CA Review CKM
Meeting Date: Aug. 20, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact: Sheila Cobian, Legislative & Constituent Services Director [email protected], 442-339-2917
Subject: City Council Code of Ethics and Public Service Values Districts: All
Recommended Action
Adopt a resolution affirming the City Council Code of Ethics and Public Service Values as proposed at the regular City Council meeting held on July 16, 2024.
Executive Summary
The City Council adopted a Code of Ethics and Public Service Values on Nov. 16, 2021. As part of its approval, the City Council directed staff to place the code on the City Council’s agenda each year to provide an opportunity to review and discuss and revisit the code if appropriate.
The City Council reviewed the code at a regular meeting on July 16, 2024, and voted unanimously to approve the code as proposed, including the added language to the Value: Responsibility to reflect guidelines relating to City Council members’ use of city letterhead. Staff are now presenting a resolution (Exhibit 1) for the City Council to affirm the Code of Ethics and Public Service Values.
All City Council members will be asked to sign the code following adoption of the resolution.
The code will then be made available on the city’s website.
Explanation & Analysis
Carlsbad’s City Council Code of Ethics & Public Service Values are based on the belief that public officials must have the trust and respect of their communities they serve for democratic institutions to be effective. The code is intended to:
• Encourage the highest standards of behavior by City of Carlsbad elected officials • Make implicit norms of leadership and communication explicit • Provide an ongoing source of guidance to City of Carlsbad officials in their day-to-day service to the city
The code established four public service values for the City Council:
• Respect
• Responsibility
• Compassion and Fairness
• Integrity
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The complete statement of ethics and values is provided as Attachment A to Exhibit 1.
Fiscal Analysis
This action has no financial impact.
Next Steps
Staff will obtain the signatures of all City Council members on the Code of Ethics and make it available on the City Council web page.
Environmental Evaluation
This action does not require environmental review because it does not constitute a project within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act under California Public Resources Code Section 21065 in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
Exhibits
1. City Council resolution
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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-202
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AFFIRMING THE CITY COUNCIL CODE OF ETHICS AND PUBLIC
SERVICE VALUES AS PROPOSED AT THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON JULY 16, 2024
WHEREAS, on June 23, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-133 creating the ad hoc Carlsbad Municipal Code and City Council Policy Update Subcommittee (Subcommittee) to assist staff with a comprehensive update to the Carlsbad Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the Subcommittee recommended that the full City Council hold a workshop to discuss and develop a City Council Code of Ethics; and
WHEREAS, on May 6, 2021, the City Council held a facilitated workshop to discuss communication, leadership and ethics; and
WHEREAS, on June 29, 2021, the City Council held a second facilitated workshop to finalize the components of a City Council Code of Ethics and Public Service Values; and WHEREAS, the City Council agreed that approving a City Council Code of Ethics and Public Service Values would:
• Encourage the highest standards of behavior by the City of Carlsbad elected officials • Make implicit norms of leadership and communication explicit • Provide an ongoing source of guidance to City of Carlsbad officials in their day-to-day service to the City of Carlsbad
WHEREAS, on Nov. 16, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-253 approving a City Council Code of Ethics and Public Service Values; and
WHEREAS, the adopted City Council Code of Ethics and Public Service Values requires annual review by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the City Council Code of Ethics and Public Service Values at a regular meeting held July 16, 2024, and voted unanimously to approve the City Council Code of Ethics and
Public Service Values as presented including the proposed language added to the Value:
Responsibility to reflect guidelines relating to City Council members' use of City letterhead.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the City of Carlsbad City Council Code of Ethics and Public Service Values (Attachment A) is affirmed and approved.
Exhibit 1
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 20th day of August, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
BLACKBURN, BHAT-PATEL, ACOSTA, BURKHOLDER, LUNA.
NONE.
NONE.
NONE.
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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