All reports, communications, ordinances, resolutions, documents or other matters to be submitted to the City Council shall be delivered to the City Clerk. All items submitted for Council consideration or action must be in the hands of the City Clerk at a time to be established by him/her. The City Clerk shall arrange a list of the matters to be brought before the City Council according to the order of business and furnish each member of the City Council, the City Attorney and the City Manager with a copy of the agenda seventy-two hours in advance of a regular meeting and twenty-four hours in advance of a special meeting. No matter may be considered by the City Council other than those matters on the agenda except for actions determined by a majority of the City Council to be of an emergency nature and which arose after publication of the agenda.
(Ord. 93-72 § 10, 1972; amended during 1990 republication; Ord. 358-90 § 1, 1990; Ord. 820-16 § 4, 2016)
A. 
At least seventy-two hours before a regular or regular adjourned meeting, and at least twenty-four hours before a special meeting, the City Council or any commission, committee or board of the City, or its designee, shall post an agenda containing a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting. The agenda shall specify the time and location of the meeting and shall be posted in a location that is freely accessible to members of the public and on the City's website. No action shall be taken on any item not appearing on the posted agenda.
B. 
Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, City Council or any commission, committee or board of the City may take action on items of business not appearing on the posted agenda under any of the following conditions:
1. 
Upon a determination by a majority vote of the Legislative Body that an emergency situation exists, as defined by Section 54956.5 of the Government Code of the State of California;
2. 
Upon a determination by four-fifths of the Legislative Body or, if less than four-fifths of the members are present, a unanimous vote of those members present constituting a quorum, that the need to take action arose subsequent to the agenda being posted as specified in subsection A of this section;
3. 
The item was posted pursuant to subsection A of this section for a prior meeting of the Legislative Body occurring not more than five calendar days prior to the date action was taken on the item and at the prior meeting the item was continued to the meeting at which action is being taken.
(Ord. 358-90 § 2, 1990; Ord. 820-16 § 4, 2016)