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Octobe~ t3;'?t992 92-345 - Letter from the City,Manager recommending adoption of an ordinance to amend Chapter 2 of'the code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, by amending Section 2-63 (a) and (c)~ ~t~.ereof, ~ertaini~g~to'the procedural:proc~sses!~> for conducting City Council meetings and business. ~-~ ~! -~"At-yo~r request,-please f~nd~the~a~tached~propos~d~ ~ ordinance'ebonies ~or Section 2~63(~) ah~(c)~ of the~City ~Code for your consideration. These changes pertain to the procedural processes for conducting City Council meetings and In addition, I have attached proposed ~mendments to "Counc'it"'s R~t~e~ of~O~der and pr~ced~re'~wh~ch were pre~ared~b.Y the City Attorney. Rule XXI requires that amendments to'thev~ Rules be submitted at a regular Council meeting before being placed on the-.agenda at the next-regular meeting'ithere~f, ter. -I"r~0ommend"~our adoption~of the ordinance and~of 'a motion to place t'he~amendments to "council,s RuleS'of order and? Proc~dure-~n~:t~e Council agenda~of O~tobe~ 27;: '1992;'' ~'~.? Motion of Mr. Griffin and seconded by Mr. Clemons, to defer the following ordinance, with Certa~'n~rmodlficatio~s~ to the regular meeting of October 27, !992, and to place for consideratiO~-ti~e"amendments to~theTR~les-,on~the 0f agenda~ for October 27, 1992 : r:".! ; ^: ~ ~- "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND~CHAPTER 20F'~THE CODE'OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH', VIRGINIA, 19887!'BY'AMENDING SECTION 2-63 (a) AND (c) THEREOF; PERT~INING~TO ORDER'OF BUSINESS." ' ~' ....... ~ Sub~tit~Ee"moti6n of Mr'. Pifi~S~afid seconded by-Mr; i[Hawks~ to defer the item to the regular meeting of October 27th-and to amend Section 2-63 (c) and the the Council Rules and Procedures XVI (b) concerni~g~hOn=agenda ~eak~s;;'tO'f~ffer 1 1/2 minutes for non-agenda speakers to speak before agenda items, and 5 minutes ~llowed for~non-agenda speakers after agenda items, and was def~at~d~by3~he-foll°Wing V~te~5?(.Clemons~'Epp~son, :~ bb) ......... The original'motion of deferring the~i'tem and:amendi'hg the Rules at:the ~egular meeting of October 27, 1992, was adopted by unanimous~-vo~e ~ : 92a346~: Letter'from the CityManager/ffecommending adoption of an ordinance permitting full-time police:officers~ ~ in the classified'service employed by the City of Portsmouth;: Virginia to engage in off-duty employment'requiring-the use:of- their police powers, and authorizing the Chief of Police to establish §uchxrules!~and regulaffions-n~eSs~ry' ~o govern'suc off-dSty-employment; activities, and~services. ~.: "A ~ecent ~uling from the Cirduit, Court:of the City Of Norfolk'~re~aI~d that:there was~no~cit¥'o~dinance,i~ NOrfolk3 that allowed city police officers to utilize their police powers w~ile~.working Dart-time.jobs~off~duty. The City of Portsmouth currentty'has-.n~'suchfo~dihance~in~: effect, therefore, on advice of the City Attorney, I am recOmmending thst an ordxnance be adopted. This proposed' ordinance wflleli~ina~e anylo~Dh~ie~TM may exist"~ndTwill clearly authorize the use of police powers by Portsmouth"Police Officers engaged in off-duty employment. I recommend your approval of this proposed ordinance."r-*~:t!'~