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Council Member Fairbanks proposing a change to the Sandy Legislative Code
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Presenter: Steve Fairbanks
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Description/Background:
Utah Code 10-3-502 requires that "The council of each municipality shall: hold a regular meeting at least once each month."
Sandy Code 22-1-3 requires that the council "meet not less than twice monthly."
Council Member Fairbanks proposes that the current requirement in Sandy Code 22-1-3 be altered to align with Utah Code 10-3-502. Doing so will not change the current meeting schedule of the Council, nor will it prevent meeting each Tuesday as is the standard practice within the City. It will allow the Council to cancel meetings in the rare situation when there is no business to be discussed but a meeting must be held regardless, in order to adhere to our local code. An example of this occurred this past December 11, 2018 when the Council was required to use valuable City resources and staff time to hold a Council meeting with no business on the agenda.
Recommended Action and/or Suggested Motion:
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Motion to Direct staff to bring back an ordinance adopting the changes recommended by Council Member Fairbanks.