TO: Mayor and Commission AGENDA DATE: 7/19/2021
FROM: John A. Peters, III, PE, Acting City Manager AGENDA ITEM: 7 - B
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Request for approval of Resolution No. 2021-39, amending the Commission Operating Guidelines and Policies and Procedures - Marsha Segal-George, Assistant City Attorney (386) 878-8872.
Strategic Goal: Internal & External Communication
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BACKGROUND:
Background
Amending the City Commission’s Operating Guidelines and Policies and Procedures, Section Five. Quorum., to allow “A Commissioner with a majority vote of the Commission may join a meeting for good cause shown as such as illness of the Commissioner or their family or an emergency situation. The Commissioner participating by Zoom or similar platform may not be used to constitute a quorum. However the Commissioner attending the Zoom may participate and vote as long as said Commissioner is not necessary for the quorum.” The Florida Attorney General Advisory Legal Opinion, Dated July 20, 2016 - Video Conferences - Public Meetings is attached.
OPTIONS:
1. That the Commission adopts Resolution No. 2021-39.
2. That the Commission does not adopt Resolution No. 2021-39.
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ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT:
Legal Department
STAFF RECOMMENDATION PRESENTED BY:
City Attorney - That the City Commission adopt Resolution No. 2021-39.
POTENTIAL MOTION:
Recommendation
“I move to adopt Resolution No. 2021-39 and the Acting City Manager has the authority to correct scrivener’s errors and the like.”
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