HomeMy WebLinkAbout315 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 315
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA ADDING CHAPTER 2.56 TO TITLE 2 OF THE RANCHO
CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE CREATION OF &
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. A new Chapter 2.56 hereby is added to the Rancho Cucamonga
Municipal Code to read, in words and figures, as follows:
"Chapter 2.56
"Public Safets Commission
"Sections:
2.56.010 Public Safety Commission Created.
2.56.020 Membership -- Number.
2.56.030 Membership -- Positions to be Non-salaried.
2.56.040 Membership -- Length of Terms.
2.56.050 Membership -- Removal.
2.56.060 Powers and Duties.
2.56.070 Secretary.
2.56.080 Chairperson and Vice-chairperson -- Seclection and Terms.
2.56.090 Meetings.
"2.56.010 Public Safets Commission Created. There is created and
established in the City a Public Safety Commission.
"2.56.020 Membership -- Number. The Public Safety Commission shall
consist of seven members who shall be appointed by the City Council. The Mayor
shall submit to the City Council the name of any person proposed for appoint-
ment to the Public Safety Commission, and upon such appointment by the City
Council, the name of the appointee shall be recorded in the minutes of the City
Council meeting.
"2.56.030 Membership -- Positions to be Non-salaried. Members of the
Public Safety Commission shall receive no salary; provided, however, that
nothing in this Chapter shall preclude reimbursement to any member of the
Public Safety Commission for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of official duties by such commission on behalf of the City.
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"2.56.040 Membership -- Length of Terms. Of the seven persons appointed
initially to serve on the Public Safety Commission, three shall be designated
to serve for a term concluding on December 31, 1988 and four shall be appointed
to terms terminating on December 31, 1990 unless sooner removed as provided for
in this Chapter. Thereafter, those persons succeeding to the offices of the
initial appointees to the Public Safety Commission shall be appointed for terms ....
of four years commencing on the first day of January next succeeding each
regular municipal election scheduled to occur in November of even numbered
years. If a vacancy shall occur, other than -by expiration of the term of
office, it shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor with the approval of the
City Council for the unexpired term thereof. The City Council may exte~nd the
expiring term of any Public Safety Commissioner once for a maximum of six
months.
"2.56.050 Membership -- Removal. Any member of the Public Safety
Commission may be removed at any time by a majority vote of the entire City
Council.
"2.56.060 Powers and Duties. The Public Safety Commission shall act in
an advisory capacity to the City Council with respect to public safety metters
and issues, including, but not limited to, police and fire protection, traffic
safety, public health and welfare, disaster preparedness, law enforcement
service levels, crime trends and law enforcement problems within the community
and such other public safety matters as may be referred to it by the City
Council, or brought to its attention by citizens of the community. The
Commission shall provide such advice and consultation to other City commissions
and staff as may be requested of the Commission. Notwithstanding the powers
and duties of the Public Safeby Commission, the Public Safety Commission shall
not constitute a citizen review board or complaint board and shall not be
authorized to review complaints with respect to personnel actions regarding
public safety personnel.
"2.56.070 Secretarj~. The City Manager, or his designee, shall act as
secretary to the Public Safety Commission and shall be the custodian of its
records, conduct official correspondence, and coordinate the clerical and
technical work of the Public Safety Commission in administering this Chapter.
"2.56.080 Chairperson and Vice-chairperson -- Selection and Terms. The
Mayor, with the approval of the City Council, shall appoint the first
Chairperson and Vice-chairperson from among the Commission Members. The terms
of office of the Chairperson and Vice-chairperson shall be for the calendar
year, or that portion remaining after said Chairperson or Vice-chairperson is
appointed or elected. Thereafter, when there is a vacancy in the office of
Chairperson and/or Vice-chairperson, the Commission shall elect a Chairperson
and/or Vice-chairperson from among its members. The Chairperson shall preside
at each meeting of the Public Safety Commission and the Vice-chairperson shall
preside over such meetings in the absence of the Chairperson.
"2.56.090 Meetings. Regular meetings of the Public Safety Commission
shall be held at such time and place as is determined by resolution of the City
Council ."
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The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall cause the same to
be published within fifteen (15) days after its passage at least once in The
Daily, Report, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of
Ontario, California, and circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
Cal i fornia.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 17th day of June, 1987.
AYES: Brown, Buquet, Stout, Wright
N{)ES: None
ABSENT: King
--D'ennis L. Stout, Mayor
ATTEST:
Beverly A/ Authelet, City Clerk
I, BEVERLY A. AUTHELET, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a
regular meeting of the Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 3rd
day of June, 1987, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 17th day of June, 1987.
Executed this 17th day of June, 1987 at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk