HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978 CHARTERCHARTER
OF THE
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
CALIFORNIA
ADOPTED ON JUNE 6, 1978
FILED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON
JUNE 30, 1978
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Description
Page No.
ARTICLE
I.
INCORPORATION AND APPLICATION . . . . .
. . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE
II.
FORM AND POWERS OF MUNICIPALITY . . . .
. . . . . . . 2
ARTICLE
III.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 3
ARTICLE
IV.
ELECTIVE OFFICIALS . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 3
ARTICLE
V.
COUNCIL POWERS AND PROCEDURES . . . . . .
. . . . . . 5
ARTICLE
VI.
LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 7
ARTICLE
VII.
APPOINTIVE OFFICIALS . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 8
ARTICLE
VIII.
FISCAL ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 10
ARTICLE
IX.
PUBLIC WORKS AND CONTRACTS . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 12
ARTICLE
X.
LICENSES AND FRANCHISES . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 15
ARTICLE
XI.
PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 17
ARTICLE
XII.
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 18
INDEX
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SAN LUIS OBISPO CHARTER
ARTICLE I.
INCORPORATION AND APPLICATION
PAGE 1
SECTION 101. NAME OF THE CITY.
The Municipal Corporation now existing and known as "The City of San Luis
Obispo" shall remain and continue a body politic and corporate, as at present,
i.n fact and in law, and by such name shall have perpetual succession.
SECTION 102. BOUNDARIES.
The boundaries of the City of San Luis Obispo shall continue as now es-
tablished until changed in a manner authorized by law.
SECTION 103. EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHARTER.
This Charter shall not take effect until accepted and filed by the Secretary
of State pursuant to the provisions of Section 34464 of the Government Code.
SECTION 104. GENERAL LAW APPLICABLE.
All aeneral laws of the State applicable to municipal corporations, now or
hereafter enacted and which are not in conflict with the provisions of this Charter
or with ordinances or resolutions adopted in pursuance of this Charter, shall be
applicable. to the. City.
SECTION 105. AMENDMENTS.
This Charter may be amended in accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution and laws of the State of California.
SECTION 106. DEFINITIONS.
When -used in this Charter the masculine gender includes the feminine and
neuter. I'he present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future, the
present. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the singular.
"Shall" is mandatory and "May" is permissive. "Oath" includes affirmation.
The word "City" wherever it occurs in this Charter, means the City of San Luis
Obispo, and every Commissioner, Commission, Department, Board, Officer, Employee,
wherever mentioned in this Charter means the Commissioner, Commission, Department,
Board, Officer, or Employee, as the case may be, of the City of San Luis Obispo.
The word "Council" when used in this Charter means the Council of the City of
San Luis Obispo.
SECTION 107. CONFLICTS.
Any municipal ordinance, resolution, or motion duly approved by the City
Council which is in effect at the time this Charter is made effective shall continue
in force unless it is in conflict with any provision of this Charter, at which time
it shall become null and void.
SECTION 10$. VALIDITY OF CHARTER.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Charter is
for any reason held to be unconstitutional or void, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining separable portions of this Charter. The people of
the City of San Luis Obispo hereby declare that they would have adopted this
Charter and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be
declared unconstitutional or void.
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SECTION 109. VIOLATION OF CHARTER.
The violation of any provision of this Charter shall be deemed a mis-
demeanor, and may be prosecuted by the authorities of the. City in the name of
the people of the State of California, or may be redressed by civil action, at
the option of said authorities. The maximum penalty upon conviction for the
violation of any provision of this Charter shall be a fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year
or both such fine and imprisonment. Any person sentenced to imprisonment for
the violation of a provi,si.on of this Charter may be imprisoned in the city jail,
or in the county jail of the county in which the City of San Luis Obispo is
situated.
The City Administrative Officer shall be responsible for the enforcement
of the provisions of the Charter.
ARTICLE II. FORM AND POWERS OF MUNICIPALITY
SECTION 201. FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
The municipal government provided by this Charter shall be known as the
"Council -Mayor -Administrative Officer" form of municipal government.
SECTION 202. GOVERNING BODY.
All powers herein granted to and vested in the City of San Luis Obispo shall,
except as herein otherwise provided, be exercised by a Council to be designated
the Council of the City. The Council shall be the governing body of the City and,
subject to express limitations of this Charter, shall be vested with all powers
of legislation in municipal affairs adequate to a complete system of local govern-
ment consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of California.
SECTION 203. POWERS OF CITY.
The City shall have the power to make and enforce all laws and regulations
in respect to municipal affairs, subject only to such restrictions and limitations
as may be provided in this Charter and in the Constitution and laws of the State
of California. It shall also have the power to exercise any and all rights,
powers and privileges heretofore or hereafter established, granted or prescribed
by any law of the State, by this Charter, or by other lawful authority, or which
a municipal corporation might or could exercise under the Constitution and laws
of the State of California. The enumeration in this Charter of any particular
power shall not be held to be exclusive of or any limitation upon this general
grant of power.
SECTION 204. ORGANIZATION OF CITY GOVERNMENT.
After obtaining and considering the recommendations of the City Administra-
tive Officer, the Council shall provide by ordinance or resolution, not incon-
sistent with this Charter, for the powers and duties of all officials and employ-
ees of the City and for the organization, function, conduct, and operation of the
various departments of the City and may provide for the creation of additional
departments, divisions, offices, and agencies, and for their consolidation,
alteration, or abolition.
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SECTION 205. CONSOLIDATION OF FUNCTIONS.
The Council may transfer or consolidate functions of the City government
to or with appropriate functions of the State or County government, or may
make use of such functions of the State or County government, and in case of
any such transfer or consolidation, the provisions of this Charter providing
for the function of the City government so transferred or consolidated, shall
be deemed suspended during the continuance of such transfer or consolidation,
to the extent that such suspension is made necessary or convenient and is set
forth in the ordinance or resolution establishing such transfer or consolidation.
Any such transfer or consolidation may be repealed in like manner.
ARTICLE III. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
SECTION 301. PROCEDURE.
Unless otherwise provided by ordinance hereafter enacted, all elections
shall be held in accordance with the provisions.of the Elections Code of the
State of California, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended.
SECTION 302. GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
General municipal elections to fill elective offices shall be held in the
City on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each odd numbered
year.
SECTION 303. SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
All other municipal elections that may be held by authority of this Charter,
or of general law, or by ordinance, shall be known as special municipal elections.
SECTION 304. INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL.
The provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same
now exists or may hereafter be amended governing the initiative, referendum
and recall of municipal officers, shall apply to the use thereof in this City
insofar as the provisions of the elections code are not in conflict with this
Charter.
ARTICLE IV. ELECTIVE OFFICIALS
SECTION 401. ENUMERATION.
