or during a regular meeting, special session, or work session of the Council for legal advice on matters on a meeting’s properly noticed agenda. Attendance at the executive session shall be limited to members of the City Council, the City Manager and City Attorney or their designees, and appropriate City staff or consultants to the City as the Council may invite or as may be required for advice or information. No formal vote involving final action shall be taken on any matter under discussion while in an executive session, except the Council may instruct its attorneys and representatives as allowed by law.
3.05Emergency Meetings [A.R.S. §38-431.02]
In case of an actual emergency, the Council may hold a meeting, including an executive session, upon such notice as is appropriate to the circumstances, but shall post a public notice within twenty-four hours declaring that an emergency session has been held, and setting forth the agenda of specific items discussed, considered, or decided.
3.06Minutes of Meeting [A.R.S. §38-431.01]
Except as otherwise provided by state law, there shall be minutes of all Council meetings. Such minutes shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the
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meeting; (2) the members of the City Council recorded as either present or absent; (3) a general description of the matters considered; (4) an accurate description of all legal actions proposed, discussed, or taken, and the names of members who propose each motion; and (5) the name of persons, as given, making statements or presenting material to the Council and a reference to the legal action about which they made statements or presented material. Minutes of all meetings, except executive sessions, shall be open to public inspection.
Rule 4 THE COUNCIL AGENDA
4.01Procedures for Preparation of Council Agendas
All reports, communications, ordinances and resolutions, contracts or other documents, or other matters to be submitted to the Council as part of the Council meeting agenda packet shall be available to the Council, along with a staff summary by the Friday preceding the agenda review work session for the draft agenda and by the Friday preceding the regular meeting for the regular agenda. The City Manager shall review items submitted for timeliness and completeness of information and shall make a preliminary determination whether an item should be placed on the 4:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m. portion of the regular meeting agenda.
The City Manager shall honor any request by a member of the Council to include an item on the Possible Future Agenda Items portion of the agenda. A Councilmember may submit an item for consideration at any time and the City Manager will place it in a queue with other Council requests to be placed on an agenda. The date and time of scheduling shall be weighted with other Council priority requests. The requesting Councilmember may, but is not required to, specify in a memorandum what discussion, action, or options are proposed. Public participation on an item placed in the Possible Future Agenda Items portion of the agenda will be limited to: 1) verbal comments taken during the public participation section(s) of the agenda; and 2) written comment cards submitted to the City Clerk. After discussion and upon agreement of three members of the Council, the item will be moved to a regularly-scheduled Council meeting.
Those items which are approved for the Council agenda by the City Manager shall be placed on the agenda in accordance with the order prescribed in Rule 5. Copies of the agenda and any background material shall be disseminated to the Mayor and the City Council in the manner prescribed by the Council; to the City Manager, the Deputy City Managers, the City Attorney, and the City Clerk; and shall be made available to the public no later than noon on the Friday preceding the Council meeting at which the agenda will be reviewed.
The agenda shall be made public in advance of the meeting by posting on the regular public posting board at City Hall and on the City’s website. Such action shall be taken concurrently with the furnishing of the agenda to the City Council.
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5.01Regular Meeting Agenda
Rule 5 ORDER OF BUSINESS
The agenda for regular meetings of the City Council shall follow the following order:
4:00 P.M. MEETING
Call to Order Roll Call Pledge of Allegiance and Reading of the Mission Statement Approval of Minutes of Previous Meetings Public Participation Proclamations and Recognitions Appointments Liquor License Public Hearings Consent Items Routine Items* Recess
6:00 P.M. MEETING
Reconvene Regular Meeting Roll Call Public Participation Carryover Items from 4:00 p.m. portion of Meeting Public Hearing Items
Regular Agenda Discussion Items Possible Future Agenda Items Informational Items and Reports to/from Council and Staff, and Requests for Future
Agenda Items Adjournment
*Routine Items include those agenda items that are common, reoccurring, have been discussed at length in prior Council meetings, or are expected to have little to no public participation. They may include resolutions or ordinances.
