CITY OF WAUSAU, 407 Grant Street, Wausau, WI 54403 ORDINANCE OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Amending Chapter 2.16 – Standing Rules of the Common Council, Rule 5 Order of Business, Rule 6 Introduction of Business, Rule 13 Committees, Rule 16 Citizens' Right to Address Council and Rule 17 Manner of Deliberation. Committee Action: 9-0 (Proposed Rule 13(F)(4) and Rule 6) 8-1 (Proposed Rule 5) Ordinance Number: 61-5993 Fiscal Impact: None File Number: 25-0907 Date Introduced: September 9, 2025 The Common Council of the City of Wausau do ordain as follows: Add ( ) Delete ( ) Section 1. That Chapter 2.16, Standing Rules of the Common Council, Rule 5 Order of Business, is hereby amended to read as follows: Chapter 2.16 – STANDING RULES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL . . . . RULE 5 ORDER OF BUSINESS The business of the Council shall be conducted in the following order: 1. Call to order by the presiding officer. 2. Pledge of Allegiance, and Roll Call and Proclamations. If a quorum is not present, the meeting shall automatically adjourn to the next regular meeting or other specified date. 3. Presentations. 4. Consideration of the minutes of the preceding meeting, approval of the minutes if correct, and correction of mistakes if any. 5. Reading of the City of Wausau Public Comment Statement. 56. Comments and suggestions from preregistered citizens (as authorized under Rule 16). 6. Communications, recommendations from the Mayor 7. Reports of City officers. 87. Committee reports (standing and nonstanding). 9. Unfinished business from previous meetings. 108. Consent agenda. 119. Alderperson request to call for a meeting of the entire Council as a committee of the whole. 1210. New business (resolutions and ordinances) Ordinances and resolutions. 11. Announcements from Mayor and Alderpersons. 12. Communications, recommendations from the Mayor. 13. Comments and suggestions from citizens present during Public Comment occurring both before and after the business meeting (as authorized under Rule 16). Section 2. That Rule 6 Introduction of Business, is hereby amended to read as follows: RULE 6 INTRODUCTION OF BUSINESS A. Introduction requirements. All ordinances, resolutions, presentations, proclamations, memorials or other communications shall be in writing, contain a brief statement of their content, indicate the name of the presenting member/committee, and, prior to their consideration by Council, be delivered to the Clerk. At the first permitted opportunity, the presiding officer or Chairperson or designee shall read each by title at a meeting of the Council or Committee. Any Alder or Committee member may require at any time the reading in full of any matter while it is before the Council or Committee. B. Filing. Each proposed ordinance, or resolution, presentation, proclamation, memorial and communication shall be filed in the office of the Clerk no less than seven days prior to that scheduled Council meeting at which the measure is to be introduced. Council and Standing Committee packets must be prepared and available for distribution no less than six days prior to that scheduled Council or committee meeting and the Council packet must also contain all committee results for each measure to be considered. In no case will packet materials be accepted after close of business the preceding week. If for good cause this prefiling is impossible or impractical, the presiding officer of the Council or Chairperson of the committee may waive this requirement. C. Reintroduction restricted. Unless otherwise provided by City ordinance, no proposed ordinance or resolution, having once been defeated, may again be introduced in the same or in the substantially same form until 30 days after the date when that ordinance or resolution was defeated. Section 3. That Rule 13 Committees, is hereby amended to read as follows: RULE 13 COMMITTEES F. Notice of committee meetings. The committee Chairperson shall file notice of each committee meeting with the Clerk. The notice shall comply with the notice requirement of Wis. Stats. § 19.84. In addition to compliance with state law, standing committee meeting times shall be posted to the City's online calendar by the first of each month in which the meeting is to occur. . . . . (4) Public Comment regarding agenda items shall be agendized on every standing committee agenda. (5) Reading of the City of Wausau Public Comment Statement. Section 4. That Rule 16 Citizen's Right to Address Council, is hereby amended to read as follows: RULE 16 CITIZENS' RIGHT TO ADDRESS COUNCIL AND STANDING COMMITTEES A. Right declared. A citizen may address the council under either or both: 1. Rule 5(123); 2. Rule 5 (56), provided one of the following conditions are met: a. The citizen registers with the Clerk before the meeting is called to order, and indicates his or her interest to address the Council; and b. The citizen's comments relate to a matter on the agenda for that meeting. B. Right declared. A citizen may address a standing committee under: 1. Rule 13 F. (4), provided the citizen's comments relate to a matter on the agenda for that meeting. and reletter B and C to C and D. Section 5. That Rule 17 Manner of Deliberation, is hereby amended to read as follows: RULE 17 MANNER OF DELIBERATION . . . . C. Announcements from Mayor and Alderpersons limited to one minute. D. Communications, recommendations from the Mayor shall clearly identify a subject and be limited to items not appearing on the agenda. and reletter C through E to E through G. Section 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 7. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect on the day after its publication. Adopted: 09/09/2025 Approved: Approved: 09/17/2025 Published: 09/24/2025 Attest: 09/17/2025 Doug Diny, Mayor Attest: Kaitlyn A. Bernarde, Clerk WNAXLP September 24 2025 LWIX0373905