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RESOLUTION NO ____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RIALTO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING UPDATED
RULES AND PROCEDURES FO R THE CONDUCT OF CITY
COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WHEREAS, the City Council previously establishe d rules and procedures for the conduct of City Council meetings which were adopted by Resolution No. 6773 on June 23, 2015, superseded and replaced the rules and procedures originally adopted in Resolution No. 3383 on March 21, 1989, as previously amended by Resolution Nos. 3949, 4202, 5791, and 6301; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt updated rules and procedures for the conduct of meetings by means of this resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED , that the City Council of the City of Rialto does hereby resolve as follows:
Section 1 . The City Council hereby rescinds Resolution No. 6773 and replaces and supersedes it with this Resolution setting forth the rules and procedures for the conduct of meetings of the City Council.
Section 2. The rules and procedures for the conduc t of meetings of the City Council shall be as follows:
I. MEETINGS
A. REGULAR MEETINGS
The City Council shall hold regular meetings on the dates and at the time and place set forth in Chapter 2.02 of the Rialto Municipal Code. If by reason of fire, flood, or other emergency, it is unsafe to meet in the designated location stated in Chapter 2.02 of the Rialto Municipal Code, the meetings may be held for the duration of the emergency at such other place as is designated by the Presiding Officer or, if he or she fails to act, by four members of the City Council.
B. ADJOURNED MEETINGS
Any meeting may be adjourned to a time, place, and date certain as provided for in Government Code section 54955.
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C. SPECIAL MEETINGS
Special meetings may be called at any time as provided for in Government Code section 54956.
D. MEETINGS TO BE PUBLIC; EXCEPTION FOR CLOSED SESSIONS All regular, adjourned, special, and emergency meetings of th e City Council shall be open and public, provided however, the City Council may hold closed sessions from wh ich the public may be excluded for the consideration of the subj ects set forth in California Government Code, Sections 54950 et seq. -- commonly known as the Ralph M. Brown Act.
Unless excused by the City Council, the City Manager and the City Attorney shall be present during closed sessions.
No member of the City Council, employee of the City, or any other person present during a closed session of the Council shall disclose to any person the content or substance of any discussion that took place during the closed session, unless the City Council authorizes the disclosure of the information by majority vote.
E. ATTENDANCE
Councilmembers are expected to attend a ll meetings of the City Council. If a Councilmember is absent without permission from all regular City Council meetings for 60 days consecutively from the last regular meeting at tended, the office of said Councilmember becomes vacant, as provided for in Government Code section 36513, and shall be filled as any other vacancy.
F. QUORUM
Three members of the Council shall constitute a quorum and shall be sufficient to transact regular business. If less than three Councilmembers appear at a regular meeting, any member, or if all members are absent, the City Clerk, shall adjourn the meeting as provided in Government Code section 54955.
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II. AGENDA
A. PREPARATION OF THE AGENDA
An agenda shall be prepared for each regul ar meeting containing the specific items of business to be transacted and the order thereof. It ems of business may be pl aced on the agenda by any Councilmember, the City Manager, or the City Attorney. Agenda items shall be delivered to the City Manager not later than 5:00 P.M. on th e Wednesday preceding the regular meeting. After reviewing and approving all agenda items prepared by staff, the City Manager shall deliver the items to the City Clerk. The Clerk shall thereafter prepare the agenda under th e direction of the City Manager. Whenever feasible each item on the agenda shall contain a staff recommendation and the specific action requested to be taken by the Council. The agenda, together with all reports pertaining thereto, shall be delivered to the Councilmembers on the Thursday evening preceding the regular meeting. The agenda shall be made available to the public as soon as practicable and shall be posted no later than 72 hours prior to the time set for the regular meeting in accordan ce with California Government Code, Section 54954.2. Except as otherwise provided in said Section, no matters other than those listed on the agenda shall be finally acted upon by the Council, B. ORDER OF BUSINESS
At the time set for each regul ar meeting, the Councilmembers, City Clerk, City Manager, City Attorney, and such department heads as have been requested to be present, shall take their regular places in the Council Chamber. The Presiding Officer shall call the meeting to order and the business of the Council shall be taken up for cons ideration and disposition in the order set forth below, except that with consent of a majority of the Council, items may be taken up out of order. * * *
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
CLOSED SESSION
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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INVOCATION
PRESENTATIONS / PROCLAMATIONS
REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION
PUBLIC COMMENTS
ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA
CONSENT CALENDAR
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
PUBLIC HEARINGS
GENERAL BUSINESS
COUNCIL REPORTS
DIRECTION RE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
ADJOURNMENT
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C. AGENDA CONTENTS
The agenda shall contain the title headings and shall normally be conducted in the order set forth in Section B above. Following are brief genera l descriptions of certain agenda sections to provide guidance on where particular items of business should be placed on the agenda.
