§ 2-61. Agenda.

(a)

At every regular or special meeting of the board of commissioners, the board shall be presented with an established agenda delineating the subjects to be discussed at the meeting. This agenda shall be prepared by the county administrator in consultation with the chairman, the members of the board, the county attorney and, if he deems necessary, appropriate department heads or other elected officials. At the beginning of each meeting, members of the board will be given an opportunity to add subjects to the agenda for either regular or executive session discussion. With the permission of the chairman, other county officials in attendance may be granted the same privilege. Once the agenda is approved, other matters will not be discussed unless good cause can be demonstrated for their failure to be placed on the agenda prior to approval and a majority of the members present approve their inclusion. Once the agenda has been completed the chairman shall adjourn the meeting and no further official action will be taken.

(b)

No later than 12:00 noon on the day preceding a regularly scheduled or called meeting of the board of commissioners the county administrator shall prepare a proposed executive session agenda and shall circulate the same to the members of the commission and the county attorney. Any commissioner wishing to place a matter on the agenda for executive session shall have the responsibility of communicating this to the county administrator in time for him to include the same on this proposed agenda.

(c)

The county attorney, on his own initiative or at the request of a member of the board, shall review the proposed agenda and shall inform the county administrator if he considers any item on the agenda not to be proper for consideration in executive session. His decision in this regard shall be final unless overturned by a majority vote of the commissioners present at the regular or called meeting. Such discussion and vote shall take place in open session.

(d)

If a member of the board, the county administrator, or the county attorney seeks to place a matter on the executive session agenda for discussion after the same has been disseminated and reviewed, it shall require a vote of at least three commissioners to amend the proposed agenda and add such additional matter. This discussion and vote shall also take place in the open session.

(e)

No other matters except those set forth in the proposed agenda or added to the agenda by the method outlined above shall be discussed in an executive session of any regular or called meeting of the board.

(Code 1992, § 2-32(a))