RESOLUTION NO. 24-143
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AND ADOPTING AN AMENDED CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE PURSUANT TO THE POLITICAL REFORM ACT OF 1974 AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 21-37 WHEREAS, the State of California enacted the Political Reform Act of 1974, Government Code Sections 81000, et seq. (the "Act"), which contains provisions relating to conflicts of interest that potentially affect all officers, employees and consultants of the City of San Clemente (the "City"), and which requires all public agencies to adopt and promulgate a conflict of interest code; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a Conflict of Interest Code (the "Code"), which was last amended on October 5, 2021, in compliance with the Act; and WHEREAS, the Political Reform Act requires every agency to review its conflict of interest code biennially and to notify the code reviewing body if their current code is accurate; and WHEREAS, notice of the time and place of a public meeting on, and of consideration by the City Council of, the proposed amended Code was provided to each affected designated employee and was publicly posted for review; and WHEREAS, a public meeting was held upon the proposed amended Code at a regular meeting of the City Council on September 17, 2024, at which all persons desiring to be heard were given an opportunity to be heard on the proposed amended Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of San Clemente that:
Section 1. The City Council does hereby approve and adopt the amended Conflict of Interest Code, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and fully incorporated herein by this reference. A copy of said Code shall be kept on file with the City Clerk and available to the public for inspection and copying during regular business hours.
Section 2. Said amended Conflict of Interest Code shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and approval.
Section 3. All previous conflict of interest codes of the City of San Clemente shall be rescinded upon the effective date of said amended Code as approved by the City Council.
Section 4. City staff is authorized and directed to take such other and further actions as may be required by law or necessary and appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this resolution.
Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of ____________________, _______.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Mayor of the City of San
San Clemente, California Clemente, California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 24-143 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the _______ day of _______________________, _________, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Clemente, California, this _____ day of _________________, ________. _________________________
CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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