Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout13 ORD 1329 - COUNCIL BADGES 02-20-07 AGENDA REPORT MEETING DATE: FEBRUARY 20,2007 TO: WilliAM HUSTON, CITY MANAGER FROM: OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK SUBJECT: ORDINANCE SECOND READING - ORDINANCE NO. 1329 - COUNCIL BADGES SUMMARY: The City Council instructed the City Attorney's Office to prepare an ordinance that would address provisions regarding possession of a badge and any relevant State laws. Attached for your consideration is an Ordinance for introduction at tonight's Council meetingll RECOMMENDATION: Have second reading by title only and adoption of Ordinance No. 1329 (roll call vote). FISCAL IMPACT: None. BACKGROUND: On February 5, 2007, the City Council had first reading by title only and introduction of the following Ordinance: ORDINANCE NO. 1329 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, ADDING PART 4 TO CHAPTER 2 OF THE TUSTIN CITY CODE RELATING TO CITY COUNCIL BADGES Maria R. Huizar, .. Chief Deputy City Clerk Page 2 ORDINANCE NO. 1329 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, ADDING PART 4 TO CHAPTER 2 OF THE TUSTIN CITY CODE RELATING TO CITY COUNCIL BADGES The City Council of the City of Tustin, California, ordains: SECTION 1. Section 1112 of the Tustin City Code is amended by adding the following definition in appropriate alphabetical order: "City Manager" shall mean the City Manager of the City of Tustin or the designee of the City Manager. SECTION 2. Part 4 is added to Chapter 2 of the Tustin City Code to read: PART 4 CITY COUNCIL BADGES 1260 ISSUANCE OF BADGES 1261 PRESENTATION OF BADGE UPON TERMINATION OF SERVICE 1262 UNLAWFUL USE OF CITY COUNCIL BADGE 1260 ISSUANCE OF BADGES A. The City Manager is authorized to issue to each member of the City Council a city badge designating the member as a member of the City Council, Mayor pro tem, or Mayor. No member of the City Council shall have more than one badge at any time during such member's term of office . B. Each badge issued shall have a unique serial or identification number and the City Manager shall maintain records containing the serial or identification number of each badge, the date of issuance, and the name and resident address of the member of the Council to whom the badge is issued. C. Each member of the City Council to whom a badge is issued shall reimburse the City for the cost of the badge in the event the badge is destroyed through the members negligence or the badge is lost. D. The City Manager shall formulate and implement rules and regulations consistent with, and in furtherance of, the provisions of this Part. Page 3 1261 PRESENTATION OF BADGE UPON TERMINATION OF SERVICE A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Tustin City Code, the City may present to the member of the Council the member's badge or badges (including if applicable a Mayor pro tem badge and/or Mayor badge) upon termination of the members service as a member of the Council. Prior to such presentation, the City Manager shall cause the badge or badges to be affixed permanently to a plaque, within a frame, within lucite, or otherwise presented in a manner that will effectively preclude improper use of the badge. B. No person shall remove a badge presented from the plaque, frame, lucite, or other presentation material, or wear such badge, or otherwise display the badge unless the badge is displayed in or on the presentation material. 1262 UNLAWFUL USE OF CITY COUNCIL BADGE It shall be unlawful for any member of the City Council to use the badge for any purpose except as reasonably necessary for identification when acting in an official capacity as a member of the City Councilor as the Mayor pro tem or the Mayor. In addition, it shall be unlawful for any person to wear, exhibit, or use the badge with the intent of fraudulently impersonating a city official or of fraudulently inducing the belief that the person is a city official at the time the badge is worn, displayed, or used. SECTION 3. The provisions of this Ordinance shall become effective at 12:01 am on the thirty-first day after passage or the date. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this _ day of 2007. LOU BONE, MAYOR ATTEST: PAMELA STOKER CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: Page 4 DOUGLAS HOLLAND CITY ATTORNEY STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF TUSTIN ) PAMELA STOKER, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the _ day of , 2007, by the following vote: COUNCILPERSONS AYES: COUNCILPERSONS NOES: COUNCILPERSONS ABSTAINED: COUNCILPERSONS ABSENT: PAMELA STOKER, CITY CLERK