BMCC 2-211 Calling to order; quorum requires that the City Council hold a regular meeting to transact City business on the second and fourth Mondays of each month.  If the regular business meeting falls on a City-recognized holiday, the meeting is to be held on the following day.  The Council also can cancel or reschedule a business meeting by majority vote of the council at any time prior to the date scheduled for such a meeting.

At its Oct. 21 meeting, the City Council indicated to staff through consensus that it wished to alter its schedule for the last two months of 2013 to allow for strategic planning meetings and the holidays.  The revised schedule is outlined in the attached resolution.  If the resolution is approved by a majority of the Council, the regular business meetings would be as follows:

November
Tuesday, Nov. 12 -- Postponed from Monday by the Veterans Day holiday; and
Monday, Nov. 18 -- Replacing the business session that normally would have been held Nov. 25, Thanksgiving week.

December
Monday, Dec. 9 -- As originally scheduled, but as the only regular meeting for December; and 
Monday, Dec. 23 -- Canceled.

In addition, the Council has scheduled strategic planning meetings for its work sessions on Nov. 19 and December 16.

The Council may:

• Adopt the resolution and alter its schedule for November and December 2013;
• Amend the resolution to adjust the dates; or
• Not adopt the resolution and remain on the regular schedule for November and December 2013.

There is no financial impact from the proposed schedule change.

Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution and set the schedule as outlined above.