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HomeMy WebLinkAbout70-11 - Time, place, and conduct of Council MeetingsORDINANCE NO. 70-11 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO THE TIME, PLACE, AND CONDUCT OF COUNCIL MEETINGS. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 69-33 of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, adopted on the 10th day of November, 1969, is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. Section 2200 of the Municipal Code of the City of Costa Mesa is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2200 Number, Time and Place of Council Meetings. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa shall hold regular meetings on the first and third Mondays of each month at the hour of 6:30 o'clock p.m. in the Council Chambers, except that when the day for any regular meeting falls on a holiday, Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve, such meetings shall be held at the same hour and place on the next succeeding day not a holiday." SECTION 3. Section 2203 of the Municipal Code of the City of Costa Mesa is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2203 Order of Business. The regular meetings of the City Council shall be divided into two parts, commending at 6:30 o'clock p.m. and 7:30 o'clock p.m. respectively, Part One of the regular meeting of the City Council shall commence at 6:30 o'clock p.m. and shall be for the purpose of discussion and debate on matters scheduled for Part Two of the meeting commencing at 7:30 o'clock p.m„ or on any other matter desired by the City Council. In addition, the City Council shall, if it so desires, take action on any or all of the following matters: 1. Approval of minutes of the previous meetings. 2. Opening of bids, if specified in the bid. 3. Action on proposed ordinances. 4. Written communications. 5. Permits. 6. Departmental reports. 7. Warrants. Part Two of the regular meeting of the Council shall commence promptly at 7:30 o'clock p.m, and, unless otherwise specified by the City Council, shall have the following order of business: 1. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, 2. Invocation. 3. Roll Call. 4. Public hearings. 5. Reports. 6. Old Business. 7. New Business. 8. City Manager's report. 9. Councilmanic Suggestions and Comments. 10. Oral Communications 11. Adjournment. The Council may, if it so desires, recess between Part One and Part Two of the meeting. Promptly at 6:30 o'clock p.m, on the night of each regular meeting the members of the Council, the City Clerk, City Attorney, City Manager, and other officers and employees specified by the City Council, shall assemble at their regular stations in the Council Chamber. The order of business set forth above may at any meeting, on motion duly made and carried, be changed or suspended for the period of such meeting," SECTION 4. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an urgency ordinance and shall become effective upon its adoption. Thenature of the urgency is as follows: The back -load of urgent business pending before the City Council has been reduced to a point where the City's business can be effectively handled in two regular meetings monthly. This reduction in number of meetings contributes to the convenience of the citizens, decreases unnecessary expenditure of overtime by staff and officials, and is necessary to the efficient conduct and operation of the City Council and the welfare of the citizens. SECTION V. This Ordinance shall be published once in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed andpublished in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City Council - 2 - voting for and against the same. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of January, 1970. Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa ATTEST: City Clerk Costa Mesa STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, C. K. PRIEST, 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. 70-11 was introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa held on the 19th day of January, 1970, and thereafter adopted as an urgency ordinance by the said City Council on said date by the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Wilson, Tucker, St. Clair, Jordan, Pinkley NOES: COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this 20th day of January, 1970. City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa - 3 - STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the below entitled matter. I onrh,Legal Advertising Manager of the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of gen- eral circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, County of Orange, State of California, and I certify .City Ordinance Number 70-11 of which the copy attached hereto is a true and complete copy, was printed and published in the regular imue(s) of said newspaper of January 24,1970 1 declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on January 24 '1970. at Costa Mesa, California. STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that Ordinance No. 70-11 was introduced and considered, section by section, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the-19112--- day he 19th_day of January , 19 7a , and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 19th ,fay of January 19 70 , by the following roll -call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN - WILSON, TUCKER, ST. CLAIR. JORDAN, PIPIKLEY NOES: COUNCILMEN - ABSENT: COUNCILMEN - I FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance No. 70-11 was published in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, on the ?4th day of January f9J-0 - ___ityam City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of she City Council of the City of Costa Mesa 22