TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Heather Faust, MMC, FCPC, City Clerk
TITLE: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of North Port, Florida, Amending City Commission Policy No. 2021-05 Related to Commission Meeting Schedules, Notices, and Agendas; Providing for Incorporation of Recitals; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date.
Recommended Action
Option 1: Approve Resolution No. 2026-R-14 as presented.
City Commission Options
Option 1: Approve Resolution No. 2026-R-14 as presented.
* Pros: Adoption clarifies existing procedures, improves readability, and better reflects current administrative practices without changing Commission authority.
* Cons: Adoption provides limited substantive change, as the revisions are primarily administrative and clarifying in nature.
Option 2: Deny Resolution No. 2026-R-14.
* Pros: Not adopting the revisions maintains the existing, formally adopted policy language and structure.
* Cons: Not adopting the revisions retains less clear language and minor ambiguities that the proposed updates are intended to address.
Background Information
The proposed revisions to Policy No. 2021-05 are as follows:
> Clarify and streamline the Policy by simplifying website notice language, specifying that the City Clerk is responsible for both drafting and publishing agendas.
> Broadening the scope of items eligible for the consent agenda.
> Clarifying that either the Petitioner or staff may rebut public comment during public hearings.
> Making a minor wording clarification regarding the presiding Officer's statement of the motion.
Resolution No. 2026-R-14 has been reviewed by the City Attorney and is legally correct as to form.
Resolution No. 2026-R-14 has been provided to the City Clerk's Office on February 9, 2026, for signatures, subject to City Commission approval.
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