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A RESOLUTION
Amending Council Rules\2 and 6 of the Rules
and Organization of the` City Council of the
City of Evanston
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK. COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1:` That Rule 2 of the Rules and
Organization of the City Council of the
City of Evanston is hereby amended to read as follows:
2. AGENDA: ORDER AT COUNCIL -MEETINGS
2.1 The first order of business at each meeting
of the City Council shall be the calling of
the roll of Aldermen by the City Clerk, who
shall mark the absentees and announce
whether a quorum is present; the Council
shall then be called to order by the Mayor.
Thereupon, the.Council shall proceed to the
business before it which shall normallv be
conducted in the following order, provided
that the Mayor or the Council may vary the
order of business:
(1) Citizen comment.
(2) Approval of the minutes of the
preceding meeting.
(3) Communications addressed to the
Council. The City Clerk shall
summarize orally the contents of all
communications without reading the same
in full unless a majority of the City
Council so requests.
(4) Report of standing committees.
(5) Report of special committees.
(6) Report of the City Manager
(7) Miscellaneous business including
announcements and appointments by the
mayor.
(8) Call of Wards, at which time each
Alderman shall be called upon by the
Mayor to present any matter which he
may desire to bring before the Council.
Purely administrative matters relating
solely to an Alderman's ward and not
relating to the City as a whole are out
of order at this call. The order in
which Aldermen shall be called for
report of Wards shall be alternated,
beginning with the First Ward at one
meeting and with the Ninth Ward at the
next meeting and so on, alternately,
during the term of the Council.
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2.2 All questions relating to priority of busi-
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ness shall be decided by the Mayor without
debate.
2.3 The Mayor shall preserve order and decorum
and shall decide all questions of order.
2.4 During the meetings of the City Council
only city officers and staff, former
• Aldermen, former Mayors and persons
connected with the accredited media shall be
admitted within the bar of the Council
Chambers, except upon invitation of the
Mayor. Smoking shall be strictly prohibited
in the Council Chambers during the meeting..
2.5 In the case of disturbance or disorderly
conduct the Mayor shall have the power (1)
to remove the offenders; (2) to clear the
Council Chambers of all spectators; or (3)
to suspend or adjourn the meeting.
2.6 Committees or individual Aldermen who
intend to ask for official Council action
shall ask the City Manager to put such
matters on the printed agenda prior to the
Council meeting. Matters shall generally be
brought to the appropriate committee before
Council action is requested.
2.7 Rule 2.1 subsection (1) shall terminate
effective June 30, 1984.
SECTION 2: That Rule 6 of the Rules and
Organization of the City Council of the
City of.Evanston is hereby amended to read as follows:
6. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
6.1 Any Citizen may address a committee on
invitation of the Mayor or by invitation of
the chair of a Council committee.
6.2 As part of its agenda, the Council
shall provide a period not to exceed fifteen
(15) minutes at the commencement of each
regular Council meeting for citizen comment.
Interested persons shall sign their names on
a posted list, and the mayor will allocate
the time equally among said persons.
6.3 A person invited to address the Council
as specified herein, when accorded the
floor, shall limit his/her comments to
include items within the jurisdiction of the
Evanston City Council as, determined by the
Mayor and be governed by these rules to the
extent applicable.
6.4 Rule 6 shall terminate effective June
• 30, 1984.
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SECTION 3: This resolution shall -be in full force
and effect from and after its passage and
approval in the manner provided\by law.
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Adopted: ii�,X /a 1984.
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