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BACKGROUND One of the new City Services goals in the FY 2022/23 City Council Work Plan (adopted May 2021) is to "Consider an update to the City Council Rules and Operating Procedures". At the Council's meeting on December 21, 2021, there was a discussion that identified an ad hoc Council Subcommittee of Mayor Brown and Councilmember Narum to address this priority. Over the course of several meetings with the subcommittee and staff, draft City Council Meeting Rules of Procedure (Attachment 1) have been prepared. These draft Rules of Procedure are modeled after the rules utilized by the cities of Livermore and Sunnyvale, and reflect current state law. These draft Rules of Procedure are focused on California legal requirements for City Council meetings, and the process for making appointments to other public bodies. The current City Council Rules and Operating Procedures were last revised December 1995.1 (Attachment 2.) The stated purpose of those written procedures included: more effective public participation; consistency, equity, and due process in establishing public policy; and the proper conduct of the business of the City Council is vital for the well- being of the community. The current Rules and Procedures include: - Code of Conduct (Section I) which includes ethics, a reference to the Political Reform Act, as well as policy about television appearances during an election year; - Reimbursement Policy for business travel (Section XI.F. and Appendix B); and - Miscellaneous (Section XI) that describes many adopted practices and formal policies (adopted by resolution) related to service on the City Council. Based on changes in state law since 1995, the Code of Conduct2 and Reimbursement Policy3 are not addressed in these draft Rules of Procedure, which are focused on City Council meetings and appointments. The Code of Conduct, Reimbursement Policy, and relevant Miscellaneous provisions are proposed to be presented to the Council for consideration as separate items at future meetings.4 ' By Resolution 95-142; also previously referred to as the City Council Policies and Operating Procedures, which were originally adopted by Resolution No. 92-134. ' Every city is required to adopt its own local Conflict of Interest Code, as directed by state law (see Cal. Government Code ("GC") §§87302 et seq.). State law was amended in 1997 to require adoption of the local Conflict of Interest Code by resolution. (See GC §87303.) State law also requires the local Conflict of Interest Code to be updated every two years. (See GC §§87306 and 87306.5.) As Pleasanton last updated its Local Conflict of Interest Code in 2018 by Resolution 18-1048, staff proposes that the City Council adopt the Code of Conduct in tandem with the mandatory local Conflict of Interest Code update later in 2022. See GC §53232.2. Such Reimbursement Policy is expected to be presented to the City Council later in 2022. If the Council moves forward with adoption of the Rules of Procedure, staff will recommend that such action simultaneously preserve the current Code of Conduct, Reimbursement Policy, and relevant Miscellaneous provisions until formally superseded with other policies. Page 2 of 6