Consent Agenda items may be considered and acted upon by one motion, unless a Councilmember specifically requests that a consent item be considered and voted on separately. If related to a public hearing item on the agenda, ordinances or resolutions shall be placed under Public Hearings. Items requested for consideration and discussion by a Councilmember and placed in the Possible Future Agenda Items Section need not have a staff summary or staff review, but the requesting Councilmember may specify in a memorandum what discussion, action, or options are proposed. There will be no discussion of issues raised during public participation, information items and reports, or requests for future agenda items. The City Clerk shall enter into the minutes all consent items approved with one motion, and shall record separately action taken on those items considered separately.
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6.01Mayor as Chair
Rule 6 PRESIDING OFFICER
[Flagstaff City Charter Art. II, §7 and §8]
The Mayor, or in his or her absence, the Vice Mayor, shall be the Chair for all meetings of the Council.
6.02Temporary Chair
In case of the absence of the Mayor and the Vice Mayor, the City Clerk shall call the Council to order. If a quorum is found to be present, the Council shall proceed to elect, by a majority of those present, a Chair for the meeting.
Rule 7 MEETING DECORUM AND ORDER
7.01Decorum and Order among Councilmembers
The Chair shall preserve decorum and decide all questions of order, subject to appeal to the Council. During Council meetings, Councilmembers shall preserve order and decorum and shall not delay or interrupt the proceedings or refuse to obey the order of the Chair or the Rules of the Council. Every Councilmember desiring to speak shall address the Chair, and upon recognition by the Chair, shall confine himself or herself to the question under debate and shall avoid all personal attacks and indecorous language. A Councilmember once recognized shall not be interrupted while speaking unless called to order by the Chair or unless a point of order is raised by another Councilmember. If a Councilmember is called to order while he or she is speaking, he or she shall cease speaking immediately until the question of order is determined. If ruled to be out of order, he or she shall remain silent or shall alter his or her remarks so as to comply with the Rules of the Council. Councilmembers shall confine their questions to the particular issues before the Council. If the Chair fails to act, any member may move to require him or her to enforce the Rules and the affirmative vote of the majority of the Council shall require the Chair to act.
If Council discussion of a matter exceeds one hour, each Councilmember shall limit their subsequent remarks to three minutes.
7.02Decorum and Order among City Staff
The Chair shall have the authority to preserve decorum in meetings as far as the audience, staff members, and city employees are concerned. The City Manager shall also be responsible for the orderly conduct and decorum of all City employees under the City Manager’s direction and control. Any remarks shall be addressed to the Chair and to any or all members of the Council. No staff member, other than the staff member having the floor, shall enter into any discussion either directly or indirectly without permission of the Chair.
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7.03Decorum and Order among Citizen Participants
Citizens attending Council meetings shall also observe the same rules of propriety, decorum, and good conduct applicable to members of the Council. Any person making personal, impertinent, and slanderous remarks, or who becomes boisterous while addressing the Council during a Council meeting, may be removed from the room if so directed by the Chair, and such person shall be barred from further audience before the Council. Unauthorized remarks from the audience, stamping of feet, whistles, yells, and similar demonstrations shall not be permitted by the Chair, who may direct the Sergeant- at-Arms to remove such offenders from the room. Should the Chair fail to act, any member of the Council may move to require the Chair to enforce the Rules, and the affirmative vote of the majority of the Council shall require the Chair to act. Political campaigning is prohibited. Any member of the public desiring to address the Council on any non-public hearing item may, and on any public hearing item shall be recognized by the Chair pursuant to Rule 9, shall state his or her name and city of residence in an audible tone for the record, and shall limit his or her remarks to the questions under discussion. Any remarks shall be addressed to the Chair and to any or all members of the Council.
Citizens are allowed to address the Council a maximum of three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Public Participation. Other than Public Participation, comments shall be limited to the business at hand. If the Chair recognizes a speaker, the Chair shall limit the period of speaking to a reasonable period of time of no more than three minutes per person, at the discretion of the Chair and a speaker may address the Council with the speaker’s own statements, and the statements of other persons within the three minute period, but that shall be the speaker’s only opportunity to address the Council on that issue.
