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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2018-03-05 | 13 | Commissioner Foreman stated the Commission was told to review the rules of order, not rewrite the Sunshine Ordinance; the Commission rewrote the Sunshine Ordinance about two years ago; they are two different things. Chair Dieter stated not codifying the Sunshine Ordinance requirement in the rules of order was a mistake; lots of things in the Sunshine Ordinance do not apply to the rules of order. Commissioner Foreman stated the subject is clearly covered in the Sunshine Ordinance. Chair Dieter stated the proposed rules allow the public to review one document to see the whole rules of order. The City Attorney stated if the Commission is not looking to modify the Sunshine Ordinance, then the rules should reflect the Sunshine Ordinance provision, which differs from what is being suggested; the Commission can suggest a modification to the ordinance. Chair Dieter and Vice Chair Little stated that is what they are suggesting. Chair Dieter stated the subcommittee is suggesting modifying the ordinance; the Council might not like the rule; if the Council likes the rule, the Sunshine Ordinance will have to change to reflect a different time frame. The City Attorney inquired whether the rules of order change would delete the 10:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. votes and the requirement to add a meeting if three go past 11:00 p.m. Chair Dieter responded in the negative; stated the requirement to add the meeting is not being removed; inquired whether only the first two sentences could be amended. The City Clerk read the ordinance language; stated the idea is to combine the vote to one and keep the requirement for three meetings in a row. Vice Chair Little responded in the affirmative. Chair Dieter stated that she does not want any votes to happen until 11:30 p.m. Vice Chair Little stated there is a conversation at 10:30 p.m. about whether or not to address more agenda items, which takes 15 to 20 minutes; then, at 11:00 p.m., there is another conversation about whether or not the meeting should continue; essentially 45 minutes to an hour is spent on deliberation and meetings end up continuing until 3:00 a.m.; the subcommittee's thinking was to remove the question about whether or not the meeting would continue; new items would not be taken after 11:30 p.m. without a vote to take other items, which would be decided by a supermajority vote. Meeting of the Open Government Commission 13 March 5, 2018 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2018-03-05.pdf |