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Ordinance amending Title 2 and Title 20 of the City of South San Francisco Municipal Code and adopting Chapter 2.84 to allow for setting compensation of advisory body members by city council resolution.
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WHEREAS, Title 2 (Administration) and Title 20 (Zoning) of the City of South San Francisco Municipal Code (“Municipal Code”) provide for the establishment of several commissions, committees, and boards (herein collectively referred to as “advisory bodies”), including the Public Library Board of Trustees, Planning Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, Personnel Board, Parking Place Commission, Conference Center Authority, Cultural Arts Commission, Traffic Safety Commission, Bicycling and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, Youth Commission, and Design Review Board; and
WHEREAS, Municipal Code Sections 2.52.070, 2.56.060, 2.60.060, 2.62.060, 2.64.060, 2.78.080, 2.80.080, 2.81.060, 2.82.060, and 2.83.060 currently provide that compensation for each advisory body member is fifty dollars for each regular meeting actually attended; and
WHEREAS, Municipal Code Section 20.440.005 establishes that Design Review Board members will be compensated according to the schedule adopted by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, advisory body members perform important services for the benefit of the community; and
WHEREAS, City Council now wishes to increase compensation for the service of advisory body members, but wishes to remove the need to adopt a new ordinance each time Council desires to amend the compensation amount; and
WHEREAS, City Council further wishes to amend Title 2 and Title 20 of the City of South San Francisco Municipal Code and adopt Chapter 2.84 to allow for setting compensation of advisory body members by City Council resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS.
SECTION 1. Findings
The City Council finds that the foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated into the Ordinance by this reference.
SECTION 2. Amendment to Title 2
Title 2 and Title 20 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows (additions in double-underline; deletions in strikethrough). Any sections, portions, or Chapters in Title 2 and Title 20 not included below are to remain in force and unaltered.
a) Section 2.52.070 of the Municipal Code is amended as follows:
Trustees shall each receive for their services compensation in the amount of fifty dollars for each regular meeting actually attended. Trustees shall receive compensation for their services as provided for in Chapter 2.84.
b) Section 2.56.060 of the Municipal Code is amended as follows:
Commissioners shall receive for their services compensation in the amount of fifty dollars for each regular meeting actually attended. Commissioners shall receive compensation for their services as provided for in Chapter 2.84.
c) Section 2.60.060 of the Municipal Code is amended as follows:
Commissioners shall receive for their services compensation in the amount of fifty dollars for each regular meeting actually attended. Commissioners shall receive compensation for their services as provided for in Chapter 2.84.
d) Section 2.62.060 of the Municipal Code is amended as follows:
Board members shall receive for their services compensation in the amount of fifty dollars for each regular meeting actually attended. Board members shall receive compensation for their services as provided for in Chapter 2.84.
e) Section 2.64.060 of the Municipal Code is amended as follows;
Commissioners shall receive for their services compensation in the amount of fifty dollars for each regular meeting actually attended. Commissioners shall receive compensation for their services as provided for in Chapter 2.84.
f) Section 2.78.080 of the Municipal Code is amended as follows:
Commissioners, other than the city council commissioners, shall each receive for their services compensation in the amount of fifty dollars for each regular meeting actually attended. Commissioners, other than city council commissioners, shall receive compensation for their services as provided for in Chapter 2.84. City council commissioners shall not receive compensation for their services.
g) Section 2.80.080 of the Municipal Code is amended as follows:
Minutes of meetings of the cultural arts commission shall be kept for all meetings and copies thereof shall be delivered by the secretary of the commission to the city clerk for filing and distribution to member of council within fifteen days of the commission’s approval. Commissioners shall receive for their services compensation in the amount of fifty dollars for each regular meeting actually attended.Commissioners shall receive compensation for their services as provided for in Chapter 2.84.
h) Section 2.81.060 of the Municipal Code is amended as follows:
Commission members shall receive for their services compensation in the amount of fifty dollars for each regular meeting actually attended. members of the parking place commission shall receive fifty dollars total attending either a parking place commission or a traffic safety commission meeting or for attending both meetings consecutively on the same day and shall not receive one hundred dollars for attending both the parking place commission and the traffic safety commission meetings consecutively on the same day. Commissioner members shall receive compensation for their services as provided for in Chapter 2.84. Commission members of both the parking place commission and the traffic safety commission shall receive compensation for attending either a parking place commission or a traffic safety commission meeting or for attending both meetings consecutively on the same day. Commission members of both commissions shall not receive compensation for attending both the parking place commission and the traffic safety commission meetings consecutively on the same day.
i) Section 2.82.060 of the Municipal Code is amended as follows:
Committee member shall receive for their services compensation in the amount of fifty dollars for each regular meeting actually attended. Committee members shall receive compensation for their services as provided for in Chapter 2.84.
j) Section 2.83.060 of the Municipal Code is amended as follows:
Members of the Commission shall be eligible for a stipend in an amount established by the City Council. Each member of the Commission may decline the stipend. Members of the Commission shall receive compensation for their services as provided for in Chapter 2.84.
k) Section 20.440.005 of the Municipal Code is amended as follows:
D. Compensation. The Design Review Board members shall be compensated according to the schedule adopted by the City Council. The Design Review Board members shall receive compensation for their services as provided for in Chapter 2.84.
SECTION 3. Adoption of Title 2, Chapter 2.84
The City Council hereby adopts Chapter 2.84 (“Advisory Body Member Compensation”) of Title 2 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code to read as follows:
Chapter 2.84 ADVISORY BODY MEMBER COMPENSATION
2.84.010 Findings and Purpose.
2.84.020 Definitions.
2.84.030 Compensation
2.84.010 Findings and Purpose.
The City Council finds and determines that compensation for all advisory body members shall be provided as set forth in this Chapter.
2.84.020 Definitions.
a) “Advisory body,” for the purpose of this Chapter only, means the city commissions, committees, and advisory boards established by ordinance and set forth in Title 2 and Title 20 of the Municipal Code.
b) “Advisory body member” means a commissioner, committee member, or board member of any advisory body.
2.84.030 Compensation.
a) The City Council shall set compensation for advisory body members by resolution.
b) Advisory body members shall receive compensation for each regular meeting actually attended.
c) Advisory body members may decline compensation.
SECTION 4. Severability.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed the Ordinance, and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of this Ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. Publication and Effective Date
Pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Section 36933, the City Attorney shall prepare a summary of this Ordinance. At least five (5) days prior to the Council meeting at which this Ordinance is scheduled to be adopted, the City Clerk shall (1) publish the Summary, and (2) post in the City Clerk’s Office a certified copy of this Ordinance. Within fifteen (15) days after the adoption of this Ordinance, the City Clerk shall (1) publish the summary, and (2) post in the City Clerk’s Office a certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance
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