Agenda Packet 1-13-20 Work Session

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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL OPERATING AGREEMENTS RESOLUTION NUMBER 5205 ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 INTRODUCTION The Municipal Charter of the City of Eugene (Charter) and Eugene City Code, 1971 (E.C.), as well as the Oregon Revised Statues (ORS) law govern many meeting requirements and actions of the Council. The Eugene Charter, Chapter 2 of the Eugene City Code, and various sections of ORS 192 and 244 are primary sources of these meeting and other operating requirements. 1.MEETING REQUIREMENTS 1.01 Time of MeetingsRegular meetings of the Eugene City Council (the Council) shall be on the second and fourthMondays of each month. These meetings shall begin at 7:30 p.m. and shall end at 10 p.m., orwhen the agenda item considered by the Council at 10 p.m. is concluded. If those days areon a legal or religious holiday, the Council may schedule the meeting for the dayimmediately following. 1.02 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 at noon on the second, third, fourth, and fifth Wednesdays of the month and at 5:30 p.m. on the third Monday of the month. These work sessions shall start at noon and last for a maximum of 90 minutes. Except for extraordinary circumstances, the total time for presentations by staff and/or others on a single agenda item shall be no more than 15 minutes. 1.03 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. Inter-jurisdictional meetings may be held outside City limits, but should be as close to Eugene as practical. No City Council meeting shall be held at any place where discrimination on the basis of an individual’s race, religion, color, sex, national origin, ethnicity, marital status, familial status, age, sexual orientation, source of income or disability, is practiced. For this purpose, meetings do not include visitations or attendance at any national, regional, or state association to which the councilor belongs. 1.04 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 emergency or when a state of emergency has been declared, 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 the members of the Council, may call a special meeting of the Council in manner provided in E.C. 2.007 (3). ATTACHMENT A January 13, 2019, Work Session – Item 2Page 7