Buellton Municipal Code Ch. 2.04 City Council

The regular meetings and regular study sessions of the city council commencing in February, 1992, shall be held as determined by enactment of the city council.

(Prior code § 2.04.010)

The regular meetings of the city council shall be held at a location to be designated by resolution of the city council.

(Prior code § 2.04.020)

Any person using profane, vulgar, loud, or boisterous language at any meeting or otherwise interrupting the proceedings, who refuses to be seated or keep quiet when ordered to do so by the mayor or other presiding officer of the council, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Prior code § 2.04.030)

The city council shall, by resolution, adopt guidelines of procedure to govern the conduct of its meetings, any of its other functions and activities, and regulations pertaining thereto.

(Prior code § 2.04.040)

A. Approval of Minutes. Unless the reading of the minutes of a council meeting is requested by a member of the council, such minutes may be approved without reading if the city clerk has previously furnished each member with a copy thereof. Minutes shall be approved by voice or roll call vote.

B. Designated as Official Record. The approved written minutes constitute the official record of city council proceedings and actions and are superior to any other record, recordation, document, transcript, audiotape, videotape, or other memorial or writing of said proceedings and actions. Any other recordings, tapes, and records of council proceedings which may be deemed duplicate records shall be kept only as required by Government Code Section 34090.7 as it presently exists and as it may from time to time be amended. The city council authorizes the city clerk to store and destroy said duplicate records in accordance with the section of the Government Code.

C. Audio Tape Retention. Whenever an audio tape of city council proceedings is made by the city clerk to assist in the preparation of the minutes, the tape should only be kept until the minutes for that meeting are prepared and approved by the city council. Thereafter, any tape so made shall be destroyed in accordance with Government Code Section 34090.7.

D. Audio Tape Accessibility to the Public. During the period that an audio tape of a city council meeting is in the custody of the city clerk, the city clerk shall, upon request, make the tape available to interested members of the public during normal business hours.

E. Subsections A through D of this section shall apply to the minutes of the meetings of any city board, commission, committee, task force, or agency after the board, commission, committee, task force, or agency and the city council have approved the same. The city clerk, and every board, commission, committee, task force, or agency secretary or clerk shall cause any audio tape made of the proceedings to assist in the preparation of the minutes to be destroyed in accordance with Government Code Section 34090.7.

F. The provisions of this section shall apply to all minutes and tapes which have been approved by the body conducting the meeting and by the city council.

(Prior code § 2.04.041)

The compensation for council members shall be $550 per month and the compensation for the mayor shall be $650 per month, in accordance with Government Code Sections 36516 and 36516.1.

(Prior code § 2.04.050; Ord. 06-08 § A, 2006; Ord. 08-04 § A, 2008; Ord. 22-03 § 2, 2022)

Each member of the council shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties for the city, pursuant to the provisions of Section 36514.5 of the California Government Code.

(Prior code § 2.04.051)

Unless otherwise specifically provided in this code or by state law, all city board and commission appointments, except for ex officio members where applicable, shall be made by the city council.

(Prior code § 2.04.060)

No person shall serve, whether by means of election or appointment, more than three consecutive terms of office as a city councilmember of the city of Buellton. A partial term of office shall be considered to be a full term where more than one-half of the regular term of office has been served. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event one or more city councilmembers have served three consecutive terms and no one has been nominated at the next election to serve such vacant council seat(s), such city councilmember(s) is entitled to serve a fourth term of office either by election or appointment by the city council.

(Res. 12-08 § 2, 2012)