The elective officers of the City of San Luis Obispo shall be a Mayor and
four Council members each of whom, including the Mayor, shall have the right to
vote on all questions coming before the Council.
SECTION 402. ELECTION AT LARGE.
The Mayor shall be elected at the general municipal election on a general
ticket from the City at large.
The Council members shall be elected at the general municipal election from
the City at large, two being selected biennially.
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SECTION 403. ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE.
No person shall be eligible for election to, or to hold, the office of
Mayor or Council member of said City unless said person is and shall have been
a resident thereof, or of territory legally annexed thereto, on or prior to the
date of such election or appointment, for at least thirty (30) days next pre-
ceding said person's election thereto or appointment to fill a vacancy therein,
and is an elector thereof at the time of such election or appointment.
SECTION 404. TERMS OF OFFICE.
The term of the Mayor shall be two years, and the terms of the Council
members shall be four years.
Terms shall commence on the first day of April at twelve o'clock noon follow-
ing the election and each shall serve until a successor is elected or appointed
and qualified. Ties in voting shall be settled by the casting of lots.
SECTION 405. LIMITATION OF TERMS.
Neither the Mayor nor any member of the Council shall serve in the same
office for more than eight (8) years in succession. (Amended June 6, 1978 -
MeaL6 une "D")
SECTION 406. VACANCIES.
An elective office becomes vacant when the incumbent thereof dies, resigns,
is removed from office under recall proceedings, is adjudged insane, convicted
of felony, or of an offense involving a violation of the Mayor or Council Member's
official duties, or ceases to be a resident of the City, or has been absent from
the State without leave granted by the City Council for more than sixty (60)
consecutive days, or fails to attend the meetings of the Council for a like period
without being excused therefrom by said body.
A vacancy in the Council shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired
term, if any, at the next regular municipal election following not less than
seventy-two (72) days upon the occurrence of the vacancy, but the Council by a
majority vote of its remaining members shall appoint a qualified person to fill
the vacancy until the person elected to serve the remainder of the unexpired term
or new term takes office. If the term still has two (2) years until expiration
at the time of the next regular municipal election, the election to that seat shall
be separated from the election for the other Council candidates. If the Council
fails to fill the vacancy within thirty (30) days following its occurrence, it
shall call a special municipal election to fill the vacancy, to be held not sooner
than ninety (90) days or not later than one hundred and twenty (120) days following
the occurrence of the vacancy. The election shall be governed by the provisions
of Article III.
A person elected to fill a Council vacancy for an unexpired term shall take
office on the first Tuesday following his election. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Charter, a minority of the members of the Council may fill
vacancies on the Council by appointment in the event that a majority of the Council
seats becomes vacant.
SECTION 407. MAYOR - POWERS AND DUTIES.
The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City Council and perform such
other duties consistent with the office as may be imposed by the Council or by
vote of the people. The Mayor shall be entitled to, and must vote when present,
but shall possess no veto power. As presiding officer of the Council the Mayor
will faithfully communicate the will of the Council majority to the Administrative
Officer in matters of policy.
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The Mayor shall present an annual work program to the Council for its con-
sideration at the first meeting in May. The Mayor shall have the responsibility
for forwarding the work program approved by the Council.
The Mayor shall be recognized as the official head of the City for all
ceremonial purposes, and by the Governor for military purposes. In time of
public danger or calamity, the Mayor shall take command of the public forces,
maintain order, and enforce lairs.
The Mayor shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties
as may be prescribed by law or ordinance or by resolution of the Council, except
as limited by this Charter.
SECTION 408. MAYOR PRO TEMPORE.
The Council shall elect one of its members to be Vice Mayor. During the
temporary absence or disability of the Mayor, the Vice Mayor shall act as Mayor
Pro Tempore. In case of the temporary absence or disability of both the Mayor
and Vice Mayor, the Council shall elect one of its members to be Mayor Pro Tempore.
In case of vacancy in the office of Mayor, the Vice Mayor shall act as Mayor until
such vacancy can be filled as provided in this Charter.
SECTION 409. COUNCIL MEMBER TO HOLD NO OTHER OFFICE.
No member of the Council shall hold any other municipal office or hold any
office or employment the compensation of which is paid out of the municipal
monies; nor be elected or appointed to any office created or the compensation of
which is increased by the Council, while a member thereof, until one year after
the expiration of the term for which elected.
SECTION 410. COMPENSATION.
The Mayor and each Council member shall receive compensation for services,
as such, payable monthly. The Mayor shall be compensated at a rate different
from that of Council members.
The expenses incurred for Council -approved official business shall be reim-
bursed. Compensation for Mayor and Council members shall be reviewed, and when
warranted, adjusted biennially in odd -numbered years effective July 1.
The compensation for the Mayor and Council members shall remain in effect
upon the adoption of this Charter, but the rate may be revised by the electorate
as recommended by initiative or referendum.
ARTICLE V. COUNCIL P014ERS AND PROCEDURES
SECTION 501. GENERAL POWERS OF THE COUNCIL.
Subject to the provisions and restrictions contained in this Charter and
the delegation of power, if any, to any person, officer, Board, or Commission,
the Council shall have the power in the name of the City, to do and perform all
acts and things appropriate to a municipal corporation and the general welfare
of its inhabitants and which are not specifically forbidden by the Constitution
and laws of the State of California, or which now or hereafter it would be com-
petent for this Charter to specifically enumerate.
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No enumeration or specific statement herein of any particular powers shall
be held to be exclusive of, or a limitation of, the foregoing general grant of
powers.
SECTION 502. MEETINGS OF COUNCIL.
The Council shall provide by ordinance for the time and place of holding
its meetings and the manner in which its special meetings may be called. Public
interest and convenience shall be the primary considerations when decisions are
made as to time, location, and frequency.
Except as otherwise provided by law, all meetings of the Council shall be
open to the public.
SECTION 503. QUORUM.
A majority of the Council members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business.
SECTION 504. RULES OF PROCEDURE.
The Council shall determine its own rules of procedures.
SECTION 505. VOTING.
The ayes and noes shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances and
resolutions and entered upon the journal of the proceedings of the Council. Upon
the request of any member, the ayes and noes shall be taken and recorded on any
vote. All members, when present, must vote. Failure or refusal to vote shall
be construed as an affirmative vote.
SECTION 506. MAJORITY RULE.
No ordinance, resolution or motion shall be passed or become effective
without receiving the affirmative vote of at least three members of the Council.
SECTION 507. ADMINISTERING OATHS: SUBPOENAS.
Each member of the Council shall have the power to administer oaths and
affirmations in any investigation or proceeding pending before the Council.