1. Consent Calendar
Items considered ministerial or of a routine nature, including any expenditures of an amount exceeding the City Manager’s Signature Authority set forth in Chapter 2.48 of the Rialto Municipal Code, provided funding has been appropriated and budgeted by City Council, shall be placed on the consent calendar. All items may be approved by one blanket motion upon unanimous consent. Under "Acceptance of the Agenda" the Presiding Office r or any Council Member may request that any item be withdrawn from the consent calendar for separate consideration under the "Items Removed from the Consent Calendar". However, the Presid ing Officer or any Council Member may abstain from voting or vote "no" on any individual consen t calendar item without requesting its removal from the consent calendar, and the City Clerk shall be instructed to record such "no" votes or 1 2
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abstentions on such individual consent calendar it ems in the minutes. Agenda items of a complex nature, items previously remove d, continued, or tabled from the Consent Calendar for additional review or analysis, or agenda items that require deliberation by the City Council with direction given to staff will be considered under General Business.
2. Public Hearings
Items for which a noticed public hearing is required by State or federal law or ordinance of the City of Rialto shall be placed under the Public Hearings agenda heading.
3. General Business
The general business agenda heading is for all items that require Council action that are not public hearing items or are not included on the consent calendar:
III. PRESIDING OFFICER
A. MAYOR TO PRESIDE
The Mayor shall be the Presiding Officer at all meetings of the City Council. In the absence of the Mayor, the Mayor Pro Tempore shall preside. In the absence of both the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore, the City Clerk shall call the Counc il to order, whereupon a temporary Presiding Officer shall be elected by the Councilmember pres ent to serve until the arrival of the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tempore or until adjournment.
B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PRESIDING OFFICER
1. Participation:
The Presiding Officer may move, second, deba te, and vote from the Chair. The Presiding Officer shall not be deprived of any of the rights and/or privileges of a Councilmember by reason of holding the position of Presiding Officer.
2. Questions to be stated:
The Presiding Officer or such member of the City Staff as he or she may designate may verbally restate each question immediately prior to calling for the vote. Following the vote the Presiding Officer shall announce whether the questi on carried or was defeat ed. It is within the 1 2
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discretion of the Presiding Officer to publicly expl ain the effect of a vote for the audience, or to direct a member of the City staff to do so, before proceeding to the next item of business.
3. Maintaining Order and Decorum:
The Presiding Officer shall be responsible for the maintenance of order and decorum at all meetings. The Presiding Officer shal l decide all questions of order, subject, however, to an appeal to the Council.
4. Signing of Documents:
Except as provided below, the Mayor shall sign all ordinances, resolutions, contracts, and other documents necessitating their signature and which were adopted in their presence, unless the Mayor is unavailable, in which case the Mayor Pr o Tempore shall sign such documents. Pursuant to Rialto Municipal Code section 2.48.130, the City Council has authorized the City Manager to sign purchase orders and contracts for supplies or services in an amount not to exceed $100,000.
Pursuant to Rialto Municipal Code section 2.24.360, the City Council has also authorized the City Manager to sign contracts and other documents, when such authority is conveyed through an approved motion or order of the Council reflected in the minutes of the meeting or by resolution.
5. Appointment of Committees:
The Mayor may, subject to the advance approval of the Council, a ppoint such committees of Councilmembers, City staff, and private citizens or a combination thereof as is deemed necessary and expedient to assist and advise the Council in its work.
