CA Review CKM
Meeting Date: Nov. 19, 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: Ordinance Modifying City Treasurer Education Eligibility Requirements Districts: All
Rec
ommended Action
Introduce an ordinance titled, “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California Amending Title 2, Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.040(C)(1) of the Carlsbad Municipal Code relating to eligibility for the office of City Treasurer.” Executive Summary/Explanation & Analysis
The City Treasurer’s Office is charged with designing an effective cash management and investment program for the city and all its subsidiary entities. The City Treasurer’s duties include developing the city’s Investment Policy for City Council approval, arranging for banking services, forecasting all cash receipts and expenditures, investing all inactive cash and reporting all investment activities.
Prior to January 2024, eligibility to hold office as City Treasurer required, among other qualifications, a four-year college degree in finance or a business-related field. The City Council updated this criterion and, as of Jan. 11, 2024, the four-year college degree must be in one of the following majors: business administration, public administration, accounting, finance or economics.
Members of the public subsequently raised concerns about education eligibility criteria excluding a person with equivalent or better higher-level education. In response to these concerns, on July 16, 2024, the City Council adopted a motion directing city staff to return to the City Council in the fall with additional clarifying language to the City Treasurer eligibility section of the Carlsbad Municipal Code.
The ordinance in Exhibit 1 amends Section 2.04.040(C)(1) to substitute a “four-year college” degree with a “bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral” degree. The areas of study remain the same.
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Fiscal Analysis
The existing fiscal year 2024-2025 budget for the City Clerk’s Office includes sufficient funding for the cost of amending the referenced code section.
Next Steps
The City Clerk’s Office will prepare the ordinance for adoption at the next regular City Council meeting. Once adopted, the City Clerk will publish the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation within 15 days. The ordinance will be effective 30 days following its adoption.
Environmental Evaluation
In keeping with California Public Resources Code Section 21065, this action does not constitute a project within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
Exhibits
1. Ordinance amending Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 2.04.040(C)(1)
2. Proposed changes to Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 2.04.040(C)(1) Nov. 19, 2024
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Exhibit 1
Nov. 19, 2024
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EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption; and the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a R egular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 19th day of November, 2024, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the __ day of ________, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
_________________________________
CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
_______________________________________
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
_______________________________________
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)
Exhibit 2
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2.04.040. Eligibility for office.
C. To be eligible to become a candidate for the office of City Treasurer, a person must meet the following minimum criteria at the time nomination papers are issued:
1. The person must have a four-year collegebachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree majoring in business administration, public administration, accounting, finance or economics.
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Sheila Cobian, Director
Legislative & Constituent Services
Nov. 19, 2024
Ordinance Modifying City
Treasurer Education Eligibility
Requirements
CMC SECTION 2.04.040(C)(1)
The person mush have a four-year college degree
majoring in business administration, public
administration, accounting, finance or economics.
ITEM 6: CITY TREASURER EDUCATION
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
ITEM 6: CITY TREASURER EDUCATION
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
§ 2.04.040. Eligibility for office.
C. To be eligible to become a candidate for the office of City Treasurer, a person must meet the following minimum criteria at the time nomination papers are issued:
1. The person must have a four-year college bachelor’s master’s or doctoral degree majoring in business administration, public administration, accounting, finance or economics.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
ITEM 6: CITY TREASURER EDUCATION
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Introduce an ordinance titled, “An
Ordinance of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad, California Amending Title 2,
Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.040(C)(1) of the
Carlsbad Municipal Code relating to
eligibility for the office of City Treasurer.”
QUESTIONS?
ITEM 6: CITY TREASURER EDUCATION
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS