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CityCouncil | 2018-05-15 | 12 | The City Clerk continued presentation. In response to Vice Mayor Vella's inquiry, the City Clerk stated the rules of order note that Alameda's Charter requires three votes to pass action because it departs from Rosenberg's Rules which allows for two votes; continued presentation. Stated the OGC subcommittee took a step back to look at the rules of order for meetings from a public perspective and make it as easy as possible to understand; the focus was more on Council's conduct than on public conduct: Irene Dieter, Open Government Commission. In response to Mayor Spencer's inquiry, Ms. Dieter stated the OGC proposal for Council to speak for three minutes, three times was to allow for deliberations; under the new format, a motion would be put forward right away to enable a back-and-forth dialogue from the get-go, stop long-winded commentary and move items along. Mayor Spencer inquired whether clarifying questions were included in the three minutes, to which Ms. Dieter responded in the negative, stated the OGC subcommittee did not address clarifying questions and was just addressing once a motion is on the floor. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft thanked the OGC subcommittee members. Mayor Spencer thanked the OGC for doing a good job; stated that she does not support the Council subcommittees' changes, but would like to try OGC recommendation; she has a problem limiting public comment to one minute; she likes having flexibility. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft stated that she appreciated the OGC looking at the matter from the public side; the Council subcommittee was looking at the matter from both sides; Vice Mayor Vella's suggestion to list speakers could streamline the speaker time. Councilmember Matarrese stated that he wants to make sure Council makes the meetings sensible and reasonable in terms of time; Council was not following the existing rules; he has difficulty putting a two-minute time limit on people accepting proclamations; speakers should be allowed only three minutes; the current rule on non- agenda or other matters under jurisdiction of Council should be maintained; he supports ending the practice of ceding time; the rules can be changed; currently, deliberations are supposed to be restricted to three minutes, which Council has routinely violated; Council has two weeks to review the agenda packet, which is enough time to ask clarifying questions; suspension of the rules can be flexible; the most valuable thing both subcommittees brought forward is Rosenberg's Rules of Order. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council May 15, 2018 12 | CityCouncil/2018-05-15.pdf |