IV. ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL
A. RIGHT TO ADDRESS COUNCIL
Members of the public shall have the right to address the Council befo re consideration of items under the following headings of business:
1. Closed Session;
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2. Public Hearings:
Interested persons or their authorized repr esentatives may address the Council, while a matter is open to public hearing by oral or wr itten communication, regarding remarks or questions relevant to the matter under consideration. Due consideration will be given to the due process rights of applicants, supporters and opponents of project s when determining the appropriate amount of time allocated for the public hearing. Generally, public hearings, public hearings, other than those of a quasi-judicial nature for which the City Atto rney will provide instruction at the meeting, shall be conducted in the following order:
Presentation of the Staff Report
Initial questions of Staff from Councilmembers.
Open the Public Hearing
Applicant (or Appellant if item is an Appeal) provides presentation (not to exceed 10 minutes unless additional time is provided at the discretion of the Presiding Officer) Public Testimony relevant to the matter (three (3) minutes per speaker) Applicant / Appellant Rebuttal (not to exceed five (5) minutes unless additional time is provided at the discretion of the Presiding Officer depending on number of public speakers and issues raised)
Close the Public Hearing
Additional questions to Staff or Applicant / Appellant from Councilmembers Discussion and Deliberation by Councilmembers
Motion for action by Council and voting.
3. Consent Calendar and General Business Items.
The Brown Act affords members of the public an opportunity to address the City Council by oral or written communicat ion before the City C ouncil acts on the item. There shall be one integrated thirty (30) minute Public Comment period during the Council meeting for both non- agenda items and for Consent Calendar and General Business Items. Comment on Public Hearing items will be taken as part of the Public Hearing.
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a. Comment on Agenda Items: In the ordering of Pub lic Comments, preference shall be given to comments concerning current agenda items. During the Public Comment period, members of the public may address the City Council on those non-public hearing items listed on the agenda. The speaker shall indicate which agenda item or items they wish to a ddress before beginning their comments.
Multiple items may be addressed in th e speaker’s opportunity but should be focused to fit within the limited time provided. The City encourages speakers to submit longer comments in writing in advance of the meeting so they can be distributed to the Council and considered before the meeting. Questions may be addressed during City Staff’s presentation of the item to Council. b. General Public Comment: During the Public Comment period members of the public may address the City Council on ite ms that are not li sted on the agenda and that are municipal affairs within th e jurisdiction of the City. The Presiding Officer may, in the interest of efficiently conducting th e business of the City in an orderly and expeditious manner, susp end and carry-over to the end of the regular meeting the time for general pub lic comments. Pursuant to the Brown Act, the City Council may not discuss or take action upon any item of general public comment that is not otherwise properly listed on the agenda. However, Councilmembers may ask clarifying questio ns of the speaker, make a brief announcement, make a brief report of their own activities, provide a reference to staff for factual information, or request staff report back to the body on the matter at a subsequent meeting.
B. MANNER OF ADDRESSING COUNCIL
Any person desiring to address the Council sh all stand and wait to be recognized by the Presiding Officer, and after being recognized, sha ll proceed to the microphone, be requested (but not required) to state their name and address fo r record, and proceed to address the Council. All remarks and questions shall be addressed to the Council as a whole and not to any member thereof. 1 2
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No question shall be asked a Councilmember or a me mber of the City staff without first obtaining permission of the Presiding Officer.
C. TIME LIMITATION
Every person addressing the Council shall limi t their address to thr ee (3) minutes, unless further time is granted by the Presiding Officer, subject to a motion of appeal by a Councilmember which appeal shall be decided by a majority of the Council upon the making and seconding of the motion. When any group of persons wishes to address the Council on the same subject matter, it shall be proper for the Presiding Officer to reque st the group to designate a spokesperson to avoid unnecessary repetition, and the representative shall be given six (6) minutes to speak. The Presiding Officer may reduce the time to speak to two (2) minutes when there are numerous speakers. Speakers are not permitted to yield unused time to other speakers. This rule does not apply to Public Hearings which is instead governed by Section IV.A.2 (Public Hearings). Consistent with the Brown Act, any speaker who requires the use of a translator shall be provided with twice the allotted time.
