Planning Commission Bylaws Revision

At a glance

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What: revision of the Planning Commission by-laws (last amended in 2023): attendance rules, video-conference limits, meeting schedule, absence notice and a proposed consent agenda.
Where it stands: the item was pulled on October 14; on 2026-11-05 the Commission recommended the revised by-laws to City Council 6-0 with one recusal, after dropping the consent agenda.
Next: City Council; the new Council's first official meeting is November 18.

Manny Bera had asked to table the item until early 2027 so the new Council could weigh in; the Commission instead kept it on the agenda, and he recused himself from the item.
Kelly Shai presented the proposal: attendance of three-quarters of meetings, at most six video meetings a year with camera on, a consent agenda, Wednesday or Thursday meetings on an annual schedule, a 10-day absence notice, a two-meeting amendment process and a removal clause.
A public speaker opposed putting discretionary items on a consent agenda. A straw poll split about 3-3 and the consent agenda was dropped.
Other changes agreed: cite NRS chapter 278 "as amended"; replace the 75 percent attendance rule with six absences in 12 months, reported to Council; camera on "whenever reasonably possible"; absence notice "as soon as practicable" and, when reasonably possible, 10 days ahead; staff requests go to the administrator "or their designate"; remove the blanket removal sentence.

About 82 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-11-05 - Planning Commission	82

2026-10-14 - Planning Commission — Item pulled from the agenda.
2026-11-05 - Planning Commission — Presented, amended and recommended to Council 6-0, one recusal.