ARTICLE XI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 1100. BOOKS OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION.

   All books and records of every office and department shall be open to the inspection of any citizen, consistent with California Constitutional requirements concerning public records.

(Amended by election November 2, 2010)

SECTION 1101. RECORDS AND OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY OF CITY.

   All books, papers, plats, charts, records, files, and stationery belonging to the city, made, or made use of, by any officer or employee of the city in the performance of official duties, shall be deemed and considered as belonging to the city, and shall be delivered to the successor in office, who shall give duplicate receipts in writing therefor, one of which shall be filed with the City Clerk.

SECTION 1102. DEFINITIONS.

   Unless the provisions or the context otherwise requires, as used in this Charter:

   (a)   “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.

   (b)   “City” is the City of Eureka and “department”, “board”, “commission”, “committee”, “agency”, “officer” or “employee” is a department, board, commission, committee, agency, officer or employee, as the case may be, of the City of Eureka.

   (c)   “County” is the County of Humboldt.

   (d)   “State” is the State of California.

   (e)   “Council” is the City Council of the City of Eureka

   (f)   “Mayor” is the Mayor of the City of Eureka.

   (g)   “Member”, “Member of the Council” or “Council Member” means any one of the five members of the Council.

   (h)   “He” or “His” whenever the male gender is used it shall refer to persons of either gender.

(Amended by election on November 5, 1991)

SECTION 1103. HEADINGS.

   Article and section headings appearing in this Charter are for illustration and information and do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of this Charter.

SECTION 1104. VALIDITY AND SEPARABILITY.

   If any provision of this Charter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid the remainder of the Charter and the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.