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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL OPERATING AGREEMENTS As of February 26,2001 Exhibit A to Resolution No. 4663 present at the meeting, vote to take action on the item for which the public hearing is being held at that same meeting. 5. POSTPONING AGENDA ITEMS Any councilor may request that an item be postponed to another meeting if he/she is unable to attend the meeting at which the item has been scheduled. As a courtesy, councilors should submit in writing a request to postpone (either via e-mail or in hand written form) to the Mayor as early as possible, If the Mayor is unavailable the request should be made to the City Manager or the Manager's designated staff member. A request to postpone may be requested for either a work session or a vote on an agenda item. The request to postpone shall be honored unless a majority of councilors present, determines that the matter needs to be acted upon at that meeting. 6. COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL There are five standing committees to the Council, these are established in E.C, 2.013. These committees are advisory to the Council on policy matters. They are the Budget Committee, the Human Rights Commission, the Planning Commission, the Citizen Involvement Committee, and the Police Commission. The Code defines the membership, terms and appointment process for each of these standing committees to the Council. There is one standing committee of the Council, the Intergovernmental Relations Committee. While the City Code governs appointments to certain committees, the Code grants broad general powers to the Mayor and Council to create subcommittees or special ad hoc committees of the Council. The Mayor shall nominate and the Council shall appoint the members of any committee established by the Council unless a different procedure is specified at the time the committee is established, The charge to the committee shall be clearly stated at the time the committee is established, and the committee shall disband when its work is complete. Committees may be composed of councilors, interested citizens or both, (E.C. 2.013 (3),(7)) All Council meetings or meetings of City boards, commissions, or their subcommittees shall be open to the public in accordance with the Oregon Public Meeting Law (ORS 192.610) and local ordinance and shall have at least 24 hours advance notice, as described in these ground rules. 7. CONDUCT AT MEETINGS Roberts Rules of Order Conduct at Council meetings and committee meetings is governed by Roberts Rules of Order, Revised. The Council has the obligation to be clear and simple in its procedures and in its consideration of the questions coming before it. Council members shall avoid invoking the finer points of parliamentary rules which may serve only to obscure the issues. Eugene City Council Operating Agreements - February 2001 Page 6 of 11 Exhibit A to Resolution No. 4663