Chapter 2.16
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS GENERALLY

Sections:

   2.16.010   Vacancies.

   2.16.015   Temporary vacancies.

   2.16.020   Removal.

   2.16.030   Compensation - Expense allowance.

   2.16.040   Financial interest of board members and commissioners in contracts.

   2.16.050   Ex officio members.

   2.16.060   Manner of appointment.

   2.16.070   Schedule of appointments.

   2.16.080   Term limits.

2.16.010 Vacancies.

   Any vacancy occurring in the membership of any board or commission may remain vacant until the next regularly scheduled recruitment for that board or commission or may be filled at any time by special recruitment, at the discretion of the City Council.

(Ord. 5208 § 1, 2013: Ord. 2146 (part), 1963: prior code § 2.250.1)

2.16.015 Temporary vacancies.

   A member of a board or commission may be granted a leave of absence by the city council, and a temporary vacancy thereupon shall exist for the period of such leave of absence. During the period of such temporary vacancy, the city council may fill such vacancy by a temporary appointment to the board or commission; provided, however, that the period of such temporary appointment shall not exceed the period of the temporary vacancy. At the expiration of such a leave of absence so granted, the member of the board or commission automatically shall resume full and permanent membership on the board or commission.

(Ord. 3162 § 1, 1979)

2.16.020 Removal.

   The appointing authority may remove any member with the approval of the council.

(Ord. 2146 (part), 1963: prior code § 2.250.2)

2.16.030 Compensation - Expense allowance.

   All members of boards and commissions shall serve without compensation as members thereof. The city council, by resolution, may establish an expense allowance schedule at fixed periodic rates for any or all boards and commissions, based upon estimated expenditures by the members of a particular board or commission over an extended period of time, to reimburse such members for expenses incurred in their service as members thereof.

(Ord. 2747 § 2, 1973: Ord. 2146 (part), 1963: prior code § 2.250.3)

2.16.040 Financial interest of board members and commissioners in contracts.

   No member of any city board or commission shall be financially interested in, or a party to, any contract entered into by the city. This section shall not apply to remote interests, or other exempt interests, as defined in Government Code Sections 1090, et seq. or as otherwise determined by the city attorney, provided that such interest is disclosed and the member refrains from participating in any action relating to the contract.

(Ord. 4347 § 1, 1996)