RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
UNION CITY AMENDING THE 2025 COMMISSION NORMS
AND GUIDELINES TO INCLUDE HARASSMENT
PREVENTION TRAINING REQUIREMENTS UNDER
ASSEMBLY BILL 1661 AND TO CLARIFY THE 24-MONTH
INELIGIBILITY PERIOD FOR REAPPOINTMENT
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Union City previously adopted the 2025 Commission Norms and Guidelines on June 11, 2025, to provide clear expectations, training requirements, and conduct standards for members of City boards, commissions, and committees; and
WHEREAS, the City Council seeks to ensure the Commission Norms and Guidelines remain consistent with applicable state laws and the Union City Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 1234 requires local agency officials, including commissioners, to complete ethics training every two years and within one year of appointment; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 1661 (Government Code § 53237 et seq.) similarly mandates that local agency officials, including commissioners and alternates, complete at least two hours of harassment prevention training within six months of assuming office and every two years thereafter; and
WHEREAS, Union City Municipal Code § 2.20.100 requires removal of commissioners or alternates who fail to complete required trainings and further prohibits their reappointment to any City board, commission, or committee for a period of 24 months from the date of vacancy; and
WHEREAS, the Commission Norms and Guidelines have been updated to reflect these requirements and to promote consistency with UCMC § 2.20.100.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Union City hereby amends the 2025 Commission Norms and Guidelines to:
1. Explicitly include harassment prevention training requirements under Assembly Bill 1661 in both Chapter 5 (Commissioner Training) and Chapter 2 (Automatic Terminations); and
2. Clarify that failure to complete required ethics or harassment prevention training results in automatic termination and renders the individual ineligible for reappointment to any City board, commission, or committee for a period of 24 months from the date of vacancy, consistent with UCMC § 2.20.100; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the revised 2025 Commission Norms and Guidelines, attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference, are hereby adopted and shall be effective immediately; and
Resolution No.2025-XXX
Amending the 2025 Commission Norms and Guidelines
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby directed to distribute the updated Commission Norms and Guidelines to all commissioners and alternates, and to make the revised document publicly available on the City’s website.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Union City at a regular meeting held on the 9th day of September 2025 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED:
GARY SINGH
Mayor
ATTESTED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
THAI NAM N. PHAM
City Clerk
KRISTOPHER J. KOKOTAYLO
City Attorney
Attachments:
1. Exhibit A – Updated 2025 Commission Norms and Guidelines