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<br />2 <br /> <br />01 <br />W-8 <br />..Jò <br />-~I <br />LLå1 <br />~ <br /> <br />155. <br /> <br />en <br />o <br />~ ~ e <br />c:;:) a: ttI <br />(-...J w:E <br />.-4 ..J c: <br />UttI <br />~ >00 <br />..J t:õ <br />::::> U >- <br />~ - <br />õ <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2004-~ <br /> <br />o <br />;:;: c.... ~ <br />'< 0 c: ~." <br />~~ ~ ~ <br /> <br />::J ~ c:ø'" m <br />3: m f',.) ~ C· <br />œ:D C) I'!-<.. <br />a" C) r-- <br />o . :Ioo 3: <br />en <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING SECTION 2.044 OF THE CITY <br />CODE PERTAINING TO THE AGENDA <br />PROCESS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS; <br />AND INCLUDING PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS. <br /> <br />RECITALS: <br /> <br />1. The City Council wishes to revise City Code Section 2.044 pertaining to the agenda <br />process for meetings of the City Council, in order to revise and clarify the role and authority of <br />the Mayor, City Council Members, and the City Manager. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, <br />TEXAS: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. Section 2.044 of the City Code IS amended as follows (underlining <br />indicates added text; overstrike indicates deleted text): <br /> <br />Sec. 2.044. Preparation of agenda. <br /> <br />(a) The city manager is responsible for processing and approving agenda materials for <br />city council meetings. The city manager will submit agenda materials as appropriate for <br />review by the city attorney and the director of finance. The city clerk is responsible for <br />preparing and posting the agenda and assembling and distributing the agenda packets. <br /> <br />(b) The tentative agenda for each council meeting will be reviewed and approved by the <br />mayor before finalization. The mayor may not remove an item placed on an agenda by <br />prior direction of the council under subsection (c) below, or placed on an agenda as a <br />discussion item by two council members under subsection (c) below. <br /> <br />(c) The mayor and council members will provide direction to the staff on ordinance <br />revisions and similar matters of city council policy only after discussion by the council <br />members at city council meetings or workshops. The mayor or +Iwo council members <br />may direct the staff to place request a discussion item on an agenda for a city council <br />meeting or workshop. If two council members wish to direct placement of a discussion <br />item on a meeting agenda, they must separately contact the staff, and the contacts must <br />occur before the mayor sets the agenda for the meeting. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this ordinance is held <br />to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this <br />ordinance will continue in force if they can be given effect without the invalid portion. <br /> <br />1 <br />