G-00-07-25-12B1 - 7/25/2000ORDINANCE NO. G ' 00-01-5- J c tJ
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, SECTION 1.1005(1),
CODE OF ORDINANCES (1995 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
TEXAS ADOPTING THE NINTH EDITION OF ROBERT'S RULES OF
ORDER TO GOVERN PROCEDURE AT COUNCIL MEETINGS;
PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND
ROCK, TEXAS, THAT:
I.
That Chapter 1, Section 1.1005(1), Code of Ordinances (1995
Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
1.1005 AGENDA AND RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS
(1) All meetings of the council shall be conducted in accordance with Robert's Rules of Order,
Newly Revised, 1990 Edition. The city attorney shall be designated as parliamentarian
and he shall make rulings on parliamentary procedure when requested to do so by a
councilmember or when the legality or validity of a council action might be affected.
II.
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in
conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this
ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions
thereof.
C. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written
notice of the date, hour, place and subject of the meeting at which
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this Ordinance was adopted was posted and that such meeting was
open to the public as required by law at all times during which
this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed,
considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open
Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended, and
the Act.
Alternative 1.
By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative
vote of all the Council members present, the requirement for
reading this ordinance on two separate days was dispensed with.
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READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this a5 - day
of �-�JL.IJ�--� 2000.
Alternative 2.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of
, 2000.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the
day of , 2000.
A EST:
E LAND, City Secretary
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A. STLUKA, Q., Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
DATE: July 20, 2000
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting — July 25, 2000
ITEM: 12.B.1. Consider an ordinance adopting the updated version of Robert's
Rules of Order. Staff Resource Person: Steve Sheets, City Attorney.