HomeMy WebLinkAbout07 - OB-1 - Second Reading of Ordinance No. 11-5 - 4/19/2011CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: APRIL 19, 2011 ITEM NUMBER: I10B.1
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SUBJECT: SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 11-5 AMENDING COSTA
MESA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2-101
DATE: APRIL 13, 2011
FROM: THOMAS P. DUARTE, CITY ATTORNEY
PRESENTATION BY: THOMAS HATCH, CEO
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: THOMAS P. DUARTE, CITY ATTORNEY,
(714) 754-5399
RECOMMENDATION:
Give second reading and waive further reading of Ordinance No. 11-5 amending Section
2-101 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code relating to the Assistant City Manager.
BACKGROUND:
At its April 5, 2011 meeting, the City Council gave first reading to Ordinance No. 11-5
revising Section 2-101 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code to recognize that the Assistant
City Manager is the Assistant Chief Executive Officer of the City. A second reading is
appropriate to adopt the ordinance.
TH MAS P. U RTE
City Attorney
Attachment: Ordinance 11-5
THOMAS HATCH
CEO
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ORDINANCE NO. 11 -
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING COSTA
MESA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2-101.
WHEREAS, the City Council has previously recognized that the City Manager is the
Chief Executive Officer of the City of Costa Mesa; and
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Municipal Code should also identify the Assistant City
Manager as the Assistant Chief Executive Officer of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2-101 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2-101. — Absence; manager pro tem.
In case of the absence or disability of the city manager/CEO, the assistant
city manager shall act in his or her stead. If the assistant city manager is unable to
act as manager, the city council may designate some duly qualified person to
perform the duties of the city manager/CEO during the period of absence or
disability of the city manager, subject, however, to said person furnishing a
corporate surety bond conditioned on'the faithful performance of the duties required
to be performed as set forth herein. The assistant city manager is the assistant
chief executive officer of the city and may be referred to as the assistant city
manager or the Assistant CEO. All references in this code, adopted council
resolutions or policies to the assistant city manager or to the City Assistant CEO
shall refer to the assistant city manager.
Section 2. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published and posted
pursuant to the provisions of law.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days from
and after the passage thereof, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from its
passage shall be published once in the DAILY 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 and member of the City
Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of April, 2011.
ATTEST:
Gary Monahan, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Julie Folcik, City Clerk Thomas Duarte, City Attorney
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