Attachment C -
Resolution Adopted
by City of Claremont
Attachment C
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLAREMONT,
CALIFORNIA, AFFIRMING THE CITY COUNCIL'S LONG-STANDING PRACTICE OF
NOT ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS OR ISSUING PROCLAMATIONS THAT TAKE AN
OFFICIAL CITY POSITION ON SOCIAL OR POLITICAL ISSUES THAT ARE NOT
LOCAL TO CLAREMONT
WHEREAS, the City of Claremont is made up of diverse individuals whose collective cultures, religions, backgrounds, orientations, abilities and viewpoints join to form a highly pluralistic community which prides itself on being a place which welcomes persons and families of all walks of life; and
WHEREAS, the City Council continues to recognize the importance of promoting an atmosphere of acceptance and respect in the community; and WHEREAS, the City gets several requests for proclamations and/or resolutions each year, which could create inequities when deciding which requests would be considered by the City Council and which would not; and
WHEREAS, it can be divisive to adopt "official City positions" on issues that community members do not wholly agree on; and
WHEREAS, the City does not have the resources to regularly create proclamations and resolutions for matters that are not local to Claremont; and WHEREAS, the City of Claremont has a long-standing practice of not issuing resolutions or proclamations that adopt an official City position on social or political causes that are not local to Claremont.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLAREMONT DOES HEREBY RESOLVE:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds that the above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby affirms its long-standing practice of not issuing resolutions or proclamations that adopt an official City position on social or political causes that are not local to Claremont.
SECTION 3. By way of this Resolution, the City Council hereby memorializes its long-standing practice as a formal policy of the City Council.
SECTION 4. The City Council recognizes that this Resolution may be amended or repealed by majority vote of the City Council. The City Council further recognizes that this policy does not prohibit or discourage individual members of the City Council from taking positions on social or political causes that are not local to Claremont if they so choose.
Resolution No. 2024-
SECTION 5. The Mayor shall sign this Resolution and the City Clerk shall attest to the adoption thereof.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 27th day of February, 2024.
ATTEST:
Mayor, City of Claremont
City Clerk, City of Claremont
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City At^6rney, City of Claremont