City Council Rules Changes

Context

Proposed changes to the Rules of the City Council: new Rules 61 (annual departmental reports in SMART goals format), 62 (council budget recommendations by March 1) and 63 (City Manager preliminary budget by March 15), all from Satya B. Mitra; Jose A. Rivera's proposal to start Council meetings at 5:30 PM (Rosen amended: 5:30 or 6 PM) with a first hour of public participation; and Khrystian E. King's review of Rule 5 on calling special meetings.

Status

All referred to the Municipal and Legislative Operations Committee. Rules 61-63 adopted as discussion requests to the City Manager on 2026-09-22; the City Manager's letter on them was referred to committee 10-1 on 2026-10-13.

Log

• 2026-10-13 - City Council — Rivera's meeting-time proposal referred to committee 8-3 as amended (Rosen's 5:30/6 PM option; King's Rule 5 review). City Manager's letter on Rules 61-63 referred 10-1 (King opposed).
• 2026-10-06 - City Council — Rivera's proposal held under privilege by King.
• 2026-09-22 - City Council — Mitra's Rules 61, 62, 63 adopted as amended (63: 10-1; 62: 8-3; 61: 10-1, with Robert A. Bilotta opposed on all; King and Luis A. Ojeda also opposed 62).