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1. Authority These rules of procedure are established for the effective and fair conduct of City Council meetings and to help promote public confidence in the integrity of local government. By adopting these rules, the City Council intends to balance a policy of full and free public action and debate with a need to manage its meetings effectively. [368131]. The rules also include expectations for the appointments to the City's advisory bodies and their conduct consistent with the Commissioners' and Committee Members' Handbook. 2. Purpose The purpose of these rules is to document the City Council's accepted practices and to clarify expectations by establishing guidelines for the orderly, consistent, and fair conduct of the City Council's business. These rules of procedure are intended to help implement, but do not limit or supersede, the state and local laws that govern the requirements and responsibilities for the City Council's meetings. Those laws include, but are not limited to, the California Constitution, the Brown Acte, the Political Reform Acta, and the Pleasanton Municipal Code. These rules of procedure are not intended to limit the inherent power or the general legal authority of the City Council, and failure to follow these rules will not invalidate a City Council action. 3. Rules of Parliamentary Procedure The City Council has adopted Rosenberg's Rules of Order, Revised 2011, as its rules of parliamentary procedure, attached. In the event of a conflict between Rosenberg's Rules of Orderand these rules of procedure, these rules of procedure shall control. 4. Applicability These rules of procedure apply to the preparation, posting, and distribution of the agendas for City Council meetings. They also relate to the orderly discussion of items and the City Council's voting procedures to take formal action or provide direction to staff. Lastly, they relate to respective powers for the Mayor and Councilmembers. All citations are to the California Government Code unless otherwise noted. 2 The Ralph M. Brown Act is located at California Government Code §§54950 et seq.; also known as the California Open Meeting Law. 3 The Political Reform Act is an initiative measure adopted by California voters in 1974. The California legislature has adopted implementing statutes at California Government Code §§81000 et seq. and the Fair Political Practices Commission administers related regulations at Title 2 California Code of Regulations §§18104 et seq. 1