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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MARCH, 18, 2025
H.12 INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NO. 3292-25 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 4 SECTION 2-4.01 OF
THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO FIRE DEPARTMENT RULES
AND REGULATIONS FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
CONTACT: PATRICK BUTLER, FIRE CHIEF
• UPDATED INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION DATES
ORDINANCE NO. 3292-25
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 4, SECTION 2-
4.01 OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RULES AND
REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, on April 14, 1965, the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach (“City Council”) adopted Ordinance No. 1873 which established Section 2-4.01 of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code (“RBMC”) adopting the “City of Redondo Beach Fire Department Rules and Regulations;” and,
WHEREAS, the City Council approved the July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2028 Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) between the City of Redondo Beach and the Redondo Beach Firefighters Association (“RBFA”); and,
WHEREAS, Exhibit B of the July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2028 RBFA MOU establishes the current Fire Department Rules and Regulations; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Section 2-4.01 of the RBMC to incorporate the current Fire Department Rules and Regulations as set forth in Exhibit B of the July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2028 MOU between the City of Redondo Beach and the RBFA.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Title 2, Chapter 4, Section 2-4.01 of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
§ 2-4.01 Rules and Regulations Adopted.
The rules and regulations agreed upon by the City of Redondo Beach and the Redondo Beach Firefighters’ Association in Exhibit B of the July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2028 Memorandum of Understanding were approved by the City Council. The rules and regulations listed in Exhibit B are incorporated by reference herein, and are hereby adopted as the “City of Redondo Beach Fire Department Rules and Regulations.”
No City Department or Department Head shall unilaterally amend, modify, or revoke any part of the City of Redondo Beach Fire Department Rules and Regulations, nor shall any City Department or Department Head adopt new City of Redondo Beach Fire Department Rules and Regulations without prior City Council or City Manager approval.
SECTION 2. Any provisions of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code, or appendices thereto, or any other Ordinances of the City inconsistent herewith, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be published in the official newspaper of said City, and same shall go into effect and be in full force and operation from and after thirty (30) days after its final passage and adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1
st day of April, 2025.
____________________________
James A. Light, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
____________________________ ____________________________ Michael W. Webb, City Attorney Eleanor Manzano, CMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH )
I, Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach, California, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 3292-25 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 18 th
day of March, 2025, and approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 1 st day of April, 2025, and
thereafter signed and approved by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk, and that said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Eleanor Manzano, CMC
City Clerk