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City Council Meeting 6-21-94
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Santa Monica, Cal{fornia
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STAFF REPORT
TO: Mayor and city CouncIl
FROM: City Attorney
SUBJECT: Ordinance Adding section 2,48.030 to the
Santa Monica MunicIpal Code to Create the
posit~on of Comm~ssioner Emeritus on the
commission on Older AmerIcans
At its meeting on January 11, 1994, the Clty Council directed
the city Attorney to prepare an ordInance creating the position of
CommiSSIoner Emeritus on the Comm~SSlon on Older Americans. In
response to that dlrection, the accompanying ordinance has been
prepared and is presented to the City CouncIl for Introduction for
first reading,
The accoMpanying ordlnance adds SectIon 2.48.030 to the
MunIcipal Code to create the position of Commissioner EmerItus on
the Commission on Older Americans.
The Commiss ion on Older
Americans voted to establIsh thIS nonvoting commissioner Emeritus
pOSItion ~n an effort to off~cially utilIze the talents of former
Commissioners who have already served the maximum allowable number
of terms on the commission.
The Commission on Older Americans
will make recommendations to the City council of people to appoint
to the new position based upon certaIn eligibIlity criteria. To be
eligIble persons must have served two full terms as CommIssioner on
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the Commission on Older Americans and must be active in the Santa
Monica community,
The new Commissioners Emeritus will serve two
year terms, which can be renewed without limit by the city Council.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the City Councll introduce
the accompanying ordinance for first reading.
PREPARED BY:
Marsha Moutrle, Clty Attorney
Joseph Lawrence, Assistant Clty Attorney
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CA:atty\muni\laws\jl\emeritus
City council Meeting 6-21-94
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER
(CCS)
(city Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADDING SECTION 2.48.030
TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO CREATE THE POSITION
OF COMMISSIONER EMERITUS ON THE COMMISSION
ON OLDER AMERICANS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 2.48.030 is hereby added to the Santa
Mon1ca Municipal Code to read as follows:
SECTION
2.48.030,
commissioner(s)
Emeritus.
One or more commissioner (s)
Emeritus shall be appointed to the Commission
on Older Americans ("Commission") by the city
Council based upon the recommendations of the
Commission, To be eligible for appointment to
such a position, a person must have served two
full terms as a Commissioner on the Commission
and shall be active in the Santa Mon1ca
community. Each Commissioner Emeritus shall
be a nonvoting member of the Commission, may
represent the Commission at community and
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other functions as directed by the Commission,
may serve on commission committees, and shall
abide by the bylaws of the Commission. There
shall be no limit to the number of
commissioners Emeritus appointed to the
commission, each of whom shall serve a two
year term as a Commissioner Emeritus,
Unlimited term renewals of Commissioners
Emeritus can by made by the City council upon
the recommendation of the Commission.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code
or appendices thereto inconslstent Wl th 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 Ordlnance,
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or
unconsti tutional 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 unconstitutlonal without regard to whether any portion
of the Ordinance would he subsequently declared invalid or
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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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MARSHA JON~~ MOUTRIE
Ci ty Attorh'ey
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