Subject: 18697 City Council/day and time
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 1990 12:04:00 -0500


                                RESOLUTION NO. 18697
                  
                  
                  
                   A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE DAY AND TIME OF
                   THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
                   ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR CALLING SPECIAL
                   MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ADOPTING ROBERT'S
                   RULES OF ORDER, AND ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR
                   RECOGNIZING SPEAKERS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE
                   CITY COUNCIL AT REGULAR MEETINGS ON MATTERS NOT
                   ON THE AGENDA.
                  
                  
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              	   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
         CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That the City Council shall meet in
         regular session each Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. provided, however, 
that
         members of the City Council may meet in agenda session each
         Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. for the purpose of discussing matters 
which
         may be considered during the regular meeting of the Council.
              	   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a special meeting of the
         City Council may be called by the Mayor, by the Chairperson of 
the
         City Council or by any three members of the City Council, but 
no
         such special meeting shall be held until after 24 hours written 

         notice to all members of the City Council in the City, nor 
until
         after publication of notice in all daily newspapers of general
         circulation in the City.
              	   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Robert's Rules of Order 
be
         and the same is hereby adopted to govern proceedings before the 

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         City Council except to the extent that said Rules of Order are 
in
         conflict with the City Charter or any ordinance or resolution
         adopted by the governing body of the City of Chattanooga.
              	   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the following procedural
         rules relative to recognizing members of the public who wish to 

         address the Council on a matter not on the regular meeting 
agenda
         be and the same are hereby adopted:
              	   1.	Each speaker wishing to address the Council shall
         be recognized only at the microphone provided for that purpose.
              	   2.	The speaker may address the Council only upon
         matters within the legislative and quasi-judicial authority of 
the
         Council.
              	   3.	Each speaker shall limit his or her remarks to
         three minutes, unless permission for additional time is 
provided.
              	   4.	The speaker shall not be permitted to use any
         vulgar or obscene language.
              	   	     	 
         ADOPTED:  6/19/90
        
        
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