Chapter 2.06
CITY COUNCIL1
Sections:
2.06.010 Meetings – Time.
2.06.020 Meetings – Place.
2.06.030 Regular meetings.
2.06.040 Special meetings.
2.06.045 Committee of the whole meetings.
2.06.050 Meetings – Attendance failure – Office forfeiture.
2.06.060 Rules of procedure of the city council.
2.06.010 Meetings – Time.
Commencing with the first regular council meeting in January, 1984, the city council shall hold regular meetings on the first and third Mondays of each month, at 7:30 p.m. and concluding no later than 11:00 p.m.; provided, however, that when the day fixed for any regular meeting of the council falls upon a day designated by law as a legal or national holiday, such meetings shall be held at the same hour on the next succeeding day not a holiday. (Ord. 5802 § 1, 2004; Ord. 3916 § 1, 1983; 1957 code § 1.04.010.)
2.06.020 Meetings – Place.
All regular meetings of the city council shall be held in the council chambers situated in the City Hall building, 25 West Main Street, Auburn, King County, Washington, and shall be open to the general public. (Ord. 5802 § 1, 2004; Ord. 3759 § 1, 1982; 1957 code § 1.04.020.)
2.06.030 Regular meetings.
Regular meetings of the city council shall be held on the times and dates as may be heretofore or hereafter set forth by ordinance. (Ord. 5802 § 1, 2004; 1957 code § 1.04.060.)
2.06.040 Special meetings.
Special meetings of the city council may be called by the mayor or any three members of the council by written notice delivered to each member of the council at least 24 hours before the time specified for the proposed meeting; provided, however, that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed, or contract let or entered into, or bill for the payment of money allowed, at any special meeting unless public notice of such meeting has been given by such notice to the local press, radio and television as will be reasonably calculated to inform the city’s inhabitants of the meeting. (Ord. 5802 § 1, 2004; 1957 code § 1.04.070.)
2.06.045 Committee of the whole meetings.
Committee of the whole, consisting of the entire membership of the city council and the mayor as presiding officer, shall meet at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Monday of the month throughout the year, at the Council Chambers at Auburn City Hall, 25 West Main Street, Auburn, Washington, unless a different time and/or location is specially set and noticed, or unless such meeting is cancelled by the mayor for lack of an agenda with proper notice. The purpose of such meetings of the committee of the whole shall be to address specific issues of city-wide importance that do not lend themselves to the agendas of the standing committees, and that do not, in their present form or stage of development, lend themselves to the agendas of the regular council meetings. The city council shall not take final action on any matters coming before it at a meeting of the committee of the whole unless the meeting is noticed as a special meeting for such purpose, pursuant to the requirements of ACC 2.06.040. (Ord. 5831 § 1, 2004.)
2.06.050 Meetings – Attendance failure – Office forfeiture.
A councilmember shall forfeit his/her office if he fails to attend three consecutive regular meetings of the council without being excused by the mayor. (Ord. 5802 § 1, 2004; Ord. 2907 § 2, 1976.)
2.06.060 Rules of procedure of the city council.
The rules of procedure of the city council of Auburn, Washington, shall be as approved by a majority vote of the city council. (Ord. 5802 § 1, 2004.) 2
For statutory provisions on council meetings in code cities, see RCW 35A.12.110 and 35A.12.120; for provisions on forfeiture of office, see RCW 35A.12.060.
The rules of procedure of the city council are adopted by reference as Exhibit “A” to Ordinance 5802, and may be found on file in the city clerk’s office.