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ORDINANCE NO. 4741
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2.04.100 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC
STATEMENTS AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 2.04.100 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
2.04.100 Public statements.
A. Any person may address the council on any item of interest to the
public, that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city council during the
public statement portion of the meeting; provided, however, persons wishing to
address the council regarding a matter set for public hearing at that meeting
shall make their comments during the public hearing on that matter. Persons
desiring to speak during the public statement portion of the meeting or on any
matter on the agenda not set for public hearing shall fill out and return to the
city clerk, the speaker's card provided by the city clerk and shall list their name
and the topic they wish to address. Comments by the public during the public
statements portion of the agenda are limited to three minutes for each person,
fifteen minutes per topic.
B. No person shall address the council until recognized by the mayor
or presiding officer. Councilmembers who wish to allow a member of the
audience to speak at times other than the public statements portion of the
agenda or after a public hearing has been closed may do so with the
permission of the presiding officer. Persons desiring to comment on a matter on
the agenda not set for public hearing may speak during the public statements
portion of the agenda or with the permission of the presiding officer speak at the
time that matter is called on the agenda.
C. Any person who disrupts the orderly proceedings of the council
meeting may be barred by the presiding officer from speaking further before
the council during that meeting.
D. Persons given permission to address the council shall advance to
the rostrum, state their name, whom they are representing if they represent
other persons, and the subject matter they wish to discuss. Unless other j,,'KE9,
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determined by the council, the presiding officer shall determine whether the
subject matter is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city council and the
time allowed for presentation.
E. All remarks shall be addressed to the council as a body and not to
any member thereof. No question shall be asked of a councilmember or a
member of the administration or legal staff, except through the presiding officer.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of the
Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and
after the date of its passage.
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HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted,
by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
NOV 1 01013 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
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BSENT:
APPROVED:
COUNCILMEMBER: RIVERA, MAXWELL, WEIR, SMITH, SULLIVAN, JOHNSON
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NOV 2 0 2013
ROBERTA GAFFORD, CAW
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorrpy
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VI INIA dENNARO
City Attorney
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
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ROBERTA GAFFORD, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield;
and that on the 25th day of November, 2013 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City
Hall, a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 4741, passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 20th day of November, 2013 and
entitled:
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2.04.100 OF THE BAKERSFIELD
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC STATEMENTS AT CITY
COUNCIL MEETINGS.
ROBERTA GAFFORD
City Clerk and Ex Officio of the
Council of the„City of Bakersfield
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