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Staff Report for a Resolution Approving the 2017 Council Members' Handbook
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The City Council Handbook was recently amended to include updates, format changes, clean-ups, and suggested amendments by the Rules Committee since the last handbook update in 2010.
BACKGROUND
The first City of San Leandro Council Members' Handbook was adopted by the City Council in 1998, and revised in 2002 and 2010. Staff revisited handbook amendments to include changes such as the dissolution of the Redevelopment Agency, creation of the Arts Commission, and reformatting the handbook for easier use and reference by Council Members.
Organization was the major amendment to the current revision of the handbook. Some sections of the Handbook were merged for uniformity. For example, Section I of the 2010 Handbook included general council member information, Section II contained general information about the Mayor and Section V provided general information about the presiding Officer (Mayor). These three sections were merged for consistency and ease of reference. While there were substantial formatting changes, no significant information was removed from the handbook. A redline version of the handbook is attached as well as a draft copy the current version. Significant edits are noted below. Additions are underlined. Deletions are stricken. There were no changes to the Appendices.
Section I: City Council
* Merged with Section II and renamed Mayor and City Council
Section II: Mayor
* Merged with Section I and renamed Meetings
Section III: Meetings
* Merged with Section IV and renamed Agenda
* Added Dais Tips
* Reordered Agenda to move Public Comments before Presentations
Section IV: Agenda
* Merged with Section III and renamed Conflicts, Liability & Decorum
* Added Political Reform Act, Ex Parte Communications, Ethics Training and Sexual Harassment Training
Section V: Presiding Officer
* Merged with Section II and renamed Administrati...
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