R-5302
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RESOLUTION NO. 5302(CC5)
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA OPPOSING CONSOLIDATION OF
GOVERNMENT SERVICES IN CERTAIN AREAS PROPOSED
BY THE LOS ANGELES CITY-COUNTY CONSOLIDATION
COMMISS ION
WHEREASt the Board of Supervisors has created a Los Angeles
City-County Consolidation Commission for the purpose of studying the
consolidation of services in varlOUS city and county functional areas
for the pur-pose of "effi ci ency" and II economy II ; and
WHEREASt the Consolidation Commission has solicited opinions
from local elected officials in regard to sixteen proposals for con-
solidation of local government functions;
NOW. THEREFORE. the City Council of the City of Santa Monica
resolves as follows:
Section 1. The City Council, after consideration of the sixteen
proposals, opposes consolidation of the followinq functions; Buildlnq and
Safety, Animal Controlt Data Processlng, Business Licenses. Criminal Prosecu-
tion. Airports, Planning and Zoninqt Parks and Recreationt Communications,
Civil Service Examinationst Purchasing, Police Pistol Ranges and Crime Labs.
Section 2. The City Council recommends that the Los Angeles City-
County Consolidatlon Commission further investigate the consolidation of Police
Training Academies. Any consolidation should be conditioned upon the scheduling
of beginnlng classes at a frequency which minimizes delay between date of
hire and commencement of training.
Section 3. The City Council recommends that the Commission further
investigate consolidation in the area of automated storage and retrieval of
crimlnal offender records, so long as local agencies can continue to maintain
reports and records of local interest.
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Section 4. The City Council recommends that the Commission
investigate the expanSlon of the concept of regional agreements for
cooperative employment testing among neighboring cities.
Section 5. The City Councll recommends that the Commission
investigate expansion of the existing cooperative bidding program of the
County of Los Angeles.
Section 6. The City Clerk shall transmit coples of this
resolution to the Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles City-County
Consolidation Commission and Supervisor Edmund D. Edelman.
ADOPTED and APPROVED this 8th ~ay of
May
1 9 79 .
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MAYOR
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, -~LERK ~.
{/ ',' - I he~e~y- certify that
the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by
the Clty Council of the City of Santa Monica at a regular
meeting thereof,
held on the 8th day of
~1ay
, 1979~ by the following vote of the Council:
AYES:
Council Member: Bambrick, JennIngs, Reed, Scott,
Yannatta, van den Steenhoven
NOES:
Council Member: None
ABSENT:
Council Member: Swink
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