Rule 8 RIGHT OF APPEAL FROM THE CHAIR
8.01Process for Appeal
Any Councilmember may appeal to the Council from a ruling of the Chair. If the appeal is seconded, the member making the appeal may briefly state his or her reason for the same, and the Chair may briefly explain the Chair’s ruling. There shall be no debate on the appeal, and no other member shall participate in the discussion. The Chair shall then put the question, “Shall the decision of the Chair be sustained?” If a majority of the members present vote “aye”, the ruling of the Chair is sustained; otherwise, it is overruled.
Rule 9 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS
9.01Non-Public Hearing Discussions
Any person wishing to speak on any matter on the agenda before the Council shall fill out a comment card and submit that card to the recording clerk, who will deliver the card to the Chair. The Chair need not accept public discussion on a non-public hearing item. If the
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Chair recognizes a speaker, the Chair shall limit the period of speaking to a reasonable period of time of no more than three minutes per person, at the discretion of the Chair and a speaker may address the Council with the speaker’s own statements, and the statements of other persons within the three minute period, but that shall be the speaker’s only opportunity to address the Council on that issue. The person desiring to speak shall limit his or her remarks to the matter under discussion and shall address his or her remarks to the Chair. At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak.
9.02 Public Hearings
A.In the case of a public hearing, the Chair shall announce prior to such hearing the total time limit, if any, to be allowed for public debate, depending upon the circumstances and public attendance. The Chair shall also announce the time limits for each individual speaker (normally no more than three minutes), and that no speaker may be heard more than once.
B.At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak.
C.Speakers may not cede any portion of their allotted time to another speaker. D.The order of presentation and time limits shall be as follows:
1.Staff presentation (ten minute time limit, except with specific Council permission to exceed this limit).
2.Applicant presentation, only upon applicant’s specific request (up to ten minutes, except with specific Council permission to exceed this limit).
3.Council’s questions to staff and applicant. 4.Public comment (three minutes for individual speakers, up to fifteen
minutes for a representative of ten or more persons present at the meeting
who have contributed their time to the representative), 5.Applicant’s response, only upon applicant’s specific request (5 minutes), 6.Staff’s response (5 minutes), 7.Council deliberation and questions to staff and applicant.
E.This rule will not preclude questions from members of the Council to the speaker where it is deemed necessary for purposes of clarification or understanding, but not for purposes of debate or argument.
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10.01
10.02
10.03
10.04
10.05
10.06
Rule 10 RULES GOVERNING MOTIONS BY THE COUNCIL
Motion to be Stated by the Chair – Withdrawal
When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be so stated by the Chair before debate commences. A motion may not be withdrawn by the mover without the consent of the member seconding it.
Motion to Suspend Rules
Suspension of these Rules requires a majority consent of the Councilmembers present. A motion to suspend may not be made while another motion is pending unless it directly applies to the pending motion.
Motion to Change Order of Agenda
The Chair may, at his or her discretion, or shall, upon the majority vote of Councilmembers present, change the order of the agenda. However, caution should be given to not changing the order to circumvent the Open Meeting Law.
Motion to Table
A motion to table is used to delay discussion on an item until later in the meeting or until the next meeting. Neither the motion to table or other business can be discussed, until a vote has been taken on the motion. If the motion is successful, no further discussion can be had without a motion to take off the table. To take a motion off the table at the same or immediately succeeding meeting, a motion and second must be made to take the item off the table, and it must pass by majority vote.
If not revived by the adjournment of the immediately succeeding meeting, the matter is considered to be dead.
Motion to Postpone
A motion to postpone is in order when an item is rescheduled to a time certain, when it is delayed with conditions, or when the matter is intended to be disposed of without action. If the motion prevails, the item shall return for Council action at the meeting specified or in accordance with the conditions established in the postponement. A motion to postpone may be debated prior to vote, but no other motion, including a motion to amend, may be offered until the vote is taken and only if the motion to postpone fails.
A motion to postpone indefinitely, if it receives a majority vote, effectively extinguishes an item.
Motion to Divide the Question
If the question contains two or more divisionable propositions, the Chair may, and upon request of a member shall, divide the same.
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10.08
10.09
10.10
Motion to Amend
On a motion to amend or “strike out and insert”, the motion shall be made so that the intent of the amendment is clear to the Council and public, and for the record.
The Council may materially amend an ordinance after the first read of that ordinance and proceed immediately to the second read and adoption. In other words, it is not necessary to proceed as though it is a new ordinance after a material change.
