Chino Municipal Code Ch. 2.04 City Council

A. The regular meetings of the Chino city council shall be held at the Chino City Council Chambers, 13220 Central Avenue, Chino, California on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. The meeting shall commence at 6:00 p.m.; and any closed session shall commence no sooner than 4:00 p.m. If the day on which any regular meeting falls is a legal holiday, the meeting will be either canceled or rescheduled.

B. In the event the meeting place changes at some future date, the changes shall be amended by resolution.

(Ord. 95-21 § 2, 1995; Ord. 76-14 § 1 (part), 1976: prior code § 2-2.)

(Ord. 2007-07 § 1, 2007; Ord. 2023-006, § 2, 2023.)

A. The city council finds and declares that there is a need for a redevelopment agency to function in the city pursuant to the provisions of the Community Redevelopment Law (Section 33000 et seq., of the Health and Safety Code of the state).

B. The city council declares itself to be the redevelopment agency of the city.

(Prior code § 2-4.4.)

A. It is found and declared that there is a need for the industrial development authority of the city, created by section 91520 of the Act, and that such authority shall function in the city, and said authority is authorized to transact business and to exercise all powers permitted by law.

B. Pursuant to section 91520(b) of the Act, this section is subject to the provisions for referendum set forth in section 4051 through 4058 of the California Elections Code.

C. The city clerk is directed to publish and post the ordinance codified in this section, as required by law.

D. The ordinance codified in this section shall take effect thirty days after its passage as provided by law.

(Ord. 81-04 § 2, 1981.)

Pursuant to section 36503.5 of the Government Code (Stats. 1981, Ch. 1013), the general municipal election for all elected city officers shall be held on the same day as the statewide general election.

A. Commencement. This section changing the municipal election day from the second Tuesday in April to the day of the statewide general election shall apply in 1984 and each even-numbered year thereafter unless repealed by the city council.

B. Terms of Office. As a result of this change in the election date, the terms of all elected city officers that would have expired in April of 1984 shall be extended until no later than the fourth Tuesday after the day of the statewide general election. The terms of elected city officers that would have expired in April of 1986 shall be extended until no later than the fourth Tuesday after the day of the statewide general election.

(Ord. 82-05 § 1, 1982.)

A. The mayor or any city council member may resign his or her office. The mayor or any city council member may resign by filing his or her signed resignation with the city clerk. The letter of resignation may also contain any one of the following conditions:

1. That the resignation shall become effective upon a prospective date; or

2. That the mayor or council member submitting his or her resignation will continue to serve in his or her capacity as mayor or city council member until his or her successor is appointed or elected.

B. In all other cases provided by law, the city council shall declare the existence of a vacancy and the commencement thereof by a resolution which shall recite the circumstances creating the vacancy and the date on which the vacancy commences.

(Ord. 93-25 § 1 (part), 1993.)

(Ord. 2015-009, § 1, 2015.)

A vacancy in the office of mayor or city council member shall be filled as provided in section 36512 of the Government Code, or any successor statute.

(Ord. 98-07 § 1, 1998: Ord. 93-25 § 1 (part), 1993.)

(Ord. 2015-009, § 2, 2015.)

A. The city council shall appoint the city treasurer. The city council may appoint any person who, in the opinion of the city council, is qualified to assume the powers and to perform the duties of the office of city treasurer, provided that the city council may not appoint any of the following persons:

1. Anyone who is employed by the City of Chino except the city manager, assistant city manager or chief financial officer;

2. Anyone who is related to any member of the city council by blood or marriage within one degree of consanguinity;

3. Anyone who has a business relationship with a member of the city council which would constitute a financial interest to that council member as defined by Government Code section 87103(a) or (c).

B. The city council may appoint a person to the office of the city treasurer for a fixed term or for an indefinite period.

C. The city council may remove any person previously appointed to the office of city treasurer at any time with or without cause.

D. The city council shall fix the compensation of the city treasurer by resolution and may amend said compensation by resolution from time to time.

