RESOLUTION NO. __________
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA,
AUTHORIZING PLACING ON THE BALLOT THE QUESTIONS OF AMENDING THE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE TO ALLOW FOR AN ALTERNATE LOCATION
FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS, FOR THE COUNCIL TO PRESCRIBE THE STANDARDS AND
PROCEDURES FOR AWARDING CITY CONTRACTS, FOR CERTAIN URGENCY
ORDINANCES TO BE INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED AT THE SAME MEETING AND TO
MAKE OTHER MISCELLENEOUS CHANGES TO THE CHARTER
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, that it does hereby authorize placing on the ballot for submission to the City electorate the following charter amendments, the full text of such amendments set forth herein:
YESCHARTER AMENDMENT NO. __ Shall City Charter be amended to allow for the location of council meetings to be held in the City Hall council chamber or as established by ordinance or resolution, unless impossible to do so because of unavailability of the location by reason of fire, flood, earthquake reconstruction, or other emergency or the temporary unavailability of the regular meeting place?
NO
Article VI, Sec. 2
Sec. 2. Council meetings.
The council shall hold regular meetings at such times as it shall fix by ordinance or resolution. If a regular meeting falls on a holiday such meeting shall be held on the next business day.
Special council meetings may be called at any time by the mayor, or by three (3) members of the council, acting in accordance with State law.
Any regular, adjourned regular, special, or adjourned special meeting may be adjourned to a time and place specified in the order of adjournment. Any adjourned regular meeting is a regular meeting for all purposes.
All council meetings shall be held in the council chamber of the City Hall, or other place prescribed by ordinance or resolution unless the Council is compelled to meet elsewhere in a place to which any meeting may be adjourned for the purpose of taking evidence or holding hearings. Final deliberation and actual voting by the council shall take place in the City Hall council chamber. Provided, however, if by reason of fire, flood, earthquake reconstruction, or other emergency or the temporary unavailability of the regular meeting place. it shall be unsafe to meet in the council chamber, the meetings shall be held for the duration of the reconstruction or emergency at a place designated by the mayor or by three (3) members of the council.
YESCHARTER AMENDMENT NO. __ Shall City Charter be amended to allow in cases of a current and immediate threat to the public peace, health, safety or welfare, an emergency or urgency ordinance to be introduced and passed, at a regular or special meeting, without the intervention of time between introduction and final passage? NO
Article VI, Sec. 6
Sec. 6. Ordinances generally.
The enacting clause of every ordinance passed by the council shall be: “Be it ordained by the council of the City of Glendale.” The enacting clause of every ordinance initiated by the people shall be: “Be it ordained by the people of the City of Glendale.” At least five (5) days must elapse between the introduction and the final passage of any ordinance; provided, that amendment germane to the subject of any proposed ordinance may be made when it is brought up for final passage; and provided further, that in case of an extraordinary epidemic or any disaster, such as flood, fire or earthquake, requiring immediate action on the part of any public authorities, or in the case of a current and immediate threat to the public peace, health, safety or welfare, an emergency or urgency ordinance may be introduced and passed at either a regular or special meeting without any intervention of time between introduction and final passage.
Other than as set forth in the preceding sentence, Aa final vote on any ordinance or any vote on any appropriation must be taken only at a regular or adjourned regular meeting. Every ordinance must be signed by the mayor and attested by the clerk. Notice thereof shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation. Any ordinance granting any franchise or privilege shall be published at the expense of the applicant therefor.
In the publication of every ordinance the advertisement shall contain a statement of the title, number and date of the ordinance, a brief statement of the nature of the ordinance, and a reference to a copy of the ordinance which shall be on file and available for public inspection at all reasonable times in the office of the city clerk.
YESCHARTER AMENDMENT NO. __ Shall City Charter be amended to allow the council to establish by ordinance the standards, procedures, rules or regulations relating to all aspects of the award and performance of contracts, including contracts for the construction of public improvements, such as compensation paid for performance of such work? NO
Article VI, Sec. 9
Sec 9. Contracts requiring competitive bids.
