ORDINANCE NO. XXXX-XX
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 1, SECTIONS 2-9.100, 2-9.101, 2-9.102, 2-9.103, 2-9.106 and 2-9.107, AND ADDING SECTIONS 2-9.110 AND 2-9.111 AND DELETING IN ITS ENTIRETY SECTION 2-9.108 PERTAINING TO UNIFORM REGULATIONS OF COMMISSIONS [RECITALS]
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 2, Chapter 9, Article 1, Section 2-9.100 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Ҥ 2-9.100 Appointment and terms of members.
(a) The members of each board and commission shall serve for a term of four years, commencing October 1 and ending September 30 or as soon thereafter as his or her successor is appointed and qualified. (b) The members of each board and commission shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council, within 60 days after the expiration of the four-year term or within 60 days after a vacancy occurs. If the Mayor shall have failed to make an appointment within such period, any member of the City Council may nominate an eligible person to fill such vacancy. Four affirmative votes of the City Council to appoint such nominated person shall result in the appointment. Any appointment to fill an unexpired term shall be for such unexpired period. (c) No person shall serve more than two full terms on the same board or commission. If a person serves a partial term (in excess of two years (excluding any leap day)), it shall be considered a full term for the purpose of this provision. Previous and current terms of appointment shall be counted for the purpose of applying this provision to future appointments. No person shall serve simultaneously on more than one board, commission or as an elected official, or City employee, in the City of Redondo Beach. (d) If a section related to the appointment and terms of members of a specific commission differs from this section, the section related to the appointment and terms of members of the specific commission shall prevail.” SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 2, Chapter 9, Article 1, Section 2-9.101 is hereby amended to read as follows:
“§ 2-9.101 Organization meetings, chairperson, meeting cancelations. (a) Each board or commission shall meet as soon after the first day of October of every year as practical for the purpose of organizing. At such organization meeting, or in the first meeting after a vacancy in the chairperson or vice chair position is declared, the boards and commissions shall organize themselves by electing one of its members to serve as chairperson and one member to serve as vice chair for the ensuing year. Commissions may elect a new Chair/Vice Chair at any time, but, at a minimum, a Chair/Vice Chair must be elected annually, as described above. Each board or commission shall hold a regular meeting at least once each month, subject to the meeting cancelation procedures in subdivision (c) of this section. In addition to any such regular meetings, each board or commission shall hold whatever special meetings may be necessary or convenient to dispose of business without delay with the concurrence of the Staff Liaison or the City Council. All proceedings of any board or commission shall be open to the public. (b) Commissions may form subcommittees by a motion approved by the majority of the commission. Any subcommittee formed shall be comprised of less than the number of commission members that would constitute a quorum of the commission under the Brown Act. The subcommittee must have a defined termination date and/or terminate upon the completion of a specified task or purpose. Each commission may empower a subcommittee to report back to the commission regarding its efforts during public session and/or empower the subcommittee to produce written materials for submission to staff or to the City Council; or to represent the commission in public meetings of other public agencies. (c) Regular monthly meetings may be canceled for lack of business only by a majority vote of commissioners or members, and only during the regular meeting that immediately precedes the meeting to be canceled. In order to cancel a meeting, the commissioners or members must publicly vote to cancel the next scheduled meeting during the “Adjournment” item on the commission agenda. No future meetings beyond the next scheduled meeting may be canceled in advance.” SECTION 3. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 2, Chapter 9, Article 1, Section 2-9.102 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Ҥ 2-9.102 Procedure.
The following procedure shall be followed by boards and commissions, at public meetings:
(a) Each member of a board or commission shall vote unless he or she states the reasons for abstention for the record. (b) City Staff shall maintain a true and correct record of all proceedings of such board or commission and ensure such records are available to the public through the City Clerk’s office.” SECTION 4. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 2, Chapter 9, Article 1, Section 2-9.103 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Ҥ 2-9.103 Proceedings.
Each board or commission shall conduct its public meetings in accordance with the Redondo Beach Municipal Code and City Council approved City Council Rules of Conduct and Decorum.” SECTION 5. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 2, Chapter 9, Article 1, Section 2-9.106 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Ҥ 2-9.106 Membership eligibility.
Membership on any City board or commission shall be limited to registered voters of the City, with the exception of the Youth Commission as defined in Article 6 of this chapter. Commission members and candidates must pass a background check. Each commission may have additional eligibility and qualification requirements as specified by the sections governing each commission.” SECTION 6. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 2, Chapter 9, Article 1, Section 2-9.107 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Ҥ 2-9.107 Vacancies.
