Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-17 City Council Meetings and ProceduresORDINANCE NO. 02-17 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 2-40,2-42, AND 2-44 OF CHAPTER III OF TITLE 2 OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO.CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND PROCEDURES. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2-40 of Chapter III of Title 2 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2-40. Study sessions. (a) The city council shall hold regular study session meetings in the first floor conference room (1A) of the city hall to hear reports from the staff and to review, discuss, and debate matters of interest to the city, except that such sessions may be cancelled by the city manager, with the concurrence of the city council, if not needed. The dates and times of these study sessions will be set by city council resolution. A regular study session meeting shall also be held in the first floor conference room (1A) one (1) hour preceding the regular city council meeting for the purpose of receiving and reviewing any additional communications and materials submitted, after the agenda was completed and distributed, relative to items on the agenda for that evening's meeting. The mayor may also designate additional study sessions from time to time, notice to be given in the same manner as for special meetings of the city council. (b) No official action shall be taken at a study session. The verbal participation of the public in study sessions will be governed by rules set by council resolution." Section 2. Section 2-42 of Chapter III of Title 2 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2-42. Council agenda. In order to facilitate the orderly.conduct of the business of the city council, the city clerk shall be provided with all staff reports by the deadline set forth in the city's administrative regulation established by the city manager. To the maximum extent possible, all attachment documents, ordinances, resolutions, contracts or other matters shall be in proper form for city council action at the time they are submitted to the city clerk. The city clerk shall prepare an agenda listing such matters according to the order of business and shall furnish each member of the city council, the city manager, city attorney, and each department director with a copy of the agenda prior to the council meeting, and as far in advance of the meeting as time will permit. The city manager, at his discretion, may approve an amendment to the agenda pursuant to the guidelines established by the city's administration regulations, but by no later than the public posting of the agenda as required by the Brown Act (California Government Code Sections 54950 et seq.). In accordance with California Government Code Section 54954.2, the city council may take action on an item not listed on the agenda if it makes findings required by Government Code Section 54954.2. Section 3. Section 2-44 of Chapter III of Title,2 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2-44. Handling of correspondence; availability to public. Correspondence other than that marked personal and/or confidential addressed to the city council that is received by the city.. clerk or any other officer or employee of the city shall be a matter of public record when . received. Correspondence shall not be read aloud at a council meeting unless requested by majority vote of the council." Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or its application to other persons. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions of the application thereof to any person, be declared invalid or unconstitutional. No portion of this Ordinance shall supersede any local, State, or Federal law, regulation, or codes dealing with life safety factors. Section 5. Publication. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage and, before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, shall be published once in the NEWPORT BEACH -COSTA MESA PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, or in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance, and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th d4 of Aug st, 2002. ATTEST: (a4,6 -j - eek Cle of the City of Costa Mesa STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF COSTA MESA ) i k1L All) Mayor of the City of di Mesa APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney , I, Julie Folcik, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 02-17 was introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 5th day of August, 2002, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 19th day of August, 2002, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Dixon, Cowan, Robinson, Steel NOES: None ABSENT: Monahan IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 20th day of August, 2002. Deputy ity Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of C'nctn Maca