Location | Time Schedules | Videotaping Guidelines
Basic Terminology | Disability Access

Location
Regular meetings of the Monterey City Council are held the first and third Tuesdays of the month in the Council Chamber at Few Memorial Hall of Records on the corner of Pacific and Madison streets, Monterey, CA.

Time Schedules
Meetings are scheduled in two sessions, with a 1 1/2 hour recess between sessions. The first session is scheduled from 4 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. The City Council then reconvenes at 7 p.m., with scheduled adjournment at 11 p.m.

Copies of Council Meeting packets may be viewed by the public in the City Clerk's Office or the Monterey Public Library.

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Videotaping Guidelines
In order to provide for the recording of City meetings by members of the public,
the City of Monterey has developed a set of guidelines. Click here for more info.

Basic Terminology

• Consent Agenda consists of those items which are routine and for which a staff recommendation has been prepared. A member of the public or a Council Member may request that an item be placed on the regular agenda for further discussion.
• Award of Bids are the awarding of contracts to perform services or supply materials to the City.
• Ordinances are "legislative acts" by the Council; are the most permanent and binding type of Council action; and may be repealed only by a subsequent ordinance. An ordinance requires two readings at separate Council meetings, is "passed to print" (for legal advertisement) when introduced, and is "passed and adopted" when given final approval.
• Resolutions are passed to express the policy of the Council on certain items or programs; or are passed to direct certain types of administrative action. A resolution may be changed by adoption of a subsequent resolution. Resolutions only require one reading and are approved when "passed and adopted."
• Public Appearance Items are correspondence or report items from other agencies; City boards, commissions and committees; or from citizens and community organizations which involve public presentations and appearances. The Council may limit the time each speaker is allocated.
  Any person or group desiring to bring an item to the attention of the City Council may do so by addressing a letter of explanation to: City Clerk, City Hall, Room 6, Monterey, CA 93940. The appropriate staff person will contact the sender concerning the details.
• Public Comments allow you, the public, to speak for a maximum of three minutes on any subject which is not on the agenda.
• Staff Informational Reports supply information to the Council, and may not require Council action. Like the Consent Agenda, the Council may wish to ask questions or otherwise briefly discuss a staff report placed in this section. If the Council decides that it wishes to discuss a matter in detail or to take action, the matter may be considered under the regular Council agenda.

Disability Access
Persons who require assistance in order to attend and/or participate in Council Meetings should call the City Clerk's Office at 831.646.3935 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf Line
TDD - 831.646.3721.