HomeMy WebLinkAboutres 2005-52 RESOLUTION NO. 2005-52
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA, AMENDING THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN
HILLS COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
FOUNTAIN HILLS as follows:
WHEREAS, in an effort to ensure that the business meetings of the Mayor and Council
of the Town of Fountain Hills (the "Town Council") were conducted in a professional manner,
with courtesy and respect between members of the Town Council and between the Town
Council and the public, the Town Council adopted the Town of Fountain Hills Council Rules of
Procedure (the "Council Rules") on August 7, 2003; and
WHEREAS, as a part of the adoption of the Council Rules, the Town Council
implemented a regular agenda item entitled "Council Assessment and Review" in order to
allow the members of the Town Council to comment on the success of implementing the
Council Rules for the first time and to allow for suggestions for changes to be made to further
improve the process; and
WHEREAS, the Council Rules have been successfully implemented for more than two
years and the purpose of the regular agenda item for Council Assessment and Review has been
met; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council desires to provide that the Council Assessment and
Review be retained only as an optional agenda item that will be placed on a regular agenda
only at the request of the Mayor or a Council member; and
WHEREAS, the Council Rules were amended on April 7, 2005, to include provisions
relating to boards, commissions and committees, including a provision that citizens not
simultaneously serve as voting members on more than two standing boards, committees or
commissions; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council desires to amend the Council Rules to provide that
citizens not simultaneously serve as voting members on more than one standing board,
committee or commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA, as follows:
SECTION 1. The Town of Fountain Hills Council Rules of Procedure, Section 5,
Order of Business, subsection 5.2, Order of Business, is hereby amended as follows:
SECTION 5. ORDER OF BUSINESS
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SECTION 2. The Town of Fountain Hills Council Rules of Procedure, Section 9,
Boards, Commissions and Committees, subsection 9.5, Terms, Vacancies, Removal, is hereby
amended as follows:
9.5 TERMS,VACANCIES, REMOVAL
D. No individual may serve as a voting member on more than twe ONE regularly
scheduled or unscheduled boards, commissions, and committees at one time.
SECTION 3. That the Mayor, the Town Manager, the Town Clerk and the Town
Attorney are hereby authorized and directed to take all steps necessary to carry out the purpose
and intent of this resolution.
PASSED ND ADOPTED BY the Mayor and Council of the Town of Fountain Hills,
Arizona, Nove r 17, 2005.
FOR TH OF FOUN IN HILLS: ATTESTED TO:
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W. J. Nichol , Mayor Bevelyn J. B der;>Town Clerk
REVIE • APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Ti othy G. Pickering, Tow anager Andrew J. McGuire, Town Attorney
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