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 Galveston
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION
 Article III. CITY COUNCIL

  § 2-139. Order of business.  

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  • (a)

    Promptly at the hour set by law on the day of each regular meeting, the members of the city council, the city secretary or the assistant city secretary, the city attorney or the assistant city attorney, and the city manager or the assistant city manager, shall take their regular stations in the council chambers, and the business of the council shall be taken up for consideration and disposition in the following order:

    (1)

    Declaration of a quorum and call meeting to order;

    (2)

    Invocation;

    (3)

    Pledge of allegiance;

    (4)

    Roll call;

    (5)

    Conflicts of interest;

    (6)

    Approval of minutes of previous meetings;

    (7)

    Presentations and proclamations;

    (8)

    Communications and petitions;

    (9)

    Public hearings. Members of the public shall be allowed to address council during each public hearing and shall not be required to submit a written request before addressing council. Each member of the public shall be allowed to speak for a maximum of three (3) minutes at each public hearing;

    (10)

    Requests to address council on items on the agenda. Upon submitting a written request before the beginning of a city council meeting, members of the public shall be allowed to address council on one (1) or more items on the agenda. Each member of the public shall be allowed to speak for a maximum of three (3) minutes regardless of the number of agenda items the person wishes to address.

    (11)

    Ordinances and resolutions;

    (12)

    Consent items. The items listed for the consent agenda are considered routine and will be enacted by one (1) motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless two (2) council members object, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda for separate consideration.

    (13)

    Action items;

    (14)

    Appointments to boards, committees, commissions;

    (15)

    Reports of council, officers, boards and city manager;

    (16)

    Executive session;

    (17)

    Requests to address council on non-agenda items. Upon submitting a written request before the beginning of a city council meeting, members of the public shall be allowed to address council on non-agenda items. Each member of the public shall be allowed to speak for a maximum of three (3) minutes regardless of the number of non-agenda items the person wishes to address.

    (18)

    Adjournment.

    (b)

    Nothing herein shall prevent the city council from rearranging or eliminating or adding various items in the order of business for their own convenience or for the convenience of the general public. The city council reserves the right to retire into executive session for any item which is on its regular or workshop agenda in accordance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act.

(Code 1960, § 2-1(h); Ord. No. 79-91, § 1, 12-20-79; Ord. No. 81-108, § 1, 11-19-81; Ord. No. 84-41, § 1, 6-21-84; Ord. No. 86-52, § 1, 10-16-86; Ord. No. 90-16, § 2, 3-22-90; Ord. No. 92-57, § 4, 6-25-92; Ord. No. 93-88, § 3, 9-9-93; Ord. No. 94-2, § 3, 1-13-94; Ord. No. 96-81, § 2, 8-22-96; Ord. No. 97-24, § 1, 4-10-97; Ord. No. 98-38, § 2, 6-11-98; Ord. No. 98-117, § 2, 12-29-98; Ord. No. 99-20, § 2, 3-11-99; Ord. No. 00-067, § 2, 9-28-00; Ord. No. 04-065, § 2, 6-10-04; Ord. No. 06-069, § 2, 8-24-06; Ord. No. 09-065, § 2, 11-5-09; Ord. No. 11-016, § 2, 3-10-11)