In the following instances a board or commissioner’s position shall automatically become vacant and so declared by the City Council:
A board or commission member resigns;
A board or commission member is unable to fulfill their term for any reason; A board or commission member is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude; A board or commission member ceases to be a legally registered voter of the City; A board or commission member ceases to reside in the City of Redondo Beach; A board or commission member fails to pass a background check; A board or commission member is removed by the City Council pursuant to Section 2-9.109; In the following instances a board or commissioner’s position shall become vacant and so declared by the City Council:
A board or commission member is absent from four meetings of such board or commission during the previous 12 months. For the purposes of determining absences, a board or commission member shall not be deemed absent if a meeting is canceled, unless the board or commission member’s absence was the cause of the meeting’s cancelation due to lack of quorum; A new board or commission member is absent from four meetings of such board or commission during the first year of his/her appointment. For the purposes of determining absences, a board or commission member shall not be deemed absent if a meeting is canceled, unless the board or commission member’s absence was the cause of the meeting’s cancelation due to lack of quorum.
In the cases of (b)(1) and (b)(2), the Mayor with the approval of a majority of the City Council may intervene and determine the board or commissioner member should maintain his/her position.
Vacancies occurring in any board or commission shall be filled in the manner set forth in Section 2-9.100.” SECTION 7. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 2, Chapter 9, Article 1, Section 2-9.108 is hereby repealed in its entirety:
SECTION 8. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 2, Chapter 9, Article 1, Section 2-9.110 is hereby added in its entirety to read as follows:
“2.9-110 General Powers and Duties
(a) All commissions shall provide advice to the City Council on matters within their purview as defined in the respective sections addressing each commission’s powers and duties. This is the primary duty of all commissions. (b) Commissions shall provide advice on matters assigned to the commission by the Redondo Beach Municipal Code, the City Council and/or the staff liaison. (c) Commissions shall provide advice to the Council on the annual budget and strategic plan prior to the City Council’s deliberations on these matters. (d) Commissions may, under the referrals to staff section of the respective meeting agenda, advise the City Council on a matter if: 1) the commission approves the matter by majority vote ; 2) it is a matter that falls within the purview, powers and duties of the commission; and 3) the staff liaison to the commission agrees the matter is appropriate for the commission to advise the City Council and is not overly burdensome on city staff. On matters in which the staff liaison disagrees with the commission, the commission may, by majority vote, seek the City Council’s determination as to the appropriateness of the commission’s ability to advise the City Council. The staff liaison shall inform the City Council and Mayor of the disagreement and the commission’s request. (e) Commissions may have additional powers and duties as defined in the sections related to each commission. (f) A commission, or any member of a commission, shall not give any orders/direction to city staff or any elected officials. (g) Commissioners are prohibited from asserting or attempting to assert any power, authority, or privileges through the use of their title or appointed position in any context other than that which is prescribed by the Redondo Beach Municipal Code. Any commissioner who fails to abide by this prohibition may be removed by the City Council in accordance with Title 2, Chapter 9, section 2-9.109. (h) Commissioners shall neither allude to nor represent that their position on a matter is the commission’s position on a matter unless the position on the matter has been approved by a majority vote of the commission. Any commissioner who fails to abide by this prohibition may be removed by the City Council in accordance with Title 2, Chapter 9, section 2-9.109.” SECTION 9. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 2, Chapter 9, Article 1, Section 2-9.111 is hereby added in its entirety to read as follows:
“2.9-111 Limited and Restricted Scope of Powers and Duties of Commissions:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the sections related to specific commissions, each commission is a reviewing and advising/recommending body only. (b) Each commission and each commissioner shall have no power, duty, responsibility, role or authority to:
(1) Demand that any particular City staff, personnel, contractor, elected official, or any other person or entity participate in or appear before a meeting of the commission; or (2) Demand that any documents or information be provided to or generated for the commission; or (3) Direct, interfere with or participate in, the operations or management of any City department, staff, personnel, or contractor; or (4) Review, evaluate, investigate, or comment upon matters which are within the duties and functions of any other commissions or committees, unless directed to do so by the City Council, City Manager or staff liaison; or (5) Review, evaluate, investigate, or comment upon individual complaints involving any City department, personnel, contractor, elected officials or others; or (6) Represent to be acting for on behalf of the City, its staff, personnel, or contractors; or (7) Commit the officers, employees, staff, or elected officials of the City to a specific position or to any course of action except as authorized by specific sections governing the commission or if specifically directed by the City Council. (c) Commissions have no power, duty, or authority to act in an oversight role of any city function, department or over any elected positions.” SECTION 10. 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 11. 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 12. This ordinance shall be published by one insertion 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 XXth day of XXXXX, 2025. ________________________
James A. Light, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Joy A. Ford, 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 the foregoing Ordinance No. XXXX-XX was duly introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the XXth day of , 2025, and was duly approved and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the -XXst day of XXXXX, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Eleanor Manzano, CMC
City Clerk
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