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A Resolution amending section 2.102 of Appendix A - Rules and Procedures of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council to require that chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of standing committees attend parliamentarian training within a year of being selected, as organized by the Council Office; effective upon passage of Council. [Council Office, Maynard]
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WHEREAS, the Urban County Council, by Resolution No. 55-79, as amended, adopted “Rules and Procedures of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council;” and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Urban County Council to amend the Rules to provide up-to-date instruction and direction to members of the Urban County Council and its core staff regarding annual parliamentarian training for chairpersons and vice-chairpersons; and
WHEREAS, Section 5.104 of the Rules provides that “[n]o permanent change shall be made to these Rules without notice specifying the purpose and wording of the change given prior to the consideration of the change and the adoption of the permanent change by a majority of all Councilmembers through an amending Resolution; ” and
WHEREAS, notice of the aforementioned changes was given to all Councilmembers at a Work Session on February 19, 2019.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That the above recitals are incorporated herein as if fully stated.
Section 2 - That Section 2.102 of Appendix A - Rules and Procedures of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
Section 2.102 - Standing committees
As soon as possible after the election of Councilmembers, the vice-Mayor shall make Appointments to the standing committees, as required by these rules. If necessary after committee chairs have been selected, the vice-Mayor shall adjust Appointments only as needed to comply with this rule.
The standing committees shall be as follows:
(1) Planning and public safety committee, to which shall be referred matters relating to the Dept. of planning, preservation and development and its div.s, the Dept. of Public Safety and its div.s, any related partner agencies, and matters relating to capital improvement projects.
(2) General government and social services committee, to which shall be referred matters relating to the Dept. of general services and its div.s, the Dept. of social services and its div.s, the Dept. of law, any matter relating to the general administration of government and the div.s under the chief Administrative Officer, any related partner agencies, and any other matters relating to capital improvement projects.
(3) Environmental quality and public works committee to which shall be referred matters relating to the Dept. of environmental quality and public works and its div.s, including capital improvement projects and any related partner agencies.
(4) Budget, finance and economic development committee, to which shall be referred matters relating to the Dept. of finance and its div.s, and any related partner agencies, including capital projects, the urban county courts and constitutional officers, fiscal operations of the government, revenues and expenditures of the government, and organization changes which affect the fiscal operations of the government (consideration limited to operational aspects only) and to which shall be referred matters relating to economic development and related partner agencies. Additionally, this committee shall review the final audit report and management letter of the accounting firm recommended by the Mayor and selected by the Council to conduct the annual financial audit of the Urban County Government and shall report its findings concerning the same to the Mayor and Council for appropriate action.
The planning and public safety, general government and social services, environmental quality and public works, and Budget, finance and economic development committees shall each consist of ten (10) Councilmembers and each Councilmember shall serve on two (2) of these four (4) committees. The Budget, finance and economic development committee shall be comprised of the vice-Mayor, two (2) additional at-large Councilmembers, chairpersons of the remaining standing committees, and four (4) additional Councilmembers.
The chair and vice-chair of each standing committee shall attend parliamentarian training, as organized by the Council Office, within a year of being selected.
Section 3 - That this Resolution shall become effective upon passage of Council.
PASSED URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL: