Administrative
Report
H.6., File # 23-7215 Meeting Date: 11/21/2023
To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: ELEANOR MANZANO, CITY CLERK
TITLE
EXCUSED ABSENCES FROM VARIOUS COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Commissioner/Member Board/Commission/Committee Meeting Date Candace Nafissi Public Works & Sustainability October 23, 2023 Bhuvan Bajaj Public Works & Sustainability October 23, 2023 Vijay Jeste Budget & Finance November 9, 2023
Erik Fernandez Historical November 15, 2023
*Mel Samples Budget & Finance December 8, 2022
*Mel Samples Budget & Finance January 31, 2023
*Vivek Gupta Public Safety September 18, 2023
*Cindi Arrata Public Works & Sustainability June 26, 2023 On October 23, 2023, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Nafissi, requesting an excused absence for October 23, 2023, Public Works & Sustainability Commission Meeting for personal reasons.
On October 23, 2023, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Bajaj, requesting an excused absence for October 23, 2023, Public Works & Sustainability Commission Meeting for personal reasons.
On November 2, 2023, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Jeste, requesting an excused absence for November 9, 2023, Budget & Finance Commission Meeting for personal reasons.
On November 9, 2023, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Fernandez, requesting an excused absence for November 15, 2023, Historical Commission Meeting for personal reasons.
H.6., File # 23-7215 Meeting Date: 11/21/2023
*On December 6, 2022, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Samples, requesting an excused absence for December 8, 2022, Budget & Finance Commission Meeting for personal reasons and inadvertently did not present the request to Council for approval. *On January 27, 2023, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Samples, requesting an excused absence for January 31, 2023, Budget & Finance Commission Meeting for personal reasons and inadvertently did not present the request to Council for approval. *On September 18, 2023, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Gupta, requesting an excused absence for September 18, 2023, Public Safety Commission Meeting for personal reasons and inadvertently did not present the request to Council for approval. *On June 25, 2023, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Arrata, requesting an excused absence for June 26, 2023, Public Works & Sustainability Commission Meeting for personal reasons and inadvertently did not present the request to Council for approval.
BACKGROUND
As of September 3, 2019, the City Council authorized the City Clerk to revise the policy pertaining to requests for excused absences, whereby Board Members and Commissioners are required to communicate impending absences directly to the City Clerk for processing.
Pursuant to Sec 2-9.107 of Redondo Beach Municipal Code in order for absences from regular meetings of City Commissions to be considered excused absences, permission must be requested from the City Council and approval must be expressed in the official minutes of the Council.
APPROVED BY:
Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk
FISCAL IMPACT
None