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of Council at least ten business days prior to the meeting. 2. The Order of Business at each regular meeting of Council shall be as follows: a. 6:30 p.m. Call to Order, Pledge b. Special Recognitions by the Mayor or Council (if any), Awards and Proclamations (Council may also project awards, recognitions, and announcements on the television/video screens in lieu of reading/ announcing them.) c. City Manage r's Response d. Community Matters (formerly Matters by the Public) (Limited to 16 speakers, maximum; see Section D of these Procedures) e. Consent Agenda (including, without limitation: approval of minutes; routine ordinances or resolutions; final/second r eadings of appropriations, ordinances or resolutions; other routine items) f. Action Items, and any related Public Hearings (items on which action is requested from Council) g. General Business for Discussion, and any related Public Hearings (items on whic h Council will conduct a public hearing, hold a discussion among themselves, receive a presentation, etc., but on which no action will be taken at that meeting) h. Matters by the Public 3. The City Manager, in consultation with the Mayor, shall provide b ackground materials for the Council and the public. Agenda and background materials for upcoming City Council meetings shall be made available for public review in the Clerk of Council’s Office and on the City’s website , concurrent with Council’s receipt of the same, and no later than Wednesday before the meeting. 4. Any materials in addition to the background materials prepared by the C ity Manager shall be distributed to the Council by the Clerk of Council no later than Friday before the meeting. Council may defer any item for which all relevant information has not been provided in a timely manner. 5. Agenda Items a. Consent Agenda : th e consent agenda may be used for eligible items and may include, but is not limited to, routine and noncontroversial appropriations, grant applications, contracts, resolutions, ordinances, second readings, and the minutes. After the consent agenda is read by the Clerk of Council, any item may be removed at the request of any two Council members. Any item removed from the consent agenda shall be added to the end of the regular agenda for discussion. Those items not removed from the consent agenda shall be a cted upon by a single vote of Council. b. Agenda items shall be heard in the order in which they appear on the agenda. With the consent of two other Councilors, the Mayor may postpone or take out of sequence agenda items from the order listed on the agenda . c. Each agenda item shall be given an approximate time limit. Generally, the total time allocated to any agenda item that does not include a scheduled public hearing shall not exceed twenty (20)