approve2024-002
Approve 2024-002 with the four corrections just reviewed.
102024-002 - Session 14 City Council Rules & Procedures
2024-002 · POLICY · 2024
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2024-04.
Mayor Kassandra Gove issues Administrative Order 2024-04 reorganizing city administration by placing the Department of Human Resources and the Office of Information Technology under the Office of the Mayor. The CFO will no longer oversee daily management of these departments, and the change takes effect 30 days after notice to the City Council.
approved CITYWIDE
- STEP 1SubmittedJAN 02 2024
- STEP 2 · CURRENTApprovedAPR 09 2024
AI summary · plain-language
Mayor Kassandra Gove issues Administrative Order 2024-04 reorganizing city administration by placing the Department of Human Resources and the Office of Information Technology under the Office of the Mayor. The Chief Financial Officer will no longer oversee day-to-day management of these departments, transferring oversight to the Mayor's Office. The order becomes effective 30 days after notice to the City Council, subject to Charter procedures, and is intended to streamline operations and improve executive oversight of these departments.
Key provisions
§1 Reorganizes the Department of Human Resources and the Office of Information Technology to report to the Office of the Mayor.
§2 The Chief Financial Officer will not oversee day-to-day operations of these two departments.
§3 Effective 30 days after notice to the City Council, unless the Charter requires otherwise.
§4 Implemented under Article VI, Section 6-1(a)(2) of the Amesbury Home Rule Charter.
Discussed at meetings
City CouncilREVISED City Council Meeting
City CouncilCity Council Meeting
other2024-002
Post 2024-002 on the city website and to amend the item to include a cover sheet that has been signed by the co-sponsors.
amend2024-002
Amend the phrase “presiding officer” to “council president or presiding officer” in section 6G of the proposed rules.
amend2024-002
Amend the proposed rules to correct the capitalization of the term “Ad hoc” where it was used incorrectly.
City CouncilOrdinance and Administration Subcommittee Meeting
amend2024-002
Make an amendment under rules draft dated May 19, 2024 under Rule 11A, in the second line of the highlighted sentence in the first paragraph, to strike 'shall' and replace it with 'may.'
amend2024-002
Make an amendment under rules draft dated May 19, 2024 under Rule 11A, in the third highlighted line of the third paragraph, to strike 'transcript' and replace it with 'audio.'
amend2024-002
Make an amendment under rules draft dated May 19, 2024 under Rule 11A, in the second line of the highlighted sentence in the first paragraph, to strike '1st' and replace it with 'first.'
amend2024-002
Make an amendment under rules draft dated May 19, 2024, in the last line of Rule 11B, to strike the last sentence and replace it with 'A report out to the Council shall be provided no later than one month following each meeting.'
amend2024-002
Make an amendment under rules draft dated May 19, 2024, to strike the last sentence in Rule 5B and replace it with, 'Dangerous Dog Hearings shall be separate from regular City Council meetings and shall instead be heard at a Special City Council Meeting scheduled for that purpose.'
amend2024-002
Make an amendment under rules draft dated May 19, 2024, to move the last highlighted sentence of the first paragraph of Rule 6O to the end of the section.
amend2024-002
Make an amendment under rules draft dated May 19, 2024, under Rule 11B, to insert 'City' before 'Councilor' in the last sentence of the second paragraph.
other2024-002
Return 2024-002 to the full City Council with a positive recommendation, including all amendments, with the three members of the Ordinance and Administration Committee to work on co-sponsoring a final version of the rules.
amend2024-002
Make an amendment under rules draft dated May 19, 2024, under Rule 11A, to strike text under Advisory Members and to amend the second paragraph by inserting a colon after 'there shall be three Standing Committees of the City Council' and striking all text after.
other2024-002
Return 2024-002 to the full City Council with a positive recommendation, including all amendments, with the three members of the Ordinance and Administration Committee to work on co-sponsoring a final version of the rules.
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City CouncilCity Council Meeting
approve2024-002
Councilor Stanganelli offered a motion to pass AO 2024-002 as presented.
City CouncilOrdinance and Administration Committee Meeting
amend2024-002
Take the positive recommendation from the Ad-Hoc Committee of the Whole on Rules, incorporate changes from 2024-016 into 2024-002 as presented with three amendments, and return 2024-016 to the full City Council with no recommendation.
amend2024-002
Incorporate the changes from 2024-017 into 2024-002 and to return 2024-017 to the full City Council with no recommendation.
other2024-002
Take the negative recommendation from the Ad-Hoc Committee of the Whole on Rules, not incorporate them into 2024-002, and return 2024-018 to the full City Council with a negative recommendation.
amend2024-002
Take the positive recommendation with respect to dog hearings, make an amendment to 5A to read 'Dangerous Dog Hearings shall be separate from regular City Council meetings and shall instead be heard at a special City Council Meeting scheduled for that purpose,' and incorporate it into 2024-002 without incorporating the other changes and returning 2024-019 to the full City Council with a negative recommendation.
amend2024-002
Take the positive recommendation from the Ad-Hoc Committee of the Whole on Rules, incorporate 2024-022 into 2024-002 as presented, and return 2024-022 to the full City Council with no recommendation.
amend2024-002
Incorporate a proposed amendment to 2024-002: a reference to rule 2B under 11B, inserting as the last sentence in paragraph 2 of 11B to read, 'such appointment shall be subject to Council approval in accordance with Rule 2B.'
amend2024-002
Incorporate typographical and formatting corrections in the table of contents and amend the typographical error in Addendum M by deleting the word 'and' and substituting 'an.'
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City CouncilOrdinance and Administration Committee Meeting
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City CouncilCity Council Organizational Meeting
refer2024-002
Accept the Amesbury City Council Thirteenth Session Rules and Procedures and refer the same to the Ordinance and Administration Subcommittee for review.