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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2013_11_26_O018 Amending the TC re Electronic Participation and Rules of Order The Town of Leesburg, Virginia PRESENTED: November 26, 2013 ORDINANCE NO. 2013-0-018 ADOPTED: November 26, 2013 AN ORDINANCE: TO AMEND AND REORDAIN CHAPTER 2 (ADMINISTRATION), ARTICLE II (TOWN COUNCIL), SECTION 2-23 (RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE) WHEREAS, Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, § 2.2-3708.1 (Participation in meetings in the event of emergency or personal matter; certain disabilities; distance from meeting location for certain public bodies)was amended this year to allow for participation of members of public bodies by electronic means from a remote location under certain circumstances; and WHEREAS, in order for those conditions to be readily accessible and to expedite the process for the approval or disapproval of the member's electronic participation, the Town Code shall contain a section outlining the requirements for electronic participation at a remote location by town council members. THEREFORE, the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia hereby ordains: SECTION I. That Chapter 2, Article II, Section 2-23 be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2-23. Rules of Order and Procedure (a) The town council may adopt by resolution such rules of procedure as it may deem proper for the regulation of the time,place, cancellation, and special meetings; the mayor as presider of meetings, order of business,time limits of speakers, mayor and town council comments, new business items, Robert's Rules of Order, special rules of order, committee of the whole/work session, order of business at meetings, quorums, and the journal of proceedings. (b) The rules of procedure dated July 8, 2008, attached to Ordinance No. 2008-0-18, are adopted. -2- AN ORDINANCE: TO AMEND AND REORDAIN CHAPTER 2 (ADMINISTRATION), ARTICLE II (TOWN COUNCIL), SECTION 2-23 (RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE) (c) A member of the town council may participate by electronic means from a remote location only under the circumstances set forth in Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, § 2.2-3708.1 and that if the member meets the criteria as set forth in the code section a member of council may not vote against said request. SECTION II. All prior ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION III. Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction declares any provision of this ordinance invalid, the decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any remaining provisions of the Leesburg Town Code. SECTION IV. This ordinance shall be effective upon its adoption. PASSED this 26th day of November, 2013. S- 161 =�C. Umstatt s, Mayor Town of Leesburg AT ttirdiri Clerk of s P:\Ordinances\2013\1126 Amending the TC re remote participation.doc