By JIM BUTLER

To receive and consider the mayor’s veto message. Alexandria City Council posted agenda, Dec. 16.

Receive and consider mayor’s veto message. Jules Green motion to override, second Malcolm Larvadain. Motion fails. Minutes, Dec. 16.

To receive and consider the mayor’s veto message. Posted Agenda, May 5.

After being told by the City Clerk that the message cannot be discussed without adding to posted agenda, motion to add vetoed ordinance fails. Minutes, May 5. 

Public bodies must post an agenda no later than 24 hours before a meeting. Adding an item at a meeting requires unanimous vote. 

At Tuesday’s Legal Affairs Committee meeting Councilman at-large Jules Green attempted to get an understanding of the difference in the two boldface items above. 

He asked attorney Trey Gist what changed between December and May in the process for taking up a veto. He did not ask the clerk about any differences. 

If Gist explained to Green’s satisfaction, video of the meeting doesn’t reflect it. 

The December veto was of a reapportionment vote; this month’s was the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with GAEDA. 

Mayor Jacques Roy declined to attend the committee session, according to Larvadain, because he views the override process as a council function, not an administration one. 

Larvadain asked if a veto can be taken up beyond the limit specified in the City Charter and City Code. Gist said no.