E. The person appointed to the office of city treasurer shall post a bond to ensure the faithful performance of the duties of that office. The bond shall be in the minimum amount of one hundred thousand dollars, but said amount may be increased by resolution of the city council from time to time. The premium for said bond shall be paid by the city.

F. The city treasurer shall perform the following duties on behalf of the city:

1. Those duties specified by statute including, but not limited to, those enumerated in Government Code sections 41001 through 41005, 43623, 43880, 43884 and 53828.

2. Those duties pertaining to the investment of city funds pursuant Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code (commencing with section 53600) except that said duties may be suspended or revoked at any time and for any period by resolution of the city council.

3. Such other duties as may be delegated to the city treasurer by resolution of the city council.

G. The city treasurer shall have the powers conferred by statute, this ordinance, any resolution of the city council and those powers necessary and reasonable to perform the duties of the office of city treasurer as defined herein.

(Ord. 95-12 § 2, 1995.)

The city council may adopt and amend such rules of order for the conduct of its business as it deems appropriate by resolution; provided, however, that any failure to follow any such rule shall not invalidate, nor affect the validity, of any action taken by the city council.

(Ord. 97-08 § 1, 1997.)

A. Any person may address the city council, the redevelopment agency or the industrial development authority as provided in this section.

B. Each person wishing to address the city council, the redevelopment agency or the industrial development authority on an agenda item shall first submit to the city clerk a written notice containing the person's name and the agenda item.

C. Each person wishing to address the city council, the redevelopment agency or the industrial development authority during the public comment portion of the agenda shall first submit to the city clerk a written notice containing the person's name and the subject matter to be addressed.

D. No person may address the city council, the redevelopment agency or the industrial development authority for more than five minutes during any meeting. If more than three persons seek to address the same agenda item or the same subject matter, the mayor shall establish a maximum period of time not to exceed thirty minutes for all persons who wish to address the same agenda item or the same subject matter. Further, the mayor shall determine the order by which the persons may address the same agenda item or the same subject matter.

E. The time limits contained in this section shall not apply to persons who have a right to a hearing or an appeal, provided that the mayor may establish time periods as may be just and such persons shall be entitled to submit written statements in support of their positions.

F. All persons shall address their remarks solely to the city council, the redevelopment agency or the industrial development authority and not to any member thereof. Except by permission of the mayor, no person may make any comment other than the person having the floor.

G. Any person who makes any impertinent, personal, profane, slanderous or threatening remark, or who utters any abusive language or loud noise, or who engages in any other disorderly conduct while addressing, or attending a meeting of, the city council, the redevelopment agency or the industrial development authority which disrupts, disturbs or otherwise impedes any such meeting shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and each such person may, by order of the mayor, be barred from addressing, or removed from attending the meeting of, the city council, the redevelopment agency or the industrial development authority. If, in the opinion of the mayor, any person has disrupted, disturbed or impeded any such meeting, the mayor shall ask the person to cease such conduct prior to instructing the sergeant-at-arms to remove such person.

H. The mayor may appoint any member of the police department to act as sergeant-at-arms during the meeting who shall carry out all orders of the mayor directed at maintaining order and decorum. Upon instruction of the mayor, it shall be the duty of the sergeant-at-arms to remove any person from the meeting who violates the order or decorum thereof, and, if necessary, to arrest and prosecute the person.

I. For purposes of this section, the term "mayor" shall mean the duly elected mayor of the City of Chino, the mayor pro temp or, in their absence, any council member appointed to act as the mayor. The term "mayor" shall also refer to the chairperson or vice chairperson of the redevelopment agency or, in their absence, any member of the board appointed to act as chairperson. The term "mayor" shall also refer to the chairperson or vice chairperson of the industrial development authority or, in their absence, any member of the board appointed to act as chairperson.

(Ord. 97-09 § 2, 1997; Ord. 97-08 § 2, 1997.)

There shall be no limit on the monetary contributions from a person or campaign committee to a candidate for any city elective offices, including, without limitation, candidates for mayor and council member.

(Ord. 2021-012, § 1, 2021.)