D. IMPROPER REMARKS
Any person who becomes boisterous, or who enga ges in any other disorderly conduct that disrupts, disturbs, or otherwise impedes the or derly conduct of a mee ting while addressing the Council shall be called to order by the Presiding Officer, who within his or her discretion may order the person barred from further audience before the Council during that meeting.
V. DEBATE AND DECORUM
A. GETTING THE FLOOR
Every Councilmember desiring to speak shall first address the Pres iding Officer, gain recognition by the Presiding Office r, and shall confine himself or herself to the question under debate, avoiding personalities and indecorous language.
B. QUESTIONS TO STAFF
Every Councilmember desiring to question the City staff shall, after recognition by the Presiding Officer, address the question to the City Manager, the City Clerk, or the City Attorney. In 1 2
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the case of the City Manager, he or she may desi gnate another member of City staff to respond to the question.
C. INTERRUPTIONS
A Councilmember, once recognized, shall not be interrupted when speaking unless called to order by the Presiding Officer, unl ess a point of order or personal privilege is raised by another Councilmember, or unless the speaker chooses to yield to a question by another Councilmember. If a Councilmember, while speaking, is called to order, the Councilmember shall cease speaking until the question of order is determined and, if determined to be in order, may proceed. Members of the City staff, after recognition by the Presiding Offi cer, shall hold the floor until completion of their remarks or until recognition is withdrawn by the Presiding Officer.
D. POINTS OF ORDER
The Presiding Officer shall determine all poin ts of order subject to the right of any Councilmember to appeal to the Council. The Presiding Officer may request an opinion of the City Attorney in making such determin ation. If an appeal is taken, the question shall be, "Shall the decision of the Presiding Officer be sustained?” Council decision shall conclusively determine such question of order.
E. POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE
The right of a Councilmember to address the Counc il on a question of personal privilege shall be limited to cases in which the integrity , character or motives of the Councilmember are questioned, or where the welfare of the Council is concerned. A Councilmember raising a point of personal privilege may interrupt another Councilm ember who has the floor, subject only to the power of the Presiding Officer to call him or her out of order.
F. REMARKS OF COUNCILMEMBERS AND SYNOPSIS OF DEBATE
Any Councilmember shall have the right of havi ng an abstract of their statement and/or synopsis of the debate on any subject under cons ideration by the Council entered in the minutes.
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G. DECORUM AND ORDER, COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF
While the Council is in session, the Councilmembers and City Staff shall preserve order and decorum. A Councilmember shall neither by conversation or othe rwise delay or interrupt the proceedings or the peace of the Council nor disturb any member wh ile speaking or refuse to obey the directives of the Presiding Officer.
H. DECORUM AND ORDER, AUDIENCE
Public members attending Counc il meetings shall observe th e same rules of order and decorum applicable to the Counc il and staff. Any person making an impertinent, slanderous, or profane remark, who becomes boisterous, or who engages in any other di sorderly conduct that disrupts, disturbs, or otherwis e impedes orderly conduct while addressing the Council or while attending the Council meeting may be removed from the room, if the sergeant-at-arms is so directed by the Presiding Officer, and such person may be barred from further audience before the Council during that meeting. Unauthorized remarks from the audience, stamping of feet, whistles, yells, and similar demonstrations that disr upt, disturb, or otherwise impede orderly conduct shall not be permitted by the Presiding Officer, who within his or her discretion may direct the sergeant-at-arms to remove such offenders from the room. Aggravated cases shal l be prosecuted on appropriate complaint signed by the Presiding Officer or a member of the Council.
I. ENFORCEMENT
The Chief of Police, or such member of the Police Department as the Chief may designate, shall be Sergeant-at-Arms of the City Council a nd shall attend meetings at the request of the Presiding Officer, City Manager, or City Counc il. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall be available to respond to all meetings immediately upon call, and shall carry out all orders given by the Presiding Officer or Council for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the Council meetings. Any Councilmember may move to require the Presiding Officer to enforce the rules and the affirmative vote of a majority of the Councilmembers present shall require him or her to do so. 1 2
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J. FAILURE TO OBSERVE RULES OF ORDER
Rules adopted to expedite the transaction of the business of the Council in an orderly fashion are deemed to be procedural only and the failure to strictly observe such rules shall not affect the jurisdiction of the Council or inva lidate any action taken at a meeti ng that is otherwise held in conformity with law,
VI. MOTIONS
A. PRESENTATION OF MOTIONS
A motion is the formal statement of a proposal or question to the Council for consideration and action. Every Councilmember has the right to present a motion.