The Council shall have the power and authority to compel the attendance of wit-
nesses, to examine them under oath and compel the production of evidence before
it. Subpoenas may be issued in the name of the City and be attested by the
City Clerk. Disobedience of such subpoena or the refusal to testify (upon- other
than constitutional grounds), shall be deemed contempt and shall be punishable
as provided by the general laws of this State.
SECTION 508. LIMITATIONS.
No member of the Council shall be appointed to or serve as a voting member
of any City Board, Committee, Commission, or Authority, whether composed of
citizen volunteers, City employees, or a combination of both. This is not to be
construed as prohibiting members of the Council from serving on Committees or
Subcommittees of the Council itself, or of agencies representing other levels
of government.
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ARTICLE VI. LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS.
PAGE 7
SECTION 601. METHOD OF ACTION BY COUNCIL.
All action by the Council shall be taken only by means of ordinance,
resolution, or oral motion duly made and passed.
Ordinances shall become a part of the Municipal Code and so remain until
amended or voided. All municipal laws relating to taxation or to possible
criminal action against an offender shall be in the form of ordinances.
Resolutions shall be serially numbered and filed sequentially in the office
of the City Clerk.
Oral motions shall be recorded only in the minutes of any regular or special
meeting of the Council.
SECTION 602. REQUIREMENTS OF ORDINANCES.
With the sole exception of ordinances which take effect upon adoption
referred to in this article, no ordinance shall be passed by the Council on the
day of its introduction nor within five (5) days thereafter, nor until its
publication at least once in full in a newspaper of the City of San Luis Obispo
at least three (3) days before its adoption; and in case of amendment being made
thereto before the final adoption of the ordinance, the amended portion or portions
of said ordinance must in like manner be republished at least one day before its
adoption as amended, provided that no less than a full section shall be published.
The correction of typographical or clerical errors shall not constitute an amend-
ment within the meaning of the foregoing sentence.
SECTION 603. ENACTMENT.
The enacting clause of every ordinance passed by the Council shall be:
"Be it ordained by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo." The enacting
clause of every ordinance initiated by the people shall be: "Be it ordained
by the People of the City of San Luis Obispo."
SECTION 604. EFFECTIVENESS.
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, every ordinance and every
measure passed by the Council shall go into effect at the expiration of thirty
(30) days after its final passage, unless otherwise provided in said ordinance
or measure; provided, however, that no such ordinance or measure shall go into
effect in less than thirty (30) days from its final passage. But ordinances
declared by the Council to be necessary as emergency measures as hereinafter
provided, ordinances ordering or otherwise relating to elections, ordinances
relating to public improvements, the cost of which is to be borne wholly or
in part by special assessments, and taxing ordinances, may go into effect at
the will of the Council.
SECTION 605. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.
Any ordinance declared by the Council to be necessary as an emergency
measure, for preserving the public peace, health or safety, and containing a
statement of the reasons for its urgency, may be introduced and adopted at
once at the same meeting if passed by at least four affirmative votes.
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PAGE 8
SECTION 606. AMENDING ORDINANCES.
No ordinance shall be amended by reference to its title, but the sections
thereof to be amended shall be re-enacted at length as amended; and any amend-
ments passed contrary to the provisions of this section shall be void.
SECTION 607. REPEAL.
No ordinance nor section thereof shall be repealed except by an ordinance
adopted in the manner provided in this Charter. This is not to prohibit the
voiding or expiration of any ordinance when such voiding or expiration is
provided for in the ordinance itself.
SECTION 608. CODIFICATION OF ORDINANCES.
Any or all ordinances of the City which have been enacted and published in
the manner required at the time of their adoption, and which have not been
repealed, may be compiled and codified in accordance with the provisions of the
laws of the State of California as the same now exist or may hereafter be amended.
Detailed regulations pertaining to the construction of buildings, plumbing
and wiring, fire prevention and similar matters, when arranged as a comprehensive
code, may likewise be adopted by reference in the manner provided by State law.
SECTION 609. VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES.
The violation of any ordinance adopted and published by the City Council
shall constitute a misdemeanor unless by ordinance it is made an infraction.
Both misdemeanors and infractions may be prosecuted or may be redressed
in the manner provided by the general law of the State.
ARTICLE VII. APPOINTIVE OFFICIALS
SECTION 701. GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
The officials of the City of San Luis Obispo shall consist of a City
Administrative Officer, a City Treasurer, a City Clerk, a City Attorney, and
such assistants or deputies as the Council may deem necessary. Such officials
shall be appointed by and may be removed only by the affirmative votes of a
majority of the members of the Council. All other officials and department.
heads of the City shall be appointed by and may be removed by the City Administra-
tive Officer.
SECTION 702. DUTIES OF OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.
After obtaining and considering the recommendations of the City Administra-
tive Officer, the Council shall provide in a manner not inconsistent with this
Charter, for the powers and duties of all officials and employees of the City.
SECTION 703. CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.
The City Administrative Officer shall be the administrative head of the
government of the City. As such, the City Administrative Officer shall be
responsible to the Council for the efficient implementation of its policy and
effective administration of all the affairs of the City government which the
office controls. Any action, determination or omission of the Administrative
Officer or staff shall be subject to review by the Council but no individual
Council member or the Mayor shall overrule, change or modify any such action,
determination or omission except by affirmative vote of at least three m&.1bers
of said Council at a duly constituted session.
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PAGE 9
The Administrative Officer shall advise and make recommendations to the
Council concerning any conditions or governmental situations which need Council
direction or policy determination.
The Administrative Officer will insure that the Council, as a whole or as
individuals, are permitted timely and complete freedom of access to requested
information.
SECTION 704. QUALIFICATIONS.
The City Administrative Officer shall be chosen on the basis of administra-
tive qualifications; need not be a resident of the City or the State at the time
of appointment, but during tenure in office shall reside within the City.
SECTION 705. ELIGIBILITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS.
No member of the City Council shall, during the term for which elected or
appointed, or for one year thereafter, be eligible to hold the position of City
Administrative Officer.
SECTION 706. COMBINING OF OFFICES.
Where the positions are not incompatible, the Council may combine in one
person the powers and duties of two or more offices created or provided for
in the Charter.
SECTION 707. NEPOTISM.
The Council shall not appoint to a salaried position under the City govern-
ment, any person who is a relative by blood or marriage within the third degree
of any one or more members of such Council, and neither shall any department head
or other officer having appointive power appoint any relative of the Council or
themselves within such degree to any such position. Nothing herein shall prevent
the City Administrative Officer from supplementing the provisions of this section.
SECTION 708. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT.
All persons seeking employment with the City and all City employees shall
be treated equally and without discrimination prohibited by Federal, State or
local laws.
SECTION 709. EMPLOYMENT POLICY.
The City Council shall adopt a Personnel Policy Ordinance, prescribing
hiring, discharge and performance standards for Council appointees, department
heads, and other appointive officials.
