HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2795 - Amending Section 2-325 to Santa Ana Municipal Code Related to Compensation for Boards and CommissionsQxs 08/10/09)
ORDINANCE NO. NS-2795
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 2-325 TO THE
SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO
COMPENSATION FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines
and declares as follows:
A. The City's budget challenges and the potential impacts on the City's ability to
preserve high quality core services to the public has lead the City Council to
evaluate the current structure of the City's appointive boards and their cost.
B. The City agencies which staff the various boards and commissions have
reviewed all costs associated with providing support to the appointive boards
including materials and supplies, training and travel, staff time, and member
compensation.
C. The Library Board, Human Relations Commission and Early Prevention and
Intervention Commission no longer exist as the City has either abolished
and/or transferred the responsibilities of these bodies thus rendering
compensation for member participation inapplicable.
D. The following action will contribute to necessary reductions in city
expenditures.
E. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein are
repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of section 418 of the
Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such restatement of existing provisions
of the Code is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new
action or decision of the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated
for tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter
Section 2. Section 2-325 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended
such that it reads as follows:
Sec. 2-325. Compensation for members of boards, commissions.
The members of the following boards and commissions of the City shall receive
the compensation as set forth herein:
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(a) Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission, fifty dollars ($50.00)
per meeting, three (3) meetings maximum per month, plus twenty dollars
($20.00) per month automobile allowance.
(b) Personnel Board, fifty dollars ($50.00) per meeting.
(c) Planning Commission, fifty dollars ($50.00) per meeting, three (3) meetings
maximum per month, plus fifty dollars ($50.00) per month automobile
allowance.
(d) Historic Resources Commission, fifty dollars ($50.00) per meeting, two (2)
meetings maximum per month.
(e) Board of Recreation and Parks, fifty dollars ($50.00) per meeting, two (2)
meetings maximum per month.
(f) Environmental and Transportation Advisory Committee, fifty dollars ($50.00)
per meeting, two (2) meetings maximum per month.
(g) Youth Commission, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per meeting for each
regular member; ten dollars ($10.00) per meeting for each alternate and
associate; one (1) meeting per month, three (3) special meetings maximum
per year. An alternate serving in place of a regular member due to regular
member's absence shall be compensated at the rate of twenty-five dollars
($25.00) per meeting.
Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it
would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
ADOPTED this 17th day of August, 2009.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Josep W. h 'ty Attorney
By: J se S ndoval
M ging Senior Assistant City Attorney
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AYES: Councilmembers: Alvarez, Bustamante, Martinez Pulido (4)
NOES: Councilmembers: None (0)
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None (0)
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Benavides, Sarmiento, Tinajero (3
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that the
attached Ordinance No. NS-2795 to be the original ordinance adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Ana on August 17, 2009, and that said ordinance was
published in accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date: fjJ/S/ata~
aria D. Huizar
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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