B. SECOND REQUIRED
A second to a motion is required.
C. PARLIAMENTARY PROCUDREPROCEDURE
For the purpose of conducting City Council and Commission meetings, the City will followingfollow Rosenberg’s Rules of Parliamentary Procedure (“Rules”) as may be amended from time to time. These Rules shall be for the general guidance of the City Council and its Commissions and strict adherence to them shall not be required, nor shall failure to strictly adhere to the Rules invalidate an action of the City Council or Commission.
VII. VOTING
A. VOTING PROCEDURE
When any motion is in order for the question, a vote thereon shall be taken by voice or roll call and entered in full upon the record. Motions may be passed by a simple majority of the members present at meeting with a proper quorum (2 votes sufficient if only 3 members present); provided, however, that the following matters shall always require three affirmative votes, except as otherwise required by law:
1. Adoption of Ordinances;
2. Adoption of Resolutions; and
3. Orders for payment of money.
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A roll call vote shall be used for the above enactments. All other motions shall not require a roll call vote unless demanded by a Councilmember before the negative has been put. It shall not be in order for members to explain their vote during the roll call.
B. CHANGE OF VOTE
A member may change his or her own vote onl y if a timely request to do so is made immediately following the announcement of the vote and prior to the time that the next item in the order of business is taken up. A Councilmember who publicly announces that he or she is abstaining from voting on a particular matter subject to a public hearing may not subsequently withdraw his or her abstention.
C. TIE VOTE
Every member should vote unless disqualified for cause accepted by vote of the Council or by opinion of the City Attorney. Self-disqualification, without approval, which results in a tie vote shall be avoided as thwarting Council action„ but any Councilmember who abstains shall in effect consent to the action taken by the majority. Tie votes shall be lost motions and may be reconsidered.
D. RECONSIDERATION OF PRIOR ACTION
After motion and vote by the C ouncil, such action may be rec onsidered by a motion to set aside or reconsider a vote on a main motion. A motion to reconsider shall always be in order at the same meeting. The motion to reconsider is amendable and debatable. Such motion can be made by any Councilmember regardless of how that member previously voted on the matter. If the motion to reconsider passes, the effect thereof is to overrule and cancel the prior action.
1. Lost Motions,
A lost motion is one that fails to receive th e necessary number of votes to carry. Tie votes result in lost motion. Lost motions may be subject of a motion to reconsider as provided above.
VIII. MINUTES
A. PREPARATION OF MINUTES
The minutes shall consist of a clear and concise statement of each and every Council action, including the motions made and the vote thereon. Reasons for making a motion or voting, Council 1 2
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debate, and audience reaction are generally irrelevant for purposes of the minutes. Such items may be included if considered to be particularly relevant or otherwise necessary, by the City Clerk in the first instance and by the Council in the final instance. The C ity Clerk shall have exclusive responsibility for preparation of the minutes, and any directions for changes in the minutes shall be made only by action of the City Council.
B. MINUTES OF HEARINGS
Whenever the Council acts in a quasi-judicial proceeding, such as hearings as defined in Section X, the minutes shall contain a synopsis of all evidence considered in the hearing, including statements of persons addressing the Council.
C. READING OF MINUTES
Unless the reading of the minutes of a Council meeting is ordered by a majority vote of the Council, such minutes may be approved without reading if the City Clerk has previously furnished each Councilmember with a copy.
IX. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. APPLICATIONS AND DEFINITION
The following procedural rules shall apply to a ll hearings before the City Council. As used herein, the term "hearing" shall include all public hearings re quired by state la w or the Rialto Municipal Code.
B. RIGHTS OF INTERESTED PERSONS
On the date and at the time an d place designated in the notice, the Council shall afford any interested person or their authorized representative, or both, the opportunity to present documentary evidence, to present statements, arguments, or cont entions orally and/or in writing, subject to the rules on ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL and DECORU M sated above and the rules hereinafter stated.