No official appointed by the City Council shall be terminated within the three
(3) months following a municipal election. No official subject to appointment
by the City Administrative Officer shall be terminated within the three (3) months
immediately following the appointment of a new City Administrative Officer. Any
notice of termination, transfer, or demotion shall state the effective date of
the action and a copy shall be filed with the Personnel Department.
SECTION 710. OATH OF OFFICE.
Every official of the City, before entering upon the duties of the office,
shall take the oath of office as provided for in the Constitution of this State,
and shall file the same with the City Clerk.
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SECTION 711. COMPENSATION OF OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.
The compensation of all City officials and employees, except as otherwise
provided in this Charter, shall be by salary to be fixed by ordinance or resolution.
No official or employee shall be allowed any fees, perquisites, emoluments, re-
wards or compensation for any work performed as an official or employee, aside
from the salary or compensation as fixed by the Council, but all fees received in
connection with official duties shall be paid into the City Treasury.
SECTION 712. OFFICIAL BONDS.
The Council shall, by ordinance or resolution, determine what officials and
other persons in the service of the City shall give bond either of an individual
type or be included in a master bond, for the faithful performance of their duties
and/or honesty, and shall fix the amounts of such bond or bonds, and each of such
officers and other persons shall before entering upon the duties of office or
employment, execute a bond to the City in the penal sum provided by such ordinance
or resolution, including in the same bond the duties of all offices of which the
official or person is made, by this Charter or otherwise, ex officio incumbent.
Such bonds must be examined by the City Attorney and approved by the City Council.
All bonds when approved shall be filed with the City Clerk, except the City Clerk's
bond, if any, which shall be filed with the City Administrative Officer. All the
provisions of any law of this State relating to the official bonds of officials
as then existing shall apply to such bonds, except as herein otherwise provided.
In all cases where surety company bonds are approved by the Council, the premium
therefore shall be paid by the City.
SECTION 727. VOTER APPROVAL OF ANNEXATIONS.
Except for territory which is dedicated solely and entirely to a permanent
public use, no annexation of territory to the City shall become effective until
approved by a vote of the people at a general or special election held after the
final decision by the Council to annex such territory. (Amended June d, 1978 -
Me" une "G').
ARTICLE VIII. FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 801. THE FISCAL YEAR.
The fiscal year of the City shall commence upon the first day of July of
each year, or at such other time as may be fixed by ordinance.
SECTION 802. ANNUAL BUDGET.
On such date in each year as shall be fixed by the Council, the City
Administrative Officer shall send to the Council a careful estimate, in writing,
of the amounts, specifying in detail the objects thereof required for the business
and proper conduct of the various departments, offices, Boards and Commissions
of the City, over which the office has control, during the next ensuing year.
The City Administrative Officer shall also at said time submit to the Council an
estimate of the amount of income from all sources of revenue, exclusive of taxes
upon property, and the probable amount required to be levied and raised by tax-
ation.
SECTION 803. PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET.
After reviewing the proposed budget as submitted by the City Administrative
Officer and making such revisions as it may deem advisable, the Council shall
determine the time for holding of a public hearing, and shall cause a notice
thereof to be published not less than ten (10) days prior to said hearing by at
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least one insertion in a newspaper in the City of San Luis Obispo. Copies of
the proposed budget shall be available for inspection by the public at the office
of the City Clerk at least ten (10) days prior to said hearing. At the time so
advertised or at any time to which such public hearing shall from time to time
be adjourned, the Council shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget at
which interested persons desiring to be heard shall be given such opportunity.
SECTION 804. ADOPTI0111 OF THE BUDGET.
After the conclusion of the public hearing the Council shall further consider
the proposed budget and make any revisions thereof that it may deem advisable and
thereafter it shall adopt the budget with revisions, if any. Upon final adoption,
the budget shall be in effect for the ensuing fiscal year. From the effective
date of the budget, the several amounts stated therein as proposed expenditures
shall be and become appropriated to the various departments or activities therein
described. All appropriations shall lapse at the end of the fiscal year to the
extent that they shall not have been expended or lawfully encumbered. At any
meeting after the adoption of the budget, the Council may amend or supplement the
budget by motion adopted by a majority vote of the Council.
SECTION 805. GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES.
Sufficient funds may be budgeted by the Council for grants, subsidies, con-
tributions, subventions and the like to economic, promotional, environmental,
cultural, or other agencies whose operations are unrelated to those of the City
but who contribute largely to the quality of life of the City. Such funds shall
be allotted only after a public hearing on consideration of an application by the
requesting group or agency. Such application shall include complete justification
of the need for the requested aid.
SECTION 806. INCOME FROM PUBLIC UTILITIES.
All income derived from the operation and management of any public utility
by the City shall be devoted exclusively to the payment of the expenses of operat-
ing, maintaining, improving, or bettering such public utility, and to the payment
of any debts and interest thereon which may have been incurred for the acquiring,
improving, operating, or maintaining of such utility.
SECTION 807. TAX LIMITATION.
(A) General. The Council shall not levy a property tax for municipal pur-
poses for any fiscal year, greater than eighty-five cents (85�) on each one
hundred dollars of assessed value of taxable property in the City, except as
otherwise provided in this section, unless authorized by the affirmative votes of
the majority of the electorate voting on a proposition to increase such levy at
any election at which the question of such additional levy for municipal purposes
is submitted to the electors. The number of years that such additional levy is
to be made shall be specified in such proposition.
(B) Additional Taxes. There shall be levied and collected at the time and
in the same manner as other property taxes for municipal purposes are levied and
collected, as additional taxes, if no other provisions for the payment thereof
is made:
1. A tax sufficient to meet all obligations of the City for principal
and interest of all bonds or judgments due and unpaid or to become due
during the ensuing fiscal year which constitute the general obligations
of the City;
2. A tax sufficient to meet all obligations of the City to the Public
Employees' Retirement System for retirement of the City Employees, if any,
due and unpaid or to become due during the ensuing fiscal year.
(C) Special Levies. Special levies in addition to the above may be made
annually in amounts not to exceed the limits hereinafter enumerated in this section,
respectively, on each S100 of the assessed value of the taxable property in the
City.
SAN LUIS OBISPO CHARTER PAGE 12
1. For public improvements and betterments: Thirty cents (30C)
2. For library purposes: Twenty cents (20¢)
3. For park and recreation purposes: Twenty cents (20�)
The proceeds from any special levies shall belong to and be paid into
restricted funds set aside for their respective purposes and shall be expended
only for such purposes.
SECTION 808. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.
Ponies shall be drawn from the City Treasury only in the manner prescribed
by ordinance of the Council.
SECTION 809. CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY.
