An Order to adopt Rules and Procedures for the Fifteenth Session of the Amesbury City Council.

The Amesbury City Council is adopting new Rules and Procedures for its Fifteenth Session. The changes are in the attached Proposed 15th Session Rules and take effect 30 days after passage.

approved CITYWIDE

STEP 1

Submitted

FEB 10 2026
STEP 2 · CURRENT

Approved

MAR 24 2026

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This order adopts the attached Rules and Procedures for the Amesbury City Council's Fifteenth Session and notes updates to several council rules, plus minor editorial corrections. The changes are designed to guide meeting conduct, decorum, and decision-making, and they become effective 30 days after passage.

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Key provisions

§1 Adopts the attached Fifteenth Session Rules for Amesbury City Council meetings.

§2 Updates several council rules as outlined in the attached Proposed 15th Session Rules document.

§3 Includes minor editorial corrections highlighted in the attachment.

§4 Rules take effect 30 days after passage.

Discussed at meetings

City Council City Council MeetingMarch 24, 2026

approve2026-008

my motion would be to approve council bill 2026-008 with the incorporated ona revisions and to amend page 16 section 7 to read one chair of the committee of the whole and i would also add to my motion to further allow the city clerk to make clerical and formatting changes to the document typos and items like that

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR GILDAY · VOTE: 8-1

1:19:40

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City Council City Council MeetingMarch 10, 2026

continue2026-008

move to continue 2026-008 to our next regularly scheduled city council meeting on the 24th.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR HAGSTROM · SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR HOGUE · VOTE: APPROVED UNANIMOUS

1:14:48

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City Council Ordinance and Administration Subcommittee MeetingFebruary 18, 2026

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City Council City Council MeetingFebruary 10, 2026

refer2026-008

yes I'd like to make a motion to refer bill 2026-008 to the ordinance and administration committee and set a second reading

VOTE: REFERRED (AMENDED) 8-1

0:33:00

amend2026-008

yes i'd like to make a motion to amend my motion uh to again refer this bill to ona and then set the second reading for march 10

VOTE: AMENDMENT APPROVED UNANIMOUS

0:35:46

City Council **Cancelled** City Council MeetingJanuary 27, 2026

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