The council shall by ordinance establish standards, procedures, rules or regulations relating to all aspects of the award and performance of contracts, including contracts for the construction of public improvements, including, but not limited to, compensation paid for performance of such work. The council shall provide by ordinance a complete procedure to ensure the integrity of awarding all contracts. Except as otherwise required in this Charter, no contract for supplies, material, labor, or other valuable consideration, or for the construction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of public works shall be authorized by the council except to the lowest responsible bidder after competitive bidding. The council may reject any and all bids. Competitive bidding shall not be required for:
(a) Labor or services rendered by any city officer or employee; (b) Labor, material, supplies, or services furnished by one (1) city department to another city department;
(c) Contracts for labor, material, supplies or services which are available from only one vendor;
(d) Contracts for labor, material, supplies or services or for the construction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of public works involving the expenditure of an amount not exceeding the limit established by ordinance of the city council; (e) Contracts relating to the acquisition of real property; (f) Contracts for professional or unique services;
(g) Contracts for labor, material, supplies and services for actual emergency work;
(h) Contracts with other governmental entities, or their contractors, for labor, materials, supplies or services.
The council, after rejecting bids, or if no bids are received, may readvertise for bids, or may have the work done by city forces if it determines that city forces can economically do the work, or it may have the contract negotiated without further bidding.
Upon recommendation of the city manager, the council may dispense with competitive bidding for any contract when it determines that it is in the best interests of the city so to do and acts by resolution setting forth the reason for such action.
YESCHARTER AMENDMENT NO. __ Shall City Charter be updated to remove the obsolete title of maintenance services administrator and remove the reference to the duties and functions of the building official from the public works department? NO
Article IV. Officers and Employees Generally.
Sec. 1. Generally.
The officers of the City of Glendale shall be five (5) members of the council, a city assessor, a city tax collector, a city manager, a director of administrative services, a city clerk, a city treasurer, a city attorney, a director of public works, a city engineer, a maintenance services administrator, a building official, a chief of police and a fire chief. The council may also provide by ordinance for additional offices and for the duties thereof, and for additional duties of offices herein provided for, but in no such manner as to encroach upon the duties of any officer as provided for by this Charter. The council may also provide by ordinance for such subordinate officers, assistants, deputies, clerks, and employees in the several offices and departments as they deem necessary. The members of the council, the city treasurer and the city clerk shall be elected from the city at large, as provided in this Charter. All other officers, assistants, deputies, clerks and employees shall be appointed as provided in this Charter, or as the council may provide by ordinance in case no provision for their appointment is herein made, and shall hold their respective offices or positions at the pleasure of the appointing power. Where the appointment of any of said officers, assistants, deputies, clerks or employees is vested in the council or any commission, such appointment and any removal must be made by a three-fifths (3/5) vote of the members of the appointing power. (1921; 1947; 1953; 1957.) (Res. No. 04-238 § 1, 2004; Res. No. 18-10 § 1, 2018)
Article XXI. Public Works Department.
Sec. 1. Generally.
The public works department shall have charge of general engineering, traffic engineering, flood control, street and sewer construction and maintenance, assessments, building inspection, inspection and care of public buildings, collection and disposal of refuse, and installation, maintenance and removal of parkway trees and parkways.
Sec. 3. Duties of maintenance services administrator.
The maintenance services administrator shall have the general care and supervision of streets and of the maintenance and repair thereof and the care of and custody of tools and implements belonging to the City of Glendale and used for street construction and repair.
Sec. 4. Building official.
The building official shall have charge of the issuing of building permits and shall see that no permit is issued unless the building plans show conformity to all state laws and all ordinances of the city applicable thereto. He shall see that the laws and ordinances regulating the construction of buildings are enforced. He shall perform all duties that are imposed by existing ordinances of the city on the building inspector, the plumbing inspector and the inspector of electric wiring. (Res. No. 04- 238 § 1, 2004)
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare an impartial analysis of the measure showing the effect of the measure on existing law and how the measure will operate; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby directed to take such steps as may deemed necessary to place the matter on the ballot for the General Municipal Election to be held on March 5, 2024.
Adopted this _____ day of __________, 2023.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, Dr. Suzie Abajian, City Clerk of the City of Glendale, certify that the foregoing Resolution No. was adopted by the Council of the City of Glendale, California, at a regular meeting held on the day of , 2023, and that the same was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
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City Clerk