(A) No suit shall be brought on any claim for money or damages against the
City or any Board, or official thereof, until a demand for the same has been
presented as herein provided and rejected in whole or in part. If rejected in
part, suit may be brought to recover the whole. All claims for damages against
the City must be presented to the City Clerk within the time limits prescribed
by the laws of the State of California after the occurrence, event, or transaction
from which the damages allegedly arose, and shall set forth in detail the name and
address of the claimant, the time, date, place, and circumstances of the occur-
rence and the extent of the injuries or damages received.
(B) The provisions of the foregoing subsection (A) shall not prohibit pay-
ment on invoice, claims for goods, wares, materials, and/or services supplied
to the City, and the provisions for payment on account of said items shall be
set out by an ordinance adopted by the Council.
SECTION 810. INDEPENDENT AUDITS.
The Council shall employ, at the beginning of each fiscal year, an indepen-
dent certified public accountant who, at such time or times as may be specified
by the Council, at least annually, shall examine the books, records, inventories,
and reports of all officials, employees, departments, and agencies who receive,
handle, or disburse public funds. As soon as practicable after the end of the
fiscal year, a final audit and report shall be submitted by such accountant to
the Council, one copy thereof to be distributed to each member, one each to the
City Clerk, the City Treasurer, the City Administrative Officer, and City Attorney
respectively, and three additional copies to be placed on file in the office of
the City Clerk where they shall be available for inspection by the general -public
for the period required by the laws of the State of California. Restricted and
special assessment district funds shall be segregated in the audit report.
ARTICLE IX. PUBLIC WORKS AND CONTRACTS
SECTION 901. PUBLIC WORKS TO BE DONE BY CONTRACT.
(A) Except as provided in subsection (D) of this section, every project
involving an expenditure of City monies of more than the amount specified in
Section 37902 of the Government Code of the State of California, as the same
now exists or may hereafter be amended for the construction or improvement of
public buildings, works, drains, sewers, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and
streets (exclusive of projects for resurfacing, maintenance, and repair of
streets) shall be let by contract to the lowest responsible bidder after notice
by publication in the official newspaper by one or more insertions, the first
of which shall be at least ten (10) calendar days before the time for opening
bids.
SAN LUIS OBISPO CHARTER PAGE 13
(B) All bids shall be accompanied by either a certified or cashier's check,
or a bidder's bond executed by a corporate surety authorized to engage in such
business in California, made payable to the City. Such security shall be in an
amount not less than that specified in the notice inviting bids or in the specifi-
cations referred to therein, or if no amount be so specified then in an amount not
less than ten percent (10%) of the aggregate amount of the bid. If the successful
bidder neglects or refuses to enter into the contract, within the time specified
in the notice inviting bids or specifications referred to therein, the amount of
the bidder's security shall be declared forfeited to the City and shall be collected
and paid into its general fund and all bonds so forfeited shall be prosecuted and
the amount thereof collected and paid into such fund. The Council may reject any
and all bids presented and may readvertise in its discretion.
(C) The Council, after rejecting bids or if no bids are received, may de-
clare and determine that, in its opinion, based on estimates approved by the City
Administrative Officer the work in question may be performed better or more
economically by the City with its own employees and after the adoption of a resolu-
tion to this effect by at least four (4) affirmative votes of the Council pursuant
to Section 37905 of the Government Code may proceed to have said work done in the
manner stated, without further observance of the provisions of this section. Such
contracts likewise may be let without advertising for bids, if such work shall be
deemed by the City Council to be of urgent necessity for the preservation of life,
health or property and shall be authorized by resolution passed by at least four
(4) affirmative votes of the Council and containing a declaration of the facts
constituting such urgency.
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to any project in-
volving the expenditure of City monies by the City for public works in cooperation
with a developer or subdivider for oversize facilities or such cooperative exten-
sion or replacement of mains and appurtenances. For those projects the City shall
have the authority to make funds available to the cooperating developer or sub-
divider on a fixed formula basis established at least annually by Council resolution.
SECTION 902. COLLUSION.
(A) Any officer or employee of the City, or of any department thereof, who
shall willfully aid or assist a bidder in securing a contract to furnish labor,
materials or supplies at a higher price than that proposed by any other bidder,
or who shall favor one bidder over another, or who shall willfully mislead any
bidder in regard to the character of the materials or supplies called for, or
who shall knowingly accept materials or supplies of a quality inferior to those
called for by the contract or who shall knowingly certify to a greater amount of
labor performed than has been actually performed, or to the receipt of a greater
amount or different kind of materials or supplies than has been actually received,
any of the above which i,s to the detriment of the City, shall be deemed guilty
of malfeasance and shall be removed from office.
(B) If at any time it shall be found that the person to whom a contract has
been awarded has, in presenting any bid or bids, colluded with any other party or
parties for the purpose of preventing any other bids being made, then the contract
so awarded shall be null and void, and the Council shall advertise for a new con-
tract for said work, or provide for such public work to be done by the City.
SAN LUIS OBISPO CHARTER - PAGE 14
(C) If at any time it shall be found that the person to whom a contract has
been awarded has colluded with any other party or parties, including a City officer
or employee, during the administration of the contract, then the contract so award-
ed shall be null and void and any funds paid pursuant to it shall be returned to
the City. Any City officer or employee guilty of such collusion to the detriment
of the City may be prosecuted pursuant to State law or charged with a misdemeanor
for violation of this Charter.
SECTION 903. PURCHASES OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT.
The City Council by ordinance or resolution shall adopt policies and procedures,
including appropriate bidding regulations, governing purchases of supplies and
equipment. Purchases of supplies and equipment shall be made only in accordance
with the adopted policies and in accordance with all provisions of law governing
the same.
The City Council also shall by ordinance or resolution adopt policies and pro-
cedures for the contracting for personal services. Such personal services shall
be contracted for only in accordance with the adopted procedures and in accordance
with all provisions of law governing the same.
SECTION 904. ABRIDGEMENT OF CONTRACT.
Inasmuch as a contract is a legal document attesting to the terms of an agree-
ment providing for an exchange of services for a mutually -agreed-upon compensation
in return, each separate deletion, modification, or addition shall be completed
in writing, signed by authorized representatives of the contractor and the City,
and filed with the City Clerk within thirty (30) calendar days.
Any willful abridgement of any provision of a contract, without a written
memorandum as required above, shall be considered a breach of contract and a
misdemeanor.
SECTION 905. PROGRESS PAYMENTS.
Any contract may provide for progressive payments if the ordinance or resolu-
tion authorizing such work includes such a provision. No progressive payments
may be provided for or made at any time which with prior payments, if there have
been such, shall exceed in amount at any time ninety percent (90%) of the value
of the labor done and the materials used up to that time, and no contract shall
provide for or authorize or permit the payment of more than ninety percent (90%)
of the contract price before the completion and acceptance of the work.
