HomeMy WebLinkAbout15 ORD 1326 CHG MTG DATES 01-02-07AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: JANUARY 2,2007
TO: WilliAM HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: CITY ATTORNEY
SUBJECT: INTRODUCE ORDINANCE CHANGING CITY COUNCil, COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND PLANNING COMMISSION
MEETING DATES, MODIFICATION TO ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER,
AND COUNCil COMPENSATION
SUMMARY:
Attached is the ordinance changing the meeting dates for the City Council, Redevelopment
Agency and Planning Commission as well as a modification to the Roberts Rules section and
salary adjustment for the City Council.
RECOMMENDATION:
Introduce and have first reading of Ordinance No. 1326 and set for second reading at the
Council's next scheduled meeting.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
DISCUSSION:
Change the City Council and Redevelopment Agency meetin~ dates from the 15t and 3rd
Monday of the month to 1 st and 3rd Tuesday of the month; and 2n and 4th Monday of the month
to the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month for Planning Commission meetings.
By moving the City Council/Redevelopment Agency meetings one day, it will allow City staff an
additional day to research any issues prior to a meeting; thus providing better service to the
citizens of our community. If the proposed ordinance is approved, the new meeting dates will
take effect March 1 st, which would then be March 6, 2007 for City Council/Community
Redevelopment Agency and March 13, 2007 for the Planning Commission.
Section 1302 of the Tustin City Code will be modified to allow the council the ability to adopt its
own rules and regulations and Section 1303 will amend the council salary effective January 1,
2009 per State law.
Doug Holland
City Attorney
ORDINANCE NO. 1326
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING SECTIONS 1301, 1302, 1303 AND 1515 OF
THE TUSTIN CITY CODE RELATING TO MEETING DATES,
RULES OF PROCEDURE, AND COUNCIL
COMPENSATIONS
The City Council of the City of Tustin, California, ordains:
SECTION 1. Section 1301 of the Tustin City Code is amended to read:
1301 REGULAR MEETINGS
A. Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held on the first and third
Tuesdays of each calendar month at the hour of 7:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers, Tustin City Center, Centennial Way at Main Street, Tustin,
California. When the regular meeting date falls on a legal holiday, the
meeting shall be held on the following day.
B. Closed sessions of the City Council may be conducted prior to the 7:00
p.m. business portion of regular meetings. The time scheduled depends
upon the number of items to be considered. If necessary, Closed Sessions
not completed prior to the business portion will be considered at the
conclusion of the business portion of the meeting, or as otherwise
determined by the City Council.
SECTION 2. Section 1302 of the Tustin City Code'is amended to read:
1302 RULES OF PROCEDURE
The proceedings of the City Council shall be governed under "Robert's Rules of
Order," or such other rules or regulations as the City Council may adopt or
implement on all matters pertaining to parliamentary law, but no ordinance,
resolution, proceeding or other action of the Council shall be invalidated or the
legality thereof otherwise affected by the failure or omission to observe or follow
such rules.
SECTION 3. Section 1303 of the Tustin city Code is amended to read:
1303 COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS
Members of the City Council shall be paid and receive as compensation, a salary
of nine hundred forty seven dollars and ninety cents ($947.64) per month.
SECTION 4. Section 1515 of the Tustin City Code is amended to read:
1515 REGULAR MEETINGS
The Planning Commission shall hold its regular meetings on the second and
fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, except
when such a day falls on a legal holiday, in which event the Planning
Commission shall meet at 7:00 p.m. on the first weekday following which is not a
legal holiday. The Planning Commission may meet at such other times and
places as hereafter may be determined from time to time by the Planning
Commission to be necessary or convenient.
SECTION 5. Add Section 9506 of Chapter 5, Article 9
9506 REGULAR MEETINGS
Regular meetings of the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency shall be held
on the first and third Tuesday of each calendar month at the hour of 7:00 p.m. in
the City Council Chambers, 300 Centennial Way, Tustin, California. When the
regular meeting date falls on a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the
following day.
SECTION 6. The provisions of Section 1 of this Ordinance (amending Section 1301 of
the Tustin City Code) shall become effective on March 1, 2007. The provisions of
Section 3 of this Ordinance (amending the provisions of Section 1303 of the Tustin City
Code) shall become effective on January 1, 2009. Except as' otherwise provided in this
Section 6, the provisions of this Ordinance shall become effective at 12:01 am on the
thirty-first day after passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Tustin, California, held on the _ day of , 2007.
LOU BONE,
Mayor
PAMELA STOKER
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, Pamela Stoker, City Clerk of the City of Tustin, California hereby certify that the
foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the Ordinance introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Tustin duly held on January 2, 2007, of which
meeting all of the members of said City Council had due notice and at which a majority
thereof were present; and was finally passed and adopted not less than five days
thereafter on , 2007, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
PAMELA STOKER,
City Clerk