City of Milwaukee - File #: 970829

• File #: 970829
• Version: 1
• Type: Motion
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 9/2/1997
• In control: STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE
• Final action: 4/23/2002
• Title: Motion amending the Common Council Procedure and Rules relating to participation in meetings by conference call over speaker telephone.
• Sponsors: ALD. KALWITZ
• Indexes: COMMON COUNCIL RULES, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/23/2002	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	16:0
4/11/2002	1	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE	Pass	7:0
3/28/2002	1	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/6/2000	1	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	8:0
1/4/2000	1	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/30/1999	1	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/30/1998	0	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO; Minutes note: PAST DUE NOTICE
2/17/1998	0	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
2/17/1998	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
9/2/1997	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

NUMB:
970829
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SUBSTITUTE 1
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XXBY:
ALD. KALWITZ
TITL:
Motion amending the Common Council Procedure and Rules relating to participation in meetings by conference call over speaker telephone.
ANLS:
- Analysis -

This motion amends the Common Council Procedure and Rules to permit participation by Council members in meetings by conference call over speaker telephone.
BODY:
Part 1. Article III, Section 1 of the common council procedure and rules is amended to read:

Article III DECORUM AND PROCEDURE

Section 1. Absences. Any member who fails to [[appear and]] answer to his or her name when the roll is called at any regular or special meeting, including committee meetings, shall be recorded as absent. If a member cannot attend due to sickness or for a duly authorized reason, the member shall so notify the city clerk who shall notify the president or committee chair before the meeting is called. No member present at any meeting of the common council shall withdraw from the meetings without permission from the chair.

Part 2. Article III, Section 2 to 6 of the common council procedure and rules is renumbered Article III, Section 3 to 7.

Part 3. Article III, Section 2 of the common council procedure and rules is created to read:

Section 2. Telephone Conference Calls. Any member will be considered present who participates in council or committee meetings by means of a telephone conference call over a speaker telephone. Members who wish to participate via a conference call shall notify the city clerk at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. The city clerk shall notify the president or the committee chair.

Part 4. Article III, Section 6 of the common council procedure and rules is amended to read:

Section 6. Limitations on Speech. No member shall be recognized by the president unless the member is at his or her own place >>or is attending via a telephone conference call over a speaker telephone<<. No member shall speak...