Staff recommends Council approve replacing the second work session of the month (December 18th) with the second regular business meeting and vacate the December 26th Regular Business meeting date.
 

Per Billings, Montana City Code, Sec. 2-211, City Council shall hold regular business meetings on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, unless the meeting would fall on a day recognized as a holiday, then the meeting would be held on the following day (Tuesday). Any regular business meeting may be canceled or rescheduled by majority vote of the Council at any time prior to the date scheduled for such meetings. Traditionally, during the month of December, Council members and staff are on extended holiday leave during the week of Christmas. Therefore, the second work session meeting of the month (third Monday) is vacated in order to hold the second regular business meeting.

This year Christmas is on Monday (the 25th) of the fourth week. Therefore, unless Council votes to revise the meetings schedule, the regular business meeting would be on Tuesday, December 26th. It is likely both staff and Council members will be unavailable most of that week. Staff is asking Council to replace the second work session (December 18th) with the second regular business meeting and vacate the (Tuesday) December 26th meeting date.

City Council may:

• Approve staff's recommendation to alter meeting schedule; or
• Disapprove staff's recommendation to alter the December meeting schedule and leave it as is with 2 work sessions in December and 2 regular business meetings.

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