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Approve the 2023 City Council Meeting Schedule.
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SUMMARY:
Per City Council Rule 1, Scheduling Council Meetings/Work Session Agendas, city council meetings are at 6:00 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of each month. The accompanying work sessions are at 9:00 a.m. on the preceding Monday, unless the Monday is a holiday, in which case the work session is on Tuesday. No meetings are held the first Thursday in January and July and the third Thursday in December.
Staff has identified the following exceptions:
1. Passover next year takes place Wednesday, April 5 through Thursday, April 15, conflicting with the April 6 council meeting. Staff recommends rescheduling the meeting to Tuesday, April 4 (no work session on Monday, April 3).
2. The US Conference of Mayors’ Annual Conference will be held June 2-5, 2023 in Columbus, OH and FCCMA’s Annual Conference will be held May 31 - June 3, 2023. Staff is recommending moving the Thursday, June 1 council meeting to Thursday, June 8, with the work session on Monday, June 5.
3. To accommodate Jazz Holiday, staff recommends moving the Thursday, October 19 council meeting to Wednesday, October 18.
4. To accommodate holiday travel, staff is recommending moving the Thursday, December 21 council meeting to Tuesday, December 19 (no work session on Monday, December 18).
In addition, staff is proposing to hold a special work session on Monday, January 23, 2023 for the annual strategic planning meeting.
At the September 12 work session, there was council consensus to move the January 17 work session to Monday, January 9 at 1:00 p.m. and the January 18 council meeting to Thursday, January 12 at 6:00 p.m. Staff was directed to move the following work sessions to 1:00 p.m. as they conflict with the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council meetings: January 9, June 12, August 14, and November 13.