AGENDA
ITEM
14 AGENDA
ITEM
CALEXICO California
AND MEXICO MEET
14 CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA STAFF REPORT
DATE: April 17, 2024
TO: City Council
APPROVED BY:
PREPARED BY: Norma Gerardo, Recreation Manager
SUBJECT: Introduction and First Reading by Title Only of an Ordinance Adding Section 2.27.035 to the Calexico Municipal Code Regarding Community Services Commission Meetings
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council of the City of Calexico introduce the proposed amendment, conduct a first reading, by title only, and provide directive to city staff to present the item during the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting for a second reading, by title only, and consideration for adoption by City Council.
BACKGROUND:
Except as otherwise provided in the Municipal Code, each commission, board, or committee meets quarterly (February, April, July, November) at a date and time determined by the commission, board or committee.
On November 8, 2023, the Community Services Commission approved to submit a recommendation to the City Council for the establishment of bimonthly meetings for the commission.
On December 29, 2024, the recommendation was taken to the City Council for discussion and direction was provided to staff in favor of the recommendation.
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS:
The proposed ordinance adds Section 2.27.035 to the Calexico Municipal Code establishing bimonthly meetings (January, March, May, July, September, November) for the Community Services Commission at a date and time to be determined by the commission.
City of Calexico City Council Meeting
Community Services Commission Adding Section 2.27.035 First Reading by Title Only - April 17, 2024 Page 1 of 2 It is recommended that the City Council of the City of Calexico introduce the proposed amendment, conduct a first reading, by title only, and provide directive to city staff to present the item during the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting for a second reading, by title only, and consideration for adoption by City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
General Fund
EXPENSE AMOUNT
111-10-110-55043-010 Commissions - Community Serv Com $700.00
COORDINATED WITH
None.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A - City Council Ordinance.
City of Calexico City Council Meeting
Community Services Commission Adding Section 2.27.035 First Reading by Title Only - April 17, 2024 Page 2 of 2
ATTACHMENT A
ORDINANCE NO._
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CALEXICO, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 2.27.035 TO
THE CALEXICO MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MEETINGS.
The City Council of the City of Calexico, California, does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendment to Calexico Municipal Code. A new Section 2.27.035 Meetings is added to Chapter 2.27 Community Services Commission of the Calexico Municipal Code as follows:
"2.27.035 Meetings.
The community services commission will meet bimonthly (January, March, May, July, September, November) at a date and time to be determined by the commission." SECTION 2. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase be declared unconstitutional. If for any reason any portion of this Ordinance is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the balance of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
SECTION 4. Certification and Publication. The City Clerk of the City of Calexico shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause publication to occur in a newspaper of general circulation and published and circulated in the City in a manner permitted under California Government Code Section 36933.
SECTION 5. CEQA. The City Council finds that adoption of this Ordinance is not a "project," as defined in the California Environmental Quality Act because it does not have a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and concerns general policy and procedure making.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Calexico, California on the _ _day of _2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Gloria Romo, Mayor
ATTEST:
Veronica Alvarado, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Carlos Campos, City Attorney
State of California)
County of Imperial ) S.S.
City of Calexico
1, Veronica Alvarado, City Clerk, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Ordinance No. 2024- Introduced at a regular meeting held on the 17t day of April 2024, and duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Calexico, California at a regular meeting thereof held the _day of. _ 2024.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
VERONICA ALVARADO, CITY CLERK