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invite the applicant, if any, to make a presenta tion to the Council. Followi ng this, members of the public shall be invited to speak on the item.
Anyone wishing to speak shall be requested, bu t not required, to co mplete an appearance card and present it to the City Clerk before speaking. On the card, the individual may record his or her name and address and indicate that she or she wants to speak at the public hearing. On the appearance card the individual may note whether he or she will be speaking "for" or "against" the item. The Presiding Officer shall call first all of those wishing to speak "for" the item in the order that their cards were received. Then the Presiding Officer shall call those wishing to speak "against" the item in the order that their cards were rece ived. Finally, the applicant shall be offered the opportunity for rebuttal. All comments will generally be set by the Presiding Officer, except that theThe applicant, or their designated representative, shall not be subject to thisthe time limitation provided for herein in their initial presentation or rebuttal, or where the City Attorney states that the demands of due process require that additional time be provided to speaker.
C. EVIDENCE OBTAINED OUTSIDE THE HEARING
Any evidence obtained outside of the public hearing, such as site visits and discussions with individuals, shall be publicly disclosed by Councilmembers at the beginning of the public hearing.
X. CONFLICT OF INTEREST
California Law requires elected and appointed officials, officers, and designated employees to be aware of and to comply with the State’s conflict of interest laws. The general rule is:
“A public official at any leve l of state or loca l government shall not make, participate in making, or in any way attempt to use the public official’s official position to influence a governmental decision in which the official kn ows or has reason to know the official has a financial interest.”
The City also has its own conflict rules which are applicable to elected and appointed officials, officers, and designated employees.
A list of citations is provided for your general reference; the list is not intended to be comprehensive as state laws and city ordinanc es may change over time. If you have a question 1 2
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related to a potential conflict of interest, plea se contact the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) or the City Attorney’s Office.
State Laws
Self-Dealing in Contracts, Disbursement of Moneys, Purchase of Indebtedness (Government Code (“GC”) secs. 1090 – 1098)
Incompatibility of public offices (GC sec. 1099)
Disqualification of Public Offi cials due to Financial Interest (Political Reform Act GC 81000 et seq.)
o Campaign related laws (GC secs. 84100 – 85802)
o Conflicts of Interest (GC secs. 87100 – 87505)
o Postgovernment Employment Restrictions (“Revolving Door Prohibitions”) (GC secs. 87400 – 87410))
o Mass Mailing Restrictions ( GC secs. 89001 – 89002; Cal. Code Regs. Sec. 18901) o Ethics: gifts, honoraria & travel (GC secs. 89500 -- 89522) o See also FPPC Regulations re the above (2 Cal Code Regs. Secs 18700 et seq.) or go to https://www.fppc.ca.gov and click on “The Law” for a drop down menu. Mandatory Ethics Training (AB 1234; GC secs. 53234 –53235.2) Rialto Local Conflict of Interest Code
See Resolution No. ______
Local Conflict of Interest Codes (GC 87300 et sec.)
Rialto Municipal Code
Public Officer Compensation (RMC Chapter 2.12)
Official & Employee Conflict of Interest (RMC sec. 2.48.450) Gratuities and Kickbacks (RMC sec. 2.48.460)
Contemporaneous Employment (RMC sec. 2.48.480 -2.48.490) Use of Confidential Information (RMC sec. 2.48.500)
Disclosure required by Contractors (RMC sec. 2.48.520) 1 2
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Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of ___, 2022.
Deborah Robertson, Mayor, City of Rialto
ATTEST:
Barbara A. McGee, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Eric S. Vail, City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.
CITY OF RIALTO )
I, Barbara A. McGee, City Clerk of the City of Rialto, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that he foregoing Resolution No. ____ wa s duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the city of Rialto held on the ___ day of ____, 2022.
Upon motion of __________, seconded by ______, the foregoing Resolution No. ____ was duly passed and adopted.
VOTE ON THE MOTION
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto se t my hand and the Official Seal o the City of Rialto this ____ day of ____, 2022.
Barbara A. McGee, City Clerk