HomeMy WebLinkAbout1394 - ORDINANCES - 9/4/1991 ORDINANCE NO. 1394
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
SECTION 2.06.010 (a) OF THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE,
RELATING TO APPOINTMENTS, TERMS AND VACANCIES ON BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA DOES ORDAIN,
as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 2.06.010 (a) of the Palm Springs Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"2.06.010 General rules regarding appointments, terms, vacancies.
(a Unless otherwise provided by law, or by ordinance adopted
after the effective date hereof, all members of boards and
commissions of the city shall be appointed for four-year terms
commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment; provided, that
interim vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired
term of the member replaced. Except in cases where the mayor
or city council are not the appointing authority, no person
shall be appointed to or serve substantially more than one full
term upon any board or commission, and shall then become
ineligible for appointment to any board or commission for a
period of one year from the expiration of his or her service
upon any board or commission; provided that any person appointed
to an interim vacancy of twelve 12 months or less, shall be
eligible for appointment to a full term upon the same board
or commission to which the interim appointment was made. After
the expiration of one year during which the person has not served
upon any board or commission, that person, if otherwise qualified,
shall again become eligible for appointment to any board or
commission, including without limitation, the board or commission
upon which he or she formerly served. Any member may be removed
from office at any time, with or without cause, by a majority
vote of the city council , except in cases where the mayor or
city council are not the appointing authority, in which cases
such regular appointing authority may exercise this power of
removal . If a member absents himself without advance permission
of the board or commission or of his appointing authority, from
three consecutive regular meetings or from twenty-five percent
of the duly scheduled meetings of the board or commission within
any fiscal year, the chair of the board or commission shall
file a certification with the city clerk that such absences
have occurred, and his or her office shall thereupon automatically
become vacant and shall be filled as any other vacancy.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect thirty (30) days after passage.
SECTION 3. PUBLICATION. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and
directed to certify to the passage of this Ordinance, and to cause
the same, or a summary thereof, or a display advertisement, duly
prepared according to law, to be published in accordance` with law.
ADOPTED this 4th day of September , 1991.
AYES: Councilmembers Broich, Hodges, Murawski , Neel and Mayor Bono
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
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Gi_tfy Clerk Mayor 116
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REVIEWED b APPROVED l/
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT the foregoing Ordinance 1394 was
duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Palm
Springs, California, in a meeting held on the 4th day of
September, 1991, and that same was duly published in
the DESERT SUN, a newspaper of general circulation
on September 11, 1991.
L
) DITH SUMICH
City Clerk