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city council Meeting 12-17-91
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Santa Monica, california
STAFF REPORT
TO:
Mayor and City Council
FROM:
city Attorney
SUBJECT:
Ordinance Amending Santa Monica Municipal Code
Section 2905 Extending the Deadline for the
Charter Review Commission to Issue its Report
The Charter Review Commission is concluding its review of
the Charter provisions it was charged with investigating. The
Commission currently intends to issue its final report and
recommendations in February, 1992. The attached ordinance amends
Municipal Code Section 2905 so as to allow the Commission until
March 31, 1992, to conclude its work instead of December 31,
1991, as initially required. The ordinance is presented to the
City Council for its consideration.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying
ordinance be introduced for first reading.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, City Attorney
Joseph Lawrence, Assistant city Attorney
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CA:RMM:jld657/hpca1
city Council Meeting 12-17-91
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER
(City council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL
CODE SECTION 2905 EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR THE
CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION TO ISSUE ITS REPORT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 2905 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code
is amended to read as follows:
SECTION 2905. creation of Charter
Review Commission.
(a) Pursuant to Section 1000 of
the City Charter,
a Charter Review
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.
(b)
The
commission
and
commissioners shall be subject to all of
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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 earlier 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
March 31, 1992, report to the City
council in writing whether or not the
City Charter should be amended in the
following areas:
(1) The method of selection
of members of the City Council and Mayor.
(2) Whether or not city
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
limitatlon 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.
(5) Review Article X of the
city Charter to determine whether or not
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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 city 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 ci ty 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.
(11) Whether City Charter
Section 1300 relating to official bonds
should be amended or deleted.
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(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 City Council by motion may refer to
the Commission.
(d) The City Council may by
resolution extend the date by which the
Commission shall issue its report.
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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