City Council Agenda and Packet 2024 01 09 - SP

Home Browse Search

While in attendance, Councilmembers agree to maintain decorum and civil and professional demeanor, regardless of whether or not there is agreement on a policy matter. Communication • Assume positive intent, actively listen to each other and be curious to understand different perspectives. • There will be open and consistent communication between Councilmembers, the City Manager, City staff, and the City Attorney. • Councilmembers will not speak on behalf of the Council or the City unless specifically appointed to do so by the Council. The Mayor is expected to be face of Council and represent Council at important events and meeting. At such events, the Mayor will not share policy positions that have not been adopted by Council or make any other representations on behalf of the City without prior discussion and direction from council. • The City Manager is the point of contact for all City operations. The City Manager will include additional City staff as appropriate. • The City Manager and appropriate staff will create all memos, marketing, and outreach materials for the Council. Councilmembers shall not use City logos or letterhead without City approval. • Councilmembers shall not create social media accounts on behalf of the Council or City, or speak on social media on behalf of the Council or City. • Councilmembers will only contact City Directors through a dedicated City email addresses, office phones, or cell phones (including texting) and will not contact any City staff through their personal emails, social media, or personal cell phones. • City Council receives many emails from engaged residents and businesses. In order to provide a more responsive approach to addressing these emails, the City Manager's Office, or the City Clerk's Office, or our designee will respond to these emails ONLY if there are clear misunderstandings or facts that may need to be addressed. Staff will not be responding to political or policy issues. However, Councilmembers are encouraged to respond to those and copy the City Clerk and City Manager. • As a matter of policy, and in the interest of maximizing the value of our employees time on the job, the City Manager does do not ask all city employees to attend all council meetings. Accordingly, Council can help staff by letting the City Clerk or City Manager know in advance of the meeting that there is an item you'd like more information on, or something that you'd like to remove from the Consent Agenda. This ensures the correct staff members are in the room for these moments. Resolution No. _, Series 2024 Page 2 of 4 16