SECTION 906. SALE OR LEASE OF CITY PROPERTY.
The following regulations shall be applicable to City -owned property: No
sale or lease of real property nor any sale of personal:.property of a value in
excess of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor any lease.or personal property for a
period exceeding three (3) years shall be authorized by the Council except by
resolution passed by the affirmative vote of three-fifths (3/5) of all the members
of the Council.
SECTION 907. EXEMPTIONS.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to apply to the acquisition or
purchase of natural gas, telephone service, electricity, electric power or
electric energy by the City for any use or purpose.
SAKI LUIS OBISPO CHARTER PAGE 15
ARTICLE X. LICENSES AND FRANCHISES.
SECTION 1001. GRANTING OF FRANCHISES.
The City Council is empowered to grant by ordinance a franchise to any
person, firm or corporation, whether operating under an existing franchise or
not, to furnish the City and its inhabitants with transportation, communication,
terminal facilities, water,light, heat, power, refrigeration, storage, or any
other public utility of public service, and to use the public streets, ways,
alleys, and other places, as the same now or may hereafter exist, for the con-
struction and operation of plants, works, or equipment necessary or convenient
for traversing any portion of the City for the transmitting or conveying of
any service elsewhere. The City Council may prescribe the terms and conditions
of any such grant. It may also provide, by procedural ordinance,the method of
procedure and additional terms and conditions for making such grants, subject
to the provisions of this Charter.
SECTION 1002. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION, NOTICE, AND PUBLIC HEARING.
Before granting any franchise, the City Council shall pass a resolution
declaring its intention to grant the same, stating the name of the proposed
grantee, the character of the franchise and the terms and conditions upon which
it is proposed to be granted. Such resolution shall fix and set forth the day,
hour and place when and where any persons having any interest therein or any
objection to the granting thereof may appear before the City Council and be
heard thereon. It shall direct the City Clerk to publish said resolution at
least once within fifteen (15) days of the passage thereof in a newspaper in the
City of San Luis Obispo. The time fixed for such hearing shall not be less than
twenty (20) nor more than sixty (60) days after the passage of said resolution.
At the time set for the hearing, the City Council shall proceed to hear and pass
upon all protests, and its decision thereon shall be final and conclusive. There-
after, it may grant or deny the franchise, subject to the right of referendum
of the people.
SECTION 1003. TERM OF FRANCHISE.
Every franchise shall state the term for which it is granted, which, unless
it be indeterminate as provided for herein, shall not exceed thirty-five (35)
years. No franchise may be renewed until three (3) years before its term expires.
A franchise grant may be indeterminate, that is to say, it may provide that it
shall endure in full force and effect until the same, with the consent of the
Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, shall be voluntarily
surrendered or abandoned by its possessor, or until the State of California, or
some municipal or public corporation, thereunto duly authorized by law, shall
purchase by voluntary agreement or shall condemn and take, under the power of
eminent domain, all property actually used and useful in the exercise of such
franchise and situated within the territorial limits of the State, municipal or
public corporation purchasing or condemning such property, or until the franchise
shall be forfeited for non-compliance with its terms by the possessor thereof.
SAN LUIS OBISPO CHARTER PAGE 16
SECTION 1004. GRANT TO BE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER FRANCHISES.
Any franchise granted by the City with respect to any given utility service
shall be in lieu of all other franchises, rights, or privileges owned by the
grantee, or by any successor of the grantee to any rights under such franchise,
for the rendering of such utility service within the limits of the City as they
now or may hereafter exist, except any franchise derived under Section 19 of
Article XI of the Constitution of California as said section existed prior to the
amendment thereof adopted October 10, 1911. The acceptance of any franchise here-
under shall operate as an abandonment of all such franchises, rights, and
privileges within the limits of the City as such limits shall at any time exist,
in lieu of which such franchise shall be granted. Any franchise granted hereunder
shall not become effective until written acceptance thereof shall have been filed
by the grantee thereof with the City Clerk. Such acceptance shall be filed within
ten (10) days after the adoption of the ordinance granting the franchise and when
so filed, such acceptance shall constitute a continuing agreement of such grantee
that if and when the City shall thereafter annex, or consolidate with, additional
territory, any and all franchises, rights, and privileges owned by the grantee
therein, except a franchise derived under said constitutional provision, shall
likewise be deemed to be abandoned within the limits of such territory.
SECTION 1005. EMINENT DOMAIN.
No franchise grant shall in any way or to any extent impair or affect the
right of the City to acquire the property of the grantee thereof either by pur-
chase or through the exercise of the right of eminent domain, and nothing herein
contained shall be construed to contract away or to modify or to abridge either
for a term or in perpetuity the City's right of eminent domain with respect to
any public utility. Every franchise grant shall reserve to the City the right to
purchase the property of such utility either at an agreed price or a price to be
determined in a manner to be prescribed in the grant, or in the procedural ordinance
hereinabove mentioned. In fixing the price to be paid by the City for any utility,
no allowance shall be made for franchise value (other than the actual amount paid
to the City at the time of the franchise acquisition), good will, going concern,
earning power, increased cost of reproduction, severance damage, or increased
value of right of way.
SECTION 1006. DUTIES OF GRANTEE.
By its acceptance of any franchise hereunder, the grantee shall covenant and
agree to perform and be bound by each and all of the terms and conditions imposed
in the grant or by procedural ordinance, and shall further agree to:
(A) Comply with all lawful ordinances, rules, and regulations theretofore
or thereafter adopted by the City Council in the exercise of its police power,
governing the construction, maintenance, and operation of its plants, works, or
equipment;
(B) Pay to the City on demand the cost of all repairs to public property
made necessary by any of the operations of the grantee under such franchise;
(C) Pay to the owner on demand the cost of all repairs to private property
made necessary by any of the operations of the grantee under such franchise;
(D) Indemnify and hold harmless the City and its officials from any and all
liability for damages proximately resulting from any operations under such franchise.
SAN LUIS OBISPO_ CHARTER
PAGE 17
(E) Remove and relocate without expense to the City any facilities installed,
used and maintained under the franchise if and when made necessary by any lawful
change of grade, alignment, or width of any public street, way, alley, or place,
including the construction of any subway or viaduct; and
(F) Pay to the City during the life of the franchise, a percentage, to be
specified in the grant, of the gross annual receipts of the grantee within the
limits of the City, or such other compensation as the City Council may prescribe
in the grant.
The City Administrative Officer shall be responsible for the enforcement of
all provisions of the grant.
SECTION 1007. VIOLATIONS.
The exercise by any person, firm or corporation of any privilege for which
a franchise is required, without procuring such franchise, shall be a misdemeanor,
and each day that such condition continues to exist shall constitute a separate
violation.
