Pursuant to the provisions of the California Emergency Services Act, to provide for the continuance of the city’s legislative and executive functions during a local emergency, state of emergency or state of war emergency, in the event that one, several or all of the members of the city council and the city manager are unavailable to fulfill their functions, the following standby officers are designated.
A. City council standby councilmembers. The city council shall appoint a group of three standby members for each regular councilmember and shall designate an order of precedence among the members of each group. A standby member shall serve in the stead of a regular member only to the extent and for the time so authorized by the California Emergency Services Act.
B. City manager standby designees. The following city officers are appointed to serve as standby city manager in the order of precedence shown.
1. Assistant City Manager
2. Public works director
3. Community development services director
Standby city councilmembers shall serve at the pleasure of the council for terms not exceeding in length the terms of the councilmembers for whom they were appointed. Standby city managers shall serve at the pleasure of the council.
(Ord. 2100, Ord. 2136 §3, Ord. 2154, Ord. 2364 §58, Ord. 2439 §20)