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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL OPERATING AGREEMENTS AP~ 12, 1999 Exhibit A to Resolution 4588 1. MEETING REQUIREMENTS The Eugene Charter and Eugene City Code, 1971 (E.C.) as well as State law govern many meeting requirements. Time of Meetings Formal meetings of the Eugene City Council (the Council) shall be on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. These meetings shall begin at 7:30 p.m. If those evenings fall on a holiday, the Council may schedule the meeting for the immediately following evening. The City Manager shall present the meeting schedule to the Council on a periodic basis. The first formal meeting of each month shall be the regular meeting. Work Sessions The Council may meet in work sessions beginning at 5:30 p.m. prior to its regular Monday meetings as needed. Other work sessions may be held on the second, third, fourth, and fifth Wednesdays of the month. These work sessions also shall start at 5:30 p.m. and last for a maximum of two hours. Except for extraordinary circumstances, the total time for staff and outside presentations on a single agenda item shall be no more that 15 minutes. Location of Meetings Eugene City Council meetings shall be held within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City. Training sessions may be held outside the City limits, if no deliberations toward a decision are made. Interjurisdictional meetings may be held outside City limits, but should be as close as practical. No Council meeting shall be held at any place where discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, age or national origin is practiced. For this purpose, meetings do not include on-site inspections or councilor attendance at any national, regional, or state association to which the councilor belongs. Notice of Meetings, Special Meetings, Emergency Meetings Advance notice of at least 24 hours shall be provided for all meetings. Notice shall include written notice to all news media which requested notice. In the case of an actual emergency, notice appropriate to the circumstances shall be provided and reasons justifying the lack of 24 hour notice shall be included in the minutes of such meeting. As per both the Eugene Charter, Section 9, and Eugene Code, Section 2.007 (2), the Mayor or three of members of the Council, may call a special meeting of the Council in manner provided in E.C. 2.007 (3). Public Forum A public comment period generally shall be the first item of every formal meeting of the Eugene City Council. Public comment shall be limited to 30 minutes unless a majority of councilors present vote to extend the time. The presiding officer shall establish a time limit for each speaker and may limit the number of speakers by choosing randomly from the request-to-speak forms or by a method determined by the presiding officer and announced at the beginning of the meeting. Members of the public may speak about anything they wish during this time, except as provided below. If a member of the public wishes to speak on an item that is scheduled for a public hearing at that same meeting, Eugene City Council Operating Agreements - 1999 Page 1 of 9 Exhibit A to Resolution 4588 C:\User\MFW\COUNCIL\GRRL99F.wpd