ARTICLE XI. PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION.
SECTION 1101. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
After obtaining and considering the recommendations of the City Administrative
Officer, the Council shall provide by ordinance or resolution, not inconsistent
with this Charter, for personnel rules and regulations governing all City
employees.
SECTION 1102. PERSONNEL BOARD.
The Council shall establish a Personnel Board consisting of five members
whose duties shall be advisory only. (Amended June G, 1978 - Measure "F").
SECTION 1103. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
The political activities of all City employees shall conform to pertinent
provisions of the Federal and State laws.
SECTION 1104. EMPLOYEE CANDIDACY FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.
Nothing in Section 1103 shall be construed to prevent any full-time employee
from seeking election or appointment to public office. Upon becoming a candidate
for elective office for the City of San Luis Obispo, any such person shall request
and be granted a leave of absence, without pay, to remain in effect during the
period of time such person is a candidate.
SECTION 1105. RETIREMENT.
The City Council shall be authorized to enter into a contract with the Board
of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System of California which
shall include all employees of the City of San Luis Obispo. Should the contract
at any time be broadened, the City Council may have the contract amended to pro-
vide the improved coverage.
The Council may terminate the contract or negotiate another contract with
reduced employee coverage with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees'
Retirement System only upon authority approved by a majority vote of the electorate.
SAN LUIS OBISPO CHARTER PAGE 18
ARTICLE XII. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SECTION 1201. AUTHORITY.
The City Council shall have the authority to establish by ordinance citizen
Committees, Commissions, Boards, and Authorities as required by the State of
California or as the Council deems necessary to give it advice or assistance.
Such authorizing ordinances shall clearly define goals, responsibilities, and
jurisdiction of such a body.
The Council shall have the authority to establish by resolution any temporary
or "ad hoc" citizen Committees with limited lifespan and clearly defined objectives
specified in such a resolution.
SECTION 1202. ELIGIBILITY, APPOINTMENT, AND LENGTH OF TERMS.
All registered voters within the City, except part or full-time officials
and management employees of the City, shall be eligible for appointment, and
shall be selected and appointed by any method deemed appropriate by the Council.
No Committee member shall be appointed to a term exceeding four (4) years.
Committee members may be reappointed to serve additional terms.
SECTION 1203. VACANCIES.
If a vacancy occurs in the body created by the Council, that vacancy may be
filled by the Council for the unexpired term of such a position. A member of any
such body may be removed by three (3) affirmative votes of the Council.
SECTION 1204. BYLAWS AND PROCEDURES.
Each body established by ordinance
for approval its bylaws for procedure:
officers,*•budget, etc.
shall present in writing to the Council
purpose, specific functions, meetings,
SECTION 1205. ANNUAL REPORTS.
By May 1 of each year, each established body shall report to the Council on its
activities for the preceding year, as well as its proposed -activities and requested
budget for the forthcoming year.
SECTION 1206. FUNCTIONAL REVIEW.
Every five (5) years of a standing Committee's life, the activities of such
a body shall be reviewed by a citizens' "ad hoc" Committee and recommendations
presented to the Council for modification or continuation of function, or for
termination. The Council, at its discretion, may refer this task to the Personnel
Board.
SAN LUIS OBISPO CHARTER _ ^ PAGE 19
- I N D E X -
SECTION PAGE
ACTIONS AGAINST CITY, filing, etc...............................809
12
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
(See title City Administrative Officer)
ANNEXATION, voter approval......................................727
10
ANNUAL BUDGET
Adoption of ................ .................................804
11
Hearing and notice..........................................803
10
Providing for...............................................802
10
AUDIT, ANNUAL, by C.P.A.........................................810
12
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
(See title Council)
BOND OF OFFICERS
Council may determine.......................................712
10
BOUNDARIES, established..... ...............................102
1
BUDGET (See title Annual Budget)
CHARTER
Amendment of................................................105
1
Definitions.................................................106
1
Effectivedate..............................................103
1
Validityof....... ........................................108
1
Violation of, penalty.......................................109
2
CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Annual Budget, providing for................................802
10
Appointment of certain officers and department heads........
701
8
Compensation ................................................711
10
Council shall appoint.......................................703
8
Councilmen, eligibility of..................................705
9
Oath of office..............................................710
9
Person related to ineligible to serve as City Officer.......
707
9
Powers and duties .... .................... .................702
8
Public works performed by City..............................901
13(C)
Qualifications of...........................................704
9
CITY ATTORNEY
Appointment of and. term of..................................701
8
Compensation of officials...................................711
10
Council shall appoint.......................................701
8
Duties of officials.........................................702
8
Oath of office..............................................710
9
CITY CLERK
Actions against City presented to City Clerk................809
12
Appointment of and term of..................................701
8
Bond of, filed with Administrative Officer..................712
10
Compensation of officials...................................711
10
Council shall appoint.......................................701
8
Duties of officials.........................................702
8
Oath of office..............................................710
9
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SECTION PAGE
CITY PROPERTY
Sale and lease of...........................................906
14
CITY TREASURER
Appointment of and term of..................................701
8
Bond of, filed with City Clerk..............................712
10
Compensation of officials...................................711
10
Council shall appoint.......................................701
8
Duties of officials.. ... ..............................702
8
Monies drawn from, method and manner of.....................809
12
Oath of office..............................................710
9
COLLUSION .......................................................902
13
COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND
(See title Council)
CONTRACTS
Abridgement of..............................................904
14
Collusion...................................................902
13
Progresspayments...........................................905
14
Public Works by.............................................901
12
COUNCIL
Administer oaths, power to..................................507
6
Annual Budget
Adoption of.............................................804
11
Date fixed by...........................................804
11
Hearing and notice ................ ..................803
10
Appointment of relative to office prohibited................707
9
Audit
Annual should be made...................................810
12
Boards and Commissions
AnnualReport..........................................1205
18
Appointment............................................1202
18
Authority..............................................1201
18
Bylawsand procedures..................................1204
18
Eligibility ................. ..........................1202
18
Functional review......................................1206
18
Term, length of ................................. ......1202
18
Vacancies....... ......................................1203
18
City Administrative Officer
Appointment, term and removal of........................701
8
Eligibility of member of Council to serve as ............
705
9 -
Powersand duties.......................................703
8
City Attorney
Appointment of, term of office ..........................701
8
City Clerk
Appointment of, term of office ..........................701
8
City Treasurer
Appointment of, term of office ..........................701
8
Compensation of.............................................410
5
Councilmen
Election of, at large............ ....................402
3
County and State
Transferring to, or consolidating functions of City.....
