(a) For purposes of this Article IV-A, the term “officer” shall mean any member of a board or commission or any department head listed in Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Sections 3.1-103(a)(1) or (b)(1). The term “other appointed member” shall mean any other person appointed to serve on a City body (such as an advisory body) established in the Charter or by ordinance.
(b) An officer or other appointed member may resign by submitting a written resignation, as follows:
(1) By elected officers, to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors; and
(2) By appointed officers and other appointed members, to the body or officer that appointed them.
(c) This Article IV-A does not in any way limit or modify those circumstances in which a resignation occurs by operation of law.
(d) It shall be against City policy for an appointing authority to ask or require a person seeking or being considered for appointment to a City office, or to any other City body (such as an advisory body) established in the Charter or by ordinance, to prepare, submit, or sign a letter of resignation before the appointment takes effect or as a condition of their reappointment. Once the appointment takes effect, the decision whether to resign shall rest with the appointee in their sole discretion, and the ability to resign under this Article IV-A may not be delegated or otherwise reassigned back to the appointing authority. The foregoing sentence does not prohibit an appointing authority from asking an appointee to resign at any point during the appointee’s tenure, or from removing or seeking to remove an appointee under the removal procedures set forth in the Charter.
(Added by Ord. 536-79, App. 11/6/79; amended by Ord. 24-23, File No. 221270, App. 2/23/2023, Eff. 3/26/2023)