Bakersfield Municipal Code Ch. 2.62 Keep Bakersfield Beautiful Committee

Sections: 2.62.010 Creation. 2.62.020 Appointment and voting rights of members and alternates. 2.62.030 Term of office. 2.62.040 Duties.

The city council creates an eight-member keep Bakersfield beautiful committee (“KBBC”). The city council also appoints the city manager, or designee, as the committee coordinator of the KBBC. (Ord. 4185 § 1, 2004; Ord. 3965 § 1, 2000)

A. Appointments. Each councilmember and the mayor shall nominate a resident from the city to be a committee member and a resident from the city to be an alternate committee member to the KBBC. The nominations shall be appointed by majority vote of the city council and serve at its pleasure. It is not necessary for a councilmember to nominate a resident from his or her ward. The purpose of this chapter is that each councilmember and the mayor shall have one committee member and one alternate committee member nomination to the KBBC.

B. Voting. The committee member and the alternate committee member will collectively hold one vote. The voting process will be as follows:

1. If both committee and alternate committee members are present at a meeting, then they will share one
vote (each gets one-half vote).

2. If either committee or alternate committee member is absent from a meeting, then the member that is
present gets one vote. (Ord. 4936 § 1, 2018; Ord. 4520 § 1, 2008; Ord. 4185 § 1, 2004; Ord. 3965 § 1, 2000)

A committee member’s term of office shall run concurrent with the term of his or her nominating councilmember/ mayor and shall expire upon any one of the following:

A. The expiration of term of his or her nominating councilmember/mayor;

B. The resignation of that committee member;

C. The removal of that committee member by majority vote of the city council;

D. Upon a change of residence by that committee member outside the Bakersfield city limits.

In any case above, a new committee member shall be nominated by the corresponding councilmember/mayor and appointed by the city council so that each councilmember and the mayor have one committee member nomination to the KBBC. An alternate committee member’s term of office shall run concurrent with the term of his or her nominating councilmember/mayor and be subject to the conditions set forth in this section. (Ord. 4742 § 1, 2013; Ord. 4520 § 2, 2008; Ord. 4185 § 1, 2004; Ord. 3965 § 1, 2000)

The KBBC shall recommend policies and specific programs to the city council which promote the mission statement of the KBBC as reflected in its bylaws on file with the city clerk. In addition, the KBBC shall actively participate in the implementation of various programs and projects to achieve the KBBC mission statement. The committee shall have no other authority. The committee coordinator of KBBC shall be the liaison between KBBC and the city council and shall provide the city council, upon request, written reports on the activities of the KBBC. (Ord. 4185 § 1, 2004; Ord. 3965 § 1, 2000)