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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
ATTENTION: Jeffrey L. Stewart, City Manager
FROM: Mayra Ochiqui, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 22-7 – A Resolution designating the Alternate Director to Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Nos. 2, 3, and 18; and superseding Resolution No. 19-92.
DATE: February 14, 2022
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Appointment of the Alternate Director to the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts is currently any Council Member appointed by the City Council, per Resolution No. 19-92 (Adopted December 10, 2019). At the Adjourned Regular City Council Meeting on January 13, 2022, the City Council directed staff to prepare the necessary documents to automatically designate the Mayor Pro Tem to serve as the Alternate Director, as was designated in years prior to 2019. The proposed Resolution would designate the Mayor Pro Tem to serve as the Alternate Director on the Boards of Directors to the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts.
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL
1) Adopt Resolution No. 22-7; or
2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
FISCAL IMPACT
None
ATTACHMENT
Resolution No. 22-7......................................................................................................... 2
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CITY OF BELLFLOWER
RESOLUTION NO. 22-7
A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE ALTERNATE
DIRECTOR TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY SANITATION
DISTRICTS NOS. 2, 3, AND 18, AND SUPERSEDING
RESOLUTION NO. 19-92
THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. California Health and Safety Code Section 4730 states that the presiding officer of a city, all or part of which is on a Sanitation District, is a member of the Board of Directors of that District.
SECTION 2. The City of Bellflower is part of Sanitation Districts Nos. 2, 3, and 18. Sanitation District Nos 2 and 3 currently meet on the second Wednesday of each month and District Nos. 2 and 18 currently meet on the fourth Wednesday of each month.
SECTION 3. The City Council chooses its Mayor from among its membership by majority vote annually in December during City Council Reorganization.
SECTION 4. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 4730 et. seq. of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California, the Mayor Pro Tem is the alternate for the City of Bellflower’s Director to Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Nos. 2, 3, and 18 of Los Angeles County to act in the place of the presiding officer of the City Council during his/her absence, inability, or refusal to act as a member of said Boards of Directors.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a certified copy of this Resolution to the Secretary to the Boards, County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County.
SECTION 6. This Resolution does not affect any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred before, or preclude prosecution and imposition of penalties for any violation occurring before, this Resolution’s effective date. Any such amended part will remain in full force and effect for sustaining action or prosecuting violations occurring before the effective date of this Resolution.
SECTION 7. If any part of this Resolution or its application is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the City Council intends that such invalidity will not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and, to this end, the provisions of this Resolution are severable.
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City of Bellflower
Resolution No. 22-7
SECTION 8. To the extent that Resolution No. 02-30 (adopted March 25, 2002), Resolution No. 19-92 (adopted December 10, 2019), and any other resolution pertaining to the designation of the Alternate Director to Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Nos. 2, 3, and 18, is incorporated into this Resolution, it is superseded in its entirety.
SECTION 9. Electronic Signatures. This Resolution may be executed with electronic signatures in accordance with Government Code §16.5. Such electronic signatures will be treated in all respects as having the same effect as an original signature.
SECTION 10. The Mayor, or presiding officer, is hereby authorized to affix his signature to this Resolution signifying its adoption by the City Council of the City of Bellflower, and the City Clerk, or her duly appointed deputy, is directed to attest thereto.
SECTION 11. This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BELLFLOWER THIS 14TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2022.
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Ray Dunton, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Mayra Ochiqui, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Karl H. Berger, City Attorney
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