Des Moines Register: It could become harder for Des Moines City Council members to individually propose changes and more difficult for residents to force the council to address issues under new rules the council will consider Monday. Des Moines, like every local government, has procedural rules that lay out how meetings are conducted, including how motions are made, who presides over meetings and more. Des Moines City Council’s procedural rules have been amended 16 times since their adoption in 1987. Six of those amendments have been made within the last two years, according to city documents, and Monday night’s suggestions would be a seventh.