205
3
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SECTION PAGE
COUNCIL (Continued)
Demands against City, waiver of provisions..................809
12
Duties and powers, enumeration of ...........................501
5
Election and term of office of ............................ .405
4
Franchises, granting.......................................1001
15
Governing body of City............ ......................202
2
Holding certain other offices prohibited ....................508
6
Limitation of terms.........................................405
4
Limitations of duties ................... ... .............508
6
Majority vote of, required for passage of ordinance,
resolution, or motion... .............................506
6
Mayor Pro Tempore (Vice Mayor)..............................408
5
Meetings
Place of, public........................................502
6
Quorum, majority to constitute ..........................503
6
Rulesof procedures.....................................504
6
Special may be called...................................502
6
Method of action taken by...................................601
7
Oath of office... ......... .............................710
9
Officers and employees, combining ...........................706
9
Officers and employees, compensation to be fixed by
ordinanceor resolution......... ...... ...............711
10
Officers and employees of City, appointment of..............701
8
Officers and employees, powers and duties, providing for ....
702
8
Offices and departments, may provide for conduct, etc.,
of, or additional .............. ........................702
8
Ordinances and resolutions, ayes and noes take on
passageof........ ...............................505
6
Personnel system, establishing.............................1101
17
Powers -generally of.........................................501
5
Public Works
May determine work may be performed by City.............901
13(C)
Rejection of bids for ........ ..........................901
13(C)
Reimbursement for authorized travel and other expenses......
410
5
Retirement System, contract with State authorized ..........
1105
17
Sale or lease of city -owned property... .............
.906
14
Subpoena, power to compel attendance of witnesses ...........
507
6
Tax limit and levy..........................................807
11
Tax system, shall provide for...............................807
11
Vacancies in, filling.......................................406
4
Voting......................................................505
6
COUNTY
Council may consolidate functions of City with..............205
3
DEMANDS AGAINST CITY, filing, rejection, etc....................809
12
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, public work, may perform ............
901
13(C)
DEPARTMENTS, Council may provide for operation, etc.,
of, or additional...........................................204
2
ELECTION OF MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN at large.......................402
3
ELECTIONS
Eligibility for office......................................403
4
General municipal, time to hold ........... .................302
3
Initiative, referendum and recall, State law to apply.......
304
3
Procedure for holding, State law to apply...................301
3
Special municipal, defined..................................303
3
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SECTION PAGE
ELECTIVE OFFICES, Mayor and Councilmen ..........................401
3
ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRIC POWER EXEMPTED .........................907
14
EMINENT DOMAIN, right not impaired by franchise grant ..........
1005
16
EQUIPMENT, Purchase of..........................................903
14
FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
AccountsPayable............................................808
12
Claims against the City.....................................809
12
Grants......................................................805
11
Subsidies... ..............................................805
11
FISCAL YEAR, Defined............................................801
10
FORM OF GOVERNMENT OF CITY......................................201
2
FRANCHISES
Dutyof grantee ..... .. .. ......... .....................1006
16
Eminent Domain not impaired by granting ....................1005
16
Granting .................., ...............................1001
Notice.....................................................1002
15
15
Public hearing.............................................1002
15
Term of...... .. ....... ................................1003
15
GENERAL LAWS, applicable to City................................104
1
INITIATIVE ORDINANCE, enacting clause ...........................304
3
MAYOR
Absence or disability, selection of mayor pro tempore.......
408
5
Compensationof .. ..........................................410
5
Election of, at large.......................................402
3
Powersand duties ............ ..............................407
4
Powers and duties, term of office ...........................404
4
Pro tempore, selection of...................................408
5
Reimbursement for authorized travel and other expenses......
410
5
Vacancy in office of, filling...............................406
4
MONIES DRAWN FROM CITY TREASURY, manner .........................809
12
NAMEOF CITY ............. ......................................101
1
NATURAL GAS, TELEPHONE SERVICE, ELECTRICITY, exempted ...........
907
14
NEPOTISM PROHIBITED .......... .. ................................707
9
OATHS, Council has power to administer ..........................507
6
OFFICES AND EMPLOYEES
Bond of, Council may determine amount of....................712
10
Combining offices.... ...... .............. ............706
9
Compensation of, fixed by ordinance or resolution ...........
711
10
Consists of certain named officials .........................701
8
Dutiesof...................................................702
8
Eligibility for office.... ........ ....................403
4
Employee may become candidate for public office ............
1104
17
Employment policy...........................................709
9
Enumeration of..............................................401
3
Equal Opportunity Employer... ..........................708
9
Fees collected by, must be paid into City Treasury ..........
711
10
Mayor and Councilmen, elected at large......................402
3
Oath of office to be taken by...... ... .................710
9
Person related to City Administrative Officer
ineligible to serve as appointive officer...............707
9
Political activities, employee.............................1103
17
Vacancy in elective office..................................406
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OFFICES, Council may provide for operation, etc., of or
reassignmentof.............................................702
ORDINANCES
8
Adoption of certain provisions by reference permitted ....... 608
8
Amending.. .................................................606
Codification of.............................................608
8
8
Effectivewhen ... ..........................................604
7
Emergency, adoption of......................................605
7
Emergency, effective........................................605
7
Enactingclause of..........................................603
7
Repealof...................................................607
Requirements of.. ........................................602
8
7
Violationof, punishment....................................609
8
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
Ayes and noes taken by Council.... ........................601
7
PERSONNEL SYSTEM
Personnel Board or Personnel Hearing Board, establishing ... 1102
17
Retirement.... .. ........................................1105
Rules and regulations ........... ..... ...... ............1101
17
17
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, employee shall not take active part in ... 1103
17
POWERSOF CITY ......... .................. ....................203
2
PROCEDURES, City may act pursuant to established................203
2
PUBLIC UTILITIES, income derived from, disposition of ........... 806
11
PUBLIC WORKS AND CONTRACTS
City may perform work.......................................901
13(C)
Collusion...................................................902
13
Contract for, requirements..................................901
12
Contract, rejection of bid... ..... .......................901
13(C)
Contract, security required with bid........................901
13(B)
PURCHASING
Equipment...................................................903
Supplies....................................................903
14
14
RESOLUTIONS, ayes and noes takenby Council .....................601
7
RETIREMENT SYSTEM, contract with State authorized..............1105
17
STATE, Council may consolidate function of City with ............ 205
3
SUBPOENAS, Council has power to compel attendance
ofwitnesses .... ...........................................507
SUPPLIES, Purchase of...........................................903
6
14
TAX SYSTEM, providing for.......................................807
11
TAXATION
Taxlimit and levy.... ....................................807
11
TELEPHONE SERVICE, exempted..... .............................907
14
TERMS OF OFFICE, Mayor and Councilmen ...........................404
4
VACANCY IN ELECTIVE OFFICE, occurs when .........................406
4
VOTER APPROVAL, Annexations.....................................727
10