City Council Discussion Thread: "Policy or Ordinance concerning new ordinances prior to adoption"

[Robert Owen]

Policy or Ordinance concerning new ordinances prior to adoption​

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Fellow committee members, I'm cross posting this council thread here for committee discussion and consideration of charter implications. This touches on the charter in several ways:

1. We'd discussed the possibility of including a second "reading" by council for ordinances as we've noticed is included in other charters. Would a workshop suffice as the initial "reading"?
2. Should the charter mandate periodic review of newly passed ordinances or even require sunset provisions?
3. Should the charter prohibit policies or ordinances that could work to empower city staff to effectively "sit on" and thus block legislative initiatives? Legislation is strictly the purview of council.
4. Should the charter go further to protect minority points of view? Currently 2 councilors can force an agenda item. How would this policy or requiring 2 reading impact minority / dissenting voices?

Please see the councilors' thoughts in the linked thread and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on charter implications.