A resolution amending the Denver City Council Rules of Procedure. Amends the City Council Rules of Procedure regarding communications from the public with members of Council. Councilwoman CdeBaca approved direct filing this item on 2-20-20.
President? Oh, we're missing somebody on the Ortega. Paul Jones. 8 hours, four days. Eight days, four days. Resolution 182 has still been referred back to committee. Okay. So, Madam Secretary, if you put the next item on our screen and that is 183 and Councilmember Hines, please put Resolution 183 on the floor. I move the council resolution 2183 be adopted. Thank you. It has been moved and seconded. Comments by members of council. Councilman Flint. Thank you, Mr. President. This is one of those provisions that did move out in the bill that was approved. But I did have a question on how it would operate. Councilwoman, if you could tell me how that how that would look in the chamber, because frequently, the way I read this, if someone in the audience wanted to tell us something, they would have to go to Marsha. Whereas right now, if somebody wanted to say something, they could give me a signal like a walk out. It does. Does your amendment are supposed to. Stop that from happening? Thank you. My amendment is actually to simplify that language because the original language is a little bit confusing about who is allowed to talk to us and how they get our attention. I think somebody's waving their hands. The audience or sending you a text is not an intrusive way of communicating with you. And I don't think that the original rule was really designed to mitigate or intervene in that type of communication. I think the original intent of the rule is to prevent someone, a member of the public, from coming up to us as we're speaking right now. And so the language there was simple to simplify it. And I think that it would that the ideal process, if somebody has something to give us, they go to Makhija. She gives it to us. If they send you a text or flag you, I think that's perfectly acceptable and non-intrusive and in alignment with the original intent of that rule. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman. That clarifies it. So if someone in the audience were to text me or to you, even though we're not supposed to be using them technically. Technically, right. That would not be prohibited by this rule. No. Okay. And then you also limited it to council meetings. So the original rule that you're replacing speaks of committee meetings with the same thing. Apply in for the committee chair. I mean, who would receive a message in that case? Would it be the staffer? The committee staffer, Zach or Emily? I also think that the intent of the rule was just to not disrupt the committee meetings or the council meetings. And so I support, if you want to add committee meeting on to that, but I think it was really designed for these meetings. Thank you. I'm good with it now. Thank you very much. Thank you, Councilmember. And I see nobody else. And you all said this is one the ones that we had a good conversation. And thank you, Councilmember, for bringing this forward. And I'm happy to support it today. Madam Secretary, roll call on 183 flack. I see tobacco, i. Flynn, i. Gilmore, i. Herndon, i. Pounds i. Cashmere I. Ortega like Sandoval, i. Sawyer, I. Torres, I.