Meeting
Schedule and Agenda Posting
Americans
With Disabilities Act
Order of Business
Presentations
Public Safety Report
Items From City Clerk
Items From Citizens
Comments From Council
Consent Calendar
Public Hearings
Administration - Continued And New Business
City Manager's Report
Items from Councilmembers
Closed Sessions
For Your Information:
Ordinances & Resolutions
MEETING
SCHEDULE AND AGENDA POSTING
Regular City Council meetings are held on the
first and third Mondays of each month, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber
at Lawndale City Hall, 14717 Burin Avenue.
The agenda is prepared by the City Clerk’s
office and is posted at City Hall, the Civic Center and the Lawndale
Post Office, at least 72 hours before the meeting in order to inform
the public in advance of matters to be considered by the City Council.
Copies of the agenda are also available in the City Hall foyer.
The agenda packet, including staff reports to
the City Council, is made available for inspection at the Lawndale Library,
the City Hall foyer, and the City Clerk's office, generally no later
than Thursday prior to the meeting.
AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES ACT
The City of Lawndale wishes to make its meetings
accessible to all members of the public. If you need special assistance
to participate in a City meeting or other service offered by the City,
please contact the City Clerk’s office at (310) 973-3211 at least
48 hours prior to the meeting.
ORDER
OF BUSINESS
The City Council follows a regular order
of business for each meeting, as follows:
Housing Authority & Redevelopment
Agency
Pursuant to the bylaws of the Lawndale
Housing Authority and the Lawndale Redevelopment Agency, meetings of
these bodies may be incorporated into regular City Council meetings.
Business to be conducted is described in separate agendas.
Presentations
The Lawndale City Council takes great
pleasure in making special presentations in recognition of individuals,
groups and organizations for their contributions to the community, and
in presenting proclamations for upcoming events. On occasion, individuals
or groups who wish to recognize the City Council may also appear.
Public Safety Report
Representatives of the Los Angeles County
Sheriff’s Department report on law enforcement activities in the
city.
Items From City Clerk
The Lawndale City Clerk regularly reports
on activities of the department and matters pertinent to the meeting
agenda.
Items From Citizens
Public participation is invited at all
City Council meetings. Comments regarding matters which are within the
subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council, but are not on the
agenda, may be presented in Items From Citizens. Under state law, the
City Council may not take action on matters that are not listed on the
agenda. However, subjects raised in Items From Citizens may be referred
to staff or placed on the agenda of a subsequent meeting.
Those wishing to address the City Council
are encouraged to submit a request form (available just outside the
Council Chamber) to the City Clerk. In order to accommodate everyone
who wishes to speak, there is a five minute time limit for each presentation.
Those wishing to address the City Council
are encouraged to submit a request form (available on the Council Chambers
door) to the City Clerk. In order to accommodate everyone who wishes
to speak, there is a five minute time limit for each presentation.
Comments From Council
Comments from Council provides an opportunity
for the City Council to respond to citizens’ concerns. Certain
matters may be directed to staff for follow-up.
Consent Calendar
Items listed in the Consent Calendar
are considered to be routine and may be acted upon by one motion and
roll call vote. Any Councilmember may remove an individual item or items
from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration. Such items are
discussed in the Excluded Consent Calendar.
Public Hearings
Certain matters, such as land use issues
and General Plan amendments, are required to be heard in a noticed public
hearing. Once city staff have presented their reports and relevant evidence,
the public hearing will be opened. Those wishing to speak or present
evidence shall make their presence known to the presiding officer and
will be sworn in. No person may speak without first being recognized
by the presiding officer, or after the public hearing has been closed.
The presiding officer may establish a time limit for each presentation.
Administration - Continued And New Business
Items which require individual consideration
by the City Council prior to taking action, will be heard in the Administration
portion of the agenda. Issues which have been discussed in a previous
meeting are addressed first, under Continued Business.
City Manager's Report
The City Manager's Report includes items
of interest to the City Council and is generally informational in content.
Items from Councilmembers
Individual Councilmembers have the opportunity,
in this portion of the meeting, to comment on any matter affecting the
city, its residents and business community. Specific items may be agendized
for City Council action.
Closed Sessions
When items of a sensitive nature require
to be discussed, the City Council will hold a closed session. To qualify
as a closed session matter, such issues must meet criteria specified
by the Brown Act. When the public meeting is reconvened, the City Attorney
reports on any action taken during closed session.
FOR
YOUR INFORMATION: ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS
An ordinance is a city law and is the
most binding form of action taken by the City Council. Violation of
ordinances may be misdemeanor offenses or infractions of the law. The
City Council is empowered by state law to adopt ordinances, so long
as they do not conflict with the state constitution, state laws or federal
laws. Approval of most ordinances requires a first and second reading,
at least five days apart. Once adopted, an ordinance will generally
take effect 30 days after final passage and remains a city law until
and unless it is amended or repealed by a subsequent ordinance.
A resolution is a written action or decision
and requires only one reading. Like ordinances, resolutions remain in
effect unless amended or repealed by a subsequent resolution.
