APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
INTRODUCED BY MAYOR BARBARA LEE
A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE MAYOR’S APPOINTMENT OF
EMILY HABANSKY TO THE COMMISSION ON PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES
WHEREAS, Section 601 of the City Charter provides that members of City boards and commissions shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation by the affirmative vote of five members of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 9968 C.M.S., adopted August 5, 1980, and amended by Ordinance No. 11864 C.M.S., adopted March 12, 1996 and then by Ordinance No. 13334 C.M.S., adopted October 20, 2015, created the Commission on Persons with Disabilities to address issues germane to accessibility, services and civil rights for persons with disabilities; and
WHEREAS, the Commission on Persons with Disabilities consists of eleven (11) members, serving three-year staggered terms with no more than two consecutive terms; and
WHEREAS, at least a majority of the Commission members appointed must be persons with disabilities; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Mayor Barbara Lee has appointed Emily Habansky to the Commission on Persons with Disabilities, subject to confirmation by the City Council; now, therefore, be it
2 RESOLVED: That pursuant to City Charter Section 601, the City Council hereby confirms the Mayor’s appointment to the Commission on Persons with Disabilities:
Emily Habansky, to serve the remainder of a three-year term beginning September 3, 2024, and ending September 2, 202 7, filling a vacant seat previously held by Brittaney Creswell.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - BROWN, FIFE, GALLO, HOUSTON, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, WANG, AND
PRESIDENT JENKINS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
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