Motion to Amend an Amendment
A motion to amend an amendment shall be in order, but one to amend an amendment to an amendment shall not be introduced. An amendment modifying the intention of a motion shall be in order, but an amendment relating to a different matter shall not be in order.
Motion to Reconsider
After the decision on any question, any member who voted with the majority may move for a reconsideration of any action at the same meeting or at the next regular meeting that occurs at least one week after the date the action was taken. In the event of a tie vote on a motion, any Councilmember may move for reconsideration at the next regular meeting of the City Council that occurs at least one week after the date the action was taken, but not thereafter. To ensure that the matter will be included on the posted agenda in conformance with the Open Meeting Law, any Councilmember who wishes to have a decision reconsidered must alert the city clerk in writing at least five (5) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and intermediate holidays, prior to the meeting at which the motion to reconsider will be made, unless the motion to reconsider was made and seconded at a Council meeting. A motion to reconsider shall require the affirmative vote of the majority of the members present at the time of reconsideration. After a motion for reconsideration has once been acted on, no other motion for reconsideration of the same subject shall be made without unanimous consent of all Councilmembers.
After the reconsideration time period has expired, the same matter may be placed on a later Council meeting agenda under Council Possible Future Agenda Items at the request of any Councilmember. It shall require the sponsorship of three Councilmembers during Possible Future Agenda Items to be placed on a future agenda as an action item. If the matter is considered for formal action on a future meeting, the motion for or against taking an action need not be made by a member of the prevailing vote.
Motion for Roll Call Vote
Any Councilmember may request a roll call vote, or the Chair may ask for a roll call vote for purposes of clarifying a vote for the record. The roll may be called for yeas and nays upon any questions before the Council. Unless allowed by the Chair, it shall be out of order for members to explain their vote during the roll call, or to engage in additional debate or discussion on the subject after the vote is taken.
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11.02
11.03
11.04
11.05
Rule 11 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Prior Approval by Administrative Staff
Except as to matters requested by individual Councilmembers under the Possible Future Agenda Items Section of the agenda, all ordinances, resolutions and contract documents shall, before presentation to the Council, have been approved as to form and legality by the City Attorney or his or her authorized representative, and shall have been examined for practicality by the City Manager or his or her authorized representative.
Placement of Items on Agendas for Council Action
Pursuant to Council direction received during any Council meeting, the City Manager may present ordinances, resolutions, and other matters or subjects to the Council, and any Councilmember may assume sponsorship thereof by moving that such ordinances, resolutions, matters or subjects be adopted. In addition, ordinances, resolutions and other matters or subjects requiring action by the Council may be introduced and sponsored by a member of the Council through the Possible Future Agenda Items process described in Rule 4.01.
No New Agenda Items after 10:00 p.m. except by Majority Vote.
No new agenda items shall begin after 10:00 p.m. unless approved by majority vote of the City Council. If, however, discussion on an item commences prior to 10:00 p.m., the Council may continue its deliberation or move to postpone that item. Agenda items on a Council agenda not considered will be placed on the immediately succeeding Council meeting.
Robert’s Rules
Robert’s Rules of Order, latest edition, shall serve as a guideline for interpretation of and supplementation for these Rules in all cases to which they are applicable, provided they are not in conflict with these Rules or with the Charter of the City of Flagstaff or the laws of the State of Arizona. The interpretation of these Rules and Robert’s Rules shall be guided by the principles underlying Parliamentary law, that is, a careful balance of the rights of individuals and minority subgroups of the council with the will of the majority. In no case shall the strict application of a rule or procedure be interpreted to deny any individual or minority the right to participate in a debate, discussion, or vote, nor shall these rules be interpreted in such a way so as to defeat the will of the majority of the whole of the Council.
Citizen Petitions [Flagstaff City Charter Art. II, §17]
A citizen or a group of citizens may present a written petition to the City Manager, who shall present it to the Council at its next regular meeting. The Council must act on the petition within 31 days of the City Manager’s presentation. Citizen petitions will first be placed on the agenda under “Possible Future Agenda Items” to determine if there is Council interest in placing the item on a future agenda for consideration. Failure to give such direction shall constitute “action” for purposes of this section.
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