Rule 5. Notice and agenda preparation.

(a) Notice of meetings. The Council meets in the Stella B. Werner Council Office Building, Rockville, Maryland, unless the President designates another location. The President must notify Councilmembers, the news media, and the public of the agenda of a Council meeting and provide reasonable notice of the date, time, and place of the meeting as the State open meetings law requires.

(b) Agenda preparation. The President must prepare a written agenda for each meeting. The agenda must include the order and an understandable description of each item to be considered.

(c) Additions to the agenda. At any time after the President calls a meeting to order, a Councilmember may move to add to or delete from the agenda of that meeting or add an item to a future meeting.

(d) Committee assignment. The President may assign a matter to one or more Council committees, or two Council committees meeting as a joint committee. An assignment may be changed by a motion to refer the matter to another committee, approved by a majority of the Council. The President may vote on this motion. A committee is a public body under the State open meetings law, and the President must give notice of any committee meeting as required under that law. (Res. No. 11-54; Res. No. 12-83; Res. No. 13-49; Res. No. 14-53; Res. No. 18-49.)