Title
City Council Meetings - Attendance - For the purpose of allowing a member of the City Council to attend a regularly scheduled Council meeting by electronic means; placing limitations on remote attendance; and generally related to attending Council meetings remotely.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 11-20
Introduced by: Alderwoman Finlayson
Co-sponsored by:
Referred to
Rules and City Government Committee
90 day Rule: 7/27/20
AN ORDINANCE concerning
City Council Meetings - Attendance
FOR the purpose of allowing a member of the City Council to attend a regularly scheduled meeting by electronic means; placing limitations on remote attendance; and generally related to attending Council meetings remotely.
BY repealing and re-enacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2020 Edition
2.16.020
SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:
Title 2 - ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 2.16 - CITY COUNCIL
Section 2.16.020 - Place of meeting - ATTENDANCE.
A. The place of meeting of the City Council shall be the room known as the council chamber of the municipal building and no meeting shall be held elsewhere except by a majority vote of all members.
B. MEMBERS SHALL ATTEND ALL REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN PERSON.
C. IF A MEMBER IS UNABLE TO PHYSICALLY ATTEND A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING DUE TO SERIOUS EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES AND DESIRES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING BY ELECTRONIC MEANS FROM A REMOTE LOCATION, INCLUDING VOTING, THE MEMBER MAY DO SO WITH THE APPROVAL OF A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT PROVIDING:
1. THE MEMBER MAKES A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR REMOTE ATTENDANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THROUGH THE MAYOR, NO LATER THAN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING;
2. THE CITY HAS THE TECHNICAL CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE SUCH REMOTE AC...
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