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7.11.2 City Attorney The City Attorney, or designee, shall attend all City Council meetings. Upon the City Council's request, the City Attorney shall provide opinions and recommendations, either written or oral, on questions of law and procedure. 7.11.3 City Clerk The City Clerk, or designee, shall attend all City Council meetings open to the general public. The City Clerk shall record, prepare, and maintain the official record of such City Council's proceedings and perform other related duties as may be prescribed by the City Council and the City Manager. [36814, 40801]. 7.11.4 Department Heads/Employees Department Heads and employees shall attend City Council meetings as directed by the City Manager. 7.11.5 Sergeant-at-Arms The Chief of Police, or designee, serves as Sergeant-at-Arms will attend City Council meetings as directed by the City Council or the City Manager. [38638]. 7.12 Meetings That Are Not Subject to the Brown Act As provided by the Brown Act, a quorum of the City Council may attend conferences and similar gatherings, open community meetings organized by a person or organization other than the City Council, open and noticed meetings of another legislative body other than a City advisory body, and social and ceremonial gatherings without complying with the notice and agenda requirements in these rules of procedure, provided that the Councilmembers do not discuss among themselves business of a specific nature that is within the City's subject matter jurisdiction. [54952.2(c)(3)-(5)]. Meetings of an ad hoc City Council subcommittee are not subject to these rules of procedure unless the Mayor or City Council expressly state that the committee shall follow these rules. [54952 and section 7.4.9.]. Briefings of less than a quorum of the City Council are not subject to these rules of procedure provided the briefings comply with the Brown Act. [54952.2]. 8. Development of Agenda The City Manager, with input from the Mayor. is responsible for preparing the City Council's meeting agenda. Items may also be placed on an agenda for City Council consideration in the following ways: by direction of the Mayor; by direction of the City Attorney in consultation with the City Manager: by direction of a majority of Councilmembers during the matters initiated portion of the agenda to place an item on a 11