Meeting Procedures & Requirements
The City Clerk maintains the legislative history of the City by recording and archiving all action taken by the City Council, commissions, committees and task forces. The City Clerk attends meetings of the City Council and Community Development Agency and is responsible for preparing minutes, and attesting to, publishing and filing resolutions and ordinances.
City meetings are congregations of a majority of the members of the City Council, commissions, committees or task forces at a fixed time and designated place to hear, discuss or deliberate upon any item or subject matter within the City's jurisdiction. Meetings must be open to the public as set forth in the Ralph M. Brown Act, California Government Code Sections 54950, et seq. For the conduct of meetings, members follow Rosenberg's Rules of Order for parliamentary procedure. Because the formal process for conducting City meetings is not always familiar to the general public, the City Council has developed a helpful Speaker's Guide to Addressing Legislative Bodies.