Chapter 2.36



BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS GENERALLY 2.36.010 Appointment.
2.36.020 Attendance requirements.
2.36.030 Metropolitan Water District representative-Review of appointment.


2.36.010 Appointment.


A. No person appointed to a board or commission shall serve for more than two consecutive terms.

B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, the council upon making a finding that there are no candidates available for appointment or who meet the qualifications required for appointment, or that it would be in the best interest of the city, may appoint an incumbent of such board or commission to serve more than two consecutive terms. (Prior code º 3-1)

2.36.020 Attendance requirements.


A. Any member of a board or a commission who is absent for three consecutive regular scheduled meetings of the board or commission to which he or she was appointed by the council, or who fails to attend at least seventy-five percent of the regular scheduled meetings during a twelve-month period, which period commences on the date of appointment of the individual commissioner to office, shall be referred to an ad hoc committee comprised of the chair (president) or chairperson pro tempore (president pro tempore) of the affected commission and two members of the city council selected at random. The ad hoc committee will then determine if the absences should be excused. Upon making such determination the committee will issue a report to the city council with a recommendation. The city council shall take appropriate action including, but not limited to, excusing the absences, removing the board member or commissioner, or take other action as the council deems appropriate.

B. For purposes of determining when a board member or commissioner reaches the threshold limits for absenteeism, those regular scheduled meetings canceled by city staff shall be credited to each member as if they had attended such meeting. If a meeting is canceled as a result of prior knowledge by city staff that a quorum will not be reached for that meeting, those members who reported prior to the cancellation that they would not attend would be recorded as absent. Members who reported that they would attend such a meeting would be credited with attendance.

C. The city clerk shall, on a quarterly basis, compile attendance information relating to each board member and commissioner, which information shall be available to the council and the public.

D. The city manager shall promulgate rules and guidelines for, among other things, the orientation of new commissioners regarding attendance and for counseling commissioners who appear to be close to violating the absentee limit set forth in subsection A of this section. (Ord. 5107 º 1, 1996: prior code º 3-2)

2.36.030 Metropolitan Water District representative-Review of appointment.


Three years after an appointment of a representative on the Metropolitan Water District board of directors, and at three-year intervals thereafter during the continuation of such an appointment, the city clerk shall report to the mayor and the council the lapse of such three-year period since such appointment or previous review of appointment. (Prior code º 3-60)