Park Ridge · Ordinance
Historic Preservation Commission quorum ordinance
AI-assisted researchHow this was researched and checkedThe City Council passed the first reading of an ordinance amending the Historic Preservation Commission chapter of the Municipal Code on January 8, 2024 (roll call 7–0) and approved its final reading on its consent agenda on January 22, 2024. The staff memo explains the change removes the fixed five-member quorum rule so that the commission, reduced to seven members, follows the Open Meetings Act quorum for its size. The final-reading consent motion carried with one alderperson absent.
Documented status: Approved (recorded), Jan 22 2024. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.
What changed, and when did it take effect?
· First reading · Recorded in minutes
City Council passes the first reading
Meeting date: Jan 8 2024. Agenda item VIII.D.1: Approve the First Reading of an Ordinance amending Article 4, Chapter 16 of the City of Park Ridge Municipal Code regarding the Historic Preservation Commission. Item VIII.D.1: the motion carried (7 to 0).
p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-01-08, City Council, Jan 8 2024. Open the quote and source.
p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-01-08, City Council, Jan 8 2024. Open the quote and source.
p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-01-08, City Council, Jan 8 2024. Open the quote and source.
· Approved · Recorded in minutes
City Council approves the final reading
Meeting date: Jan 22 2024. Agenda item VIII.D.1 (consent agenda): Approve the Final Reading of Ordinance Amending Article 4, Chapter 16 of the City of Park Ridge Municipal Code regarding the Historic Preservation Commission. Item VI: the motion carried.
p. 2 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-01-22, City Council, Jan 22 2024. Open the quote and source.
p. 2 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-01-22, City Council, Jan 22 2024. Open the quote and source.
p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-01-22, City Council, Jan 22 2024. Open the quote and source.
What was requested, recommended, approved, contracted, reported paid and completed?
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Contracts, payments and completion
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Which parcels, agencies, businesses and projects are explicitly connected?
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What remains unresolved?
Open
request the removal of the five-member quorum requirement in the HPC section of the Municipal Code
Confirm dates with the City before relying on them.
p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Amending Article 4, Chapter 16 of the City of Park Ridge Municipal Code Regarding the Historic Preservation Commission (Memorandum), City Council, Jan 22 2024. Open the quote and source.
Open questions
No open question is recorded for this item.
What does the evidence suggest, and what would change it?
No conflicting records are published for this item.
Official source records
- City Council minutes, 2024-01-08
City Council, Jan 8 2024
- City Council minutes, 2024-01-22
City Council, Jan 22 2024
- Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Amending Article 4, Chapter 16 of the City of Park Ridge Municipal Code Regarding the Historic Preservation Commission (Memorandum)
City Council, Jan 22 2024
Editions and corrections
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Edition 2(current)
Edition 2: 2 revised.
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First edition.