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city council Meeting 10-9-90
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1552 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADDING CHAPTER 9A TO ARTICLE II
OF THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE TO CREATE
A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 9A is added to Article II of the Santa
Monica Municipal Code to read as follows:
Chapter 9A. Charter Review Commission.
SECTION 2905.
creation of Charter
Review Commission.
(a) Pursuant to Section 1000 of
the city Charter,
a Charter Rev iew
commission is hereby established. The
Commission shall consist of 15 members
appointed by the city Council as follows:
(1)
Two members
of
the
Commission
selected
by
each
City
Councilmember.
(2)
A
chair
of
the
Commission selected by the City Council.
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(b) The Commission and
Commissioners shall be subject to all of
the terms of Article X of the city
Charter setting forth procedures for
removal of commissioners, terms, and
meetings. The Commissioners shall be
appointed no earl ier than the first
meeting following the swearing in of new
Councilmembers after the November 6,
1990, general municipal election.
(c) The Commission shall, prior to
December 31, 1991, report to the city
council in writing whether or not the
City Charter should be amended in the
following areas:
( I) The method of selection
of members of the City Council and Mayor.
(2) Whether or not Ci ty
Charter section 602 should be amended to
provide compensation and benefits for
members of the City Council and if so,
what compensation and benefits should be
provided.
(3) Whether or not any
limitation should be placed on the terms
of office of members of the City Council.
(4) The method of selection
of the City Attorney and the city Clerk.
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(5) Review Article X of the
Ci ty Charter to determine whether or not
the Boards and Commissions established
thereby should continue to be mandated by
the City Charter and review the method of
selection of the Planning Commission.
( 6) Whether Ci ty Charter
section 612 relating to special meetings
should be amended to conform to the Brown
Act.
(7) Whether city Charter
Section 613 relating to the place of city
Council meetings should be amended to
provide more flexibility to holding
meetings within the city.
(8) Whether City Charter
Section 717 relating to a City Health
Officer should be deleted.
(9) Whether City Charter
Section 1515 relating to claims against
the City should be revised to conform to
state law.
(10) Whether city Charter
Section 608 should be amended to increase
the dollar amount requiring competitive
bidding on public works projects.
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(11) Whether City Charter Section
1300 relating to official bonds should be
amended or deleted.
( 12 ) Whether City Charter section
1501 relating to cash Basis Fund and city
Charter Section 1511 relating to Capital
Outlays Fund should be amended or
deleted.
(13) Whether City Charter section
1513 relating to the presentation of
demands should be amended or deleted.
(14) Such other matters as the
Ci ty Council by motion may refer to the
Commission.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of
this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no
further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to affect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby
declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether
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any portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sign and the city Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The city Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective after 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 9th day of October, 1990.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1552 (CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City
council on the 2nd day of October 1990; that the said Ordinance
was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on
the 9th day of October 1990 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Finkel, Genser, Jennings,
Katz, Reed, Mayor Zane
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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