Chapter 2.04
CITY COUNCIL

Sections:

   2.04.010   Date of Regular Meetings and Study Sessions

   2.04.020   Place of Meetings and Study Sessions

   2.04.030   Improper Conduct at Meetings

   2.04.040   Adoption of Rules of Procedure and Decorum

   2.04.050   Continuity: Term Limitations

   2.04.060   Compensation and Reimbursement of City Council and Mayor

   2.04.070   Commission Appointments

   2.04.080   Appeals to Council

   2.04.090   Notice of Appeal: Time Limit - Contents

   2.04.100   Appeal Hearings: Notices

   2.04.110   Appeals: Hearings

2.04.010 Date of Regular Meetings and Study Sessions.

The regular meetings of the City Council shall be held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, to commence at 6:00 p.m., with closed session as the first item on the agenda. In the event there is no closed session on the agenda, the regularly scheduled meeting shall commence at 7:00 p.m. Regular study sessions of the City Council shall be held as determined by enactment of the City Council. When the day for any regular meeting falls on a legal holiday, no meeting shall be held on such holiday; but the regular meeting shall be rescheduled for the same hour on a day to be designated by the City Council.

2.04.020 Place of Meetings and Study Sessions.

The regular meetings and study sessions of the City Council shall be held at the Council Chambers, 11600 Air Expressway, Adelanto, California, 92301, or in such other place within the City limits to which said meeting may be adjourned. If by reason of fire, flood or other emergency it shall be unsafe to meet in the City Council Chambers, the meeting may be held for the duration of the emergency at such other place as is designated by the Mayor or, if he/she should fail to act, by four (4) members of the City Council. Special Meetings of the City Council shall be held at the place designated herein for regular meetings or at such other place as provided for in the notice and call of the meeting.

2.04.030 Improper Conduct at Meetings.

Any member or other person(s) using profane, vulgar, loud or boisterous language at any meeting or otherwise interrupting the proceedings, who refuses to be seated or kept quiet when ordered to do so by the Mayor or other presiding officer of the Council, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any member or other person(s) or group(s) who otherwise disrupt a public meeting is subject to removal and arrest in accordance with Chapter 1.25 of this Code.

2.04.040 Adoption of Rules of Procedure and Decorum.

The City Council shall, by resolution, adopt rules of procedure and decorum to govern the conduct of its meetings, any of its other functions and activities, and regulations pertaining thereto.

2.04.050 Continuity: Term Limitations.

Pursuant to City Charter Section 612, the City Council may, by ordinance, set the number of successive terms or years that a member of the City Council may serve.

2.04.060 Compensation and Reimbursement of City Council and Mayor.

   A.   Compensation of City Council and Elected Mayor.

      1.   Compensation shall be paid to each member of the City Council as prescribed in Government Code Sections 36516(a)(1) and (c), authorizing the City Council to provide by ordinance that each member of the City Council shall receive a prescribed salary, the amount of which shall be based upon the population of the City as determined by estimates made by the State Department of Finance.

      2.   Each member of the City Council shall receive as salary the sum of eight hundred fifty dollars and eight cents ($850.08) per month, as prescribed in Government Code Section 36516 for cities up to and including thirty-five thousand (35,000) in population, provided, however, that the City Council may increase that amount in accordance with subdivision (c) of Government Code Section 36516.

      3.   Following any new and later authorized estimate of population or census placing the City in a population group other than that set forth in Subsection 2 of this Section, the salary payable to each member of the City Council shall be increased or decreased accordingly to equal the sum prescribed for that population group in said Government Code Section 36516, provided, however, the salary so increased or decreased shall become payable only on and after the date upon which one (1) or more members of the City Council become eligible therefore by virtue or beginning a new term of office following the next succeeding general municipal election held in the City.

      4.   In accordance with Government Code Sections 34900 to 34904, inclusive, the electors have determined that the City Charter shall be amended to provide for the office of an elected Mayor, commencing with the 2004 general municipal election. Pursuant to Government Code Section 34903, the Mayor is a member of the City Council and has all of the powers and duties of a member of the City Council. However, in accordance with Government Code Section 36516.1, the City Council may provide the elected Mayor with compensation in addition to that which he/she receives as a member of the City Council. Such additional compensation may be provided by an ordinance adopted by the City Council or by a majority vote of the electors voting on the proposition at a municipal election.

      5.   In accordance with Government Code Section 36516.5, a change in compensation shall not apply to the elected Mayor or to a member of the City Council during his/her term of office.

      6.   Effective the first day of December 2022, and in accordance with Government Code Section 36516.1, the City's elected Mayor shall receive a salary in the amount of one thousand one hundred eight dollars and eighty cents ($1,108.80) per month.

   B.   Reimbursement of City Council and Elected Mayor. The compensation prescribed herein for the elected Mayor and the City Council is and shall be exclusive of any amounts payable to the elected Mayor and/or each member of the City Council as reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by him or her in the performance of official duties for the City; and, accordingly, the elected Mayor and each member of the City Council shall receive reimbursement for such actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties for the City pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Section 36514.5, as amended from time to time. Such reimbursement shall be as established by policy adopted by the City Council.

   C.   Health and Welfare Benefits for the Mayor and City Council. In accordance with Government Code Sections 36516(d) and 53200 through 53210, and, in accordance with Government Code Section 53208.5, the City Council shall receive health and welfare benefits in accordance with the most generous schedule of benefits being received by any category of non-safety employees.

[Ord. No. 415, Section 1, 5/12/04; Ord. No. 469, 9/12/07; Ord. No. 492, 11/24/09; Ord. No. 595, Sections 1, 2, 9/26/18; Ord. No. 626, Sections 3, 4, 3/23/22.]

2.04.070 Commission Appointments.

Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Code or by State law, all City board and commission appointments, except for ex officio members where applicable, shall be made by the City Council.