withdraw2024-019
Withdraw 2024-016 through 2024-022 without prejudice.
2024-019 · POLICY · 2024
An Ordinance to adopt changes to Amesbury City Council — 14th Session Rules — Rule 5B: Meeting Schedule
The ordinance changes Rule 5B to set one regular monthly City Council meeting and separate Dog Hearings. It requires publishing the yearly schedule in January and provides holiday rescheduling.
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- STEP 1SubmittedMAR 12 2024
- STEP 2 · CURRENTWithdrawnJUL 23 2024
AI summary · plain-language
The ordinance updates Rule 5B in the Amesbury City Council Rules for the 14th Session. It establishes one regular monthly meeting and clarifies that Dog Hearings must be scheduled separately from regular business meetings. It also requires the time and place of regular meetings to be published in January for the upcoming year and provides for rescheduling meetings that fall on holidays to the following Tuesday.
Key provisions
§1 Updates Rule 5B to one regular monthly City Council meeting.
§2 Publishes time and place of regular meetings in January for the upcoming year.
§3 If a regular meeting falls on a holiday, the president must reschedule to the following Tuesday.
§4 Dog Hearings are separated from regular meetings and scheduled on a separate date or via a special meeting.
Discussed at meetings
City CouncilREVISED City Council Meeting
City CouncilOrdinance and Administration Committee Meeting
amend2024-019
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.
2024-0192024-019
City Council**TO BE HELD AT SENIOR CENTER** City Council Ad Hoc Rules and Procedures Committee of the Whole Meeting
refer2024-019
Send 2024-019 part one (codify dog hearings as separate from scheduled City Council meetings) to the Ordinance and Administration Subcommittee with a positive recommendation.
refer2024-019
Send 2024-019 part two (City Council shall meet one time per month) to the Ordinance and Administration Subcommittee with a negative recommendation.
City CouncilCity Council Ad Hoc Rules and Procedures Committee of the Whole Meeting
continue2024-019
Continue discussion on 2024-019 (Rule 5B Meeting Schedule) to a later date.