HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 2018-08 - Establish Dates for 2018 Regular City Council MeetingsResolution No. 2018-08
STAFF REPORT
CITY OF PALM DESERT
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MEETING DATE: January 25, 2018
PREPARED BY: Lauri Aylaian, City Manager
REQUEST: Consideration of Resolution No. 2018 - 08 establishing the
dates for regular meetings during the 2018 calendar year.
Recommendation
Waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. 2018- 08 establishing the dates
for regular meetings of the Palm Desert City Council during the 2018 calendar
year.
Strategic Plan
The recommended action addresses routine administrative business of the City and,
therefore, does not relate to the long-range strategic plan.
Background Analysis
At their meeting held on January 11, 2018, the City Council directed staff to prepare a
resolution that would establish the dates of regular City Council meetings for the
remainder of the calendar year. Doing so will allow residents, business owners, and the
general public to plan far in advance for the conduct of City business. It will also allow
time for staff to publicize the meeting dates through the City website, the BrightSide, press
releases, social media, and other mechanisms.
The dates depicted on Exhibit A of the attached resolution reflect some deviations from
the every -second -and -fourth -Thursday schedule set forth in the Palm Desert Municipal
Code. These deviations are consistent with City Council practices in recent years, and
the municipal code allows the City Council to establish them by adoption of a resolution
such as this one.
The proposed schedule cancels the second meeting in July and the first meeting in
August, as well as the second meetings in each of November and December. It also
reschedules the first meeting in September.
As ever, the City Council retains the authority to convene a meeting on any date that is
omitted by adoption of this resolution, if such a meeting is needed for the conduct of City
business.
January 25, 2018 - Staff Report
City Council Meeting Schedule for 2018
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Resolution No. 2018-08
Fiscal Analysis
Adoption of this ordinance will have no financial impact.
LEGAL REVIEW DEPT. REVIEW FINANCIAL REVIEW CITY MANAGER
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Robert W. Hargreaves Name of Director Janet Moore
City Attorney Title
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Lauri Aylaian
Director of Finance City Manager
ATTACHMENTS: Resolution No. 2018 - 08
RESOLUTION NO. 2018 - 08
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 02-57,
AND SETTING THE SCHEDULE FOR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS IN CALENDAR YEAR 2018
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, established
the time and place and conduct for its regular meetings on the second and fourth
Thursdays each month pursuant to Palm Desert Municipal Code Chapter 2.36; and
WHEREAS, at the regular meeting of January 11, 2018, City Council directed
staff to prepare and bring forward for adoption a formal annual regular meeting
schedule; and
WHEREAS, the schedule will primarily follow the established routine of meetings
on the second and fourth Thursday of each month, with some limited exceptions to
account for holidays and events which call for City Councilmember participation that will
result in the lack of a quorum on certain dates.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Palm Desert, California, that:
Section 1. Regular meetings will generally be held on the second and fourth
Thursdays of each month, pursuant to Section 2.36.020 of the Palm Desert Municipal
Code, in the Council Chamber of the Palm Desert Civic Center, 73510 Fred Waring
Drive, Palm Desert, California, with some limited exceptions, with all regular meetings
to be held as specified herein on the attached Exhibit "A."
Section 2. If matters of business necessitate during the planned summer and
holiday recesses, the Mayor or his/her designee may determine if a quorum of the City
Council is available and, if so, schedule a regular meeting on the second or fourth
Thursday of the month as it would normally have been conducted but for this adopted
resolution.
Section 3. Each regular meeting will be convened at 3:00 p.m. and
immediately adjourn for the purpose of conducting a Closed Session to consider the
items listed as such on the posted agenda for the regular meeting of that date.
Section 4. The regular and public hearings sessions of each regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, will convene at 4:00 p.m. and
run until approximately 6:00 p.m., if the amount of business so warrants.
RESOLUTION NO. 2018 - 08
Section 5. If the amount of business to be conducted requires, a dinner break
may be observed by the City Council between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., with the
meeting to be reconvened at 7:00 p.m. to complete any unfinished business that
remains on the agenda.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor/Mayor Pro Tem is hereby given
authority to take up items on the agenda in the order deemed most appropriate in
consideration of public interest and/or time constraints.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert
City Council held on this 25th day of January, 2018, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
RACHELLE D. KLASSEN, CITY CLERK
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA
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SABBY JONATHAN, MAYOR
RESOLUTION NO. 2018 - 08
EXHIBIT A
PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETINGS — 2018
Thursday, January 11
Thursday, January 25
Thursday, February 8
Thursday, February 22
Thursday, March 8
Thursday, March 22
Thursday, April 12
Thursday, April 26
Thursday, May 10
Thursday, May 24
Thursday, June 14
Thursday, June 28
Thursday, July 12
Thursday, August 23
Thursday, September 6
Thursday, September 27
Thursday, October 11
Thursday, October 25
Thursday, November 15
Thursday, December 13