RESOLUTION NO. 2026-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING THE
FISCAL TRANSPARENCY AD HOC COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, the Cityof Newport Beach (“City”)isgoverned, in part,by itsCharter, MunicipalCode, and adopted CityCouncil Policies;
WHEREAS, the City Council has a long and establishedhistoryof being good guardians and stewards ofthe public’smoney;
WHEREAS, appropriations,expenditures, and other budgetary matters are a primaryconcern ofthe CityCouncil;
WHEREAS, the CityCouncil adopted ResolutionNo. 94-110 on December 12, 1994, establishingthe Finance Committee, whose dutiesand responsibilitieshave been amended throughout the years;
WHEREAS, the Finance Committee ischarged with a varietyof tasks including, but not limitedto,reviewing and monitoringevents and issues thatmay affectthe financial status of the City, and making recommendations to the City Council regarding amendments to financialpolicies;
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the importance of maintaining transparentand efficientfiscalgovernance; and
WHEREAS, the CityCouncil desiresto form an ad hoc committee to evaluate optionsto enhance transparency,accountabilityand efficientuse of City resources, broaden policyperspectives,and increasepublicengagement in discussions relatingto the fiscalgovernance and financialstatusofthe City.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1: The City Council Fiscal Transparency Ad Hoc Committee (“Committee”) is hereby established and shall consist of three Council Members appointedby the Mayor. The followingthreeCouncilMembers are hereby appointed by the Mayor: Mayor Lauren Kleiman;CouncilMember Sara J. Weber; and Council Member Joe Stapleton.
The sole purpose and responsibilityof the Committee is to: evaluateSection 2:
ways to enhance transparency,accountabilityand the efficientuse of City resources; Attachment A
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broaden policyperspectives;increase publicengagement in discussions relatingto the fiscalgovernance and financialstatusof the City;and make recommendations to the entireCityCouncil inregardsthereto.
Section 3: Unless terminated sooner by action of the City Council, the Committee shallbe advisory and shallexpire on January 31, 2027, or upon making recommendations to the entireCity Council,whichever is first.
Section 4: The Committee shallnot be subject to the Brown Act; however, the recommendations of the Committee to the City Council shallbe considered at a meeting ofthe entireCityCouncilnoticedinaccordance withCalifornia Government Code Section 54950 et seq.
The CityCouncil hereby repealsallpriorresolutionsto the extent thatSection 5:
they conflictwith thisresolution.
Section 6: The recitalsprovided inthisresolutionare true and correct and are incorporatedintothe operativepartofthisresolution.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of thisSection 7:
resolutionis,forany reason, held to be invalidor unconstitutional, such decision shall not affectthe validityor constitutionalityofthe remaining portionsof thisresolution.The City Council hereby declares that itwould have passed thisresolution, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespectiveof the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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The CityCouncil findsthe adoption of thisresolutionisnot subject to the CaliforniaEnvironmental QualityAct (“CEQA”) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activitywillnot resultina director reasonably foreseeable indirectphysicalchange inthe environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activityis not a projectas defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, CaliforniaCode of Regulations, Title14, Division6, Chapter 3, because ithas no potentialforresultinginphysicalchange to the environment, directlyor indirectly.
Section 8:
This resolutionshalltake effectimmediately upon itsadoption by the CityCouncil,and the CityClerk shallcertifythe vote adopting the resolution.
Section 9:
ADOPTED this27th day of January, 2026.
Lauren Kleiman
Mayor
ATTEST:
Lena Shumway
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
Aaron C. Harp
CityAttorney