City of Industry Municipal Code Ch. 7.04 Industry Public Utilities Commission

The Industry public utilities commission is established in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII of the Charter of the city.

(Ord. 664 § 1, 2001)

The public utilities commission shall consist of five members comprised entirely of the then sitting and qualified members of the city council. The term of any seat on the commission shall be co-equal with the term of the given city council member. Compensation for commission members shall be established in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII, Section 804, of the Charter of the city.

(Ord. 664 § 1, 2001)

The commission shall, as soon as practical after its organization under Section 7.04.010, establish a regular meeting time and place and adopt any and all bylaws of the commission as may be necessary and convenient for its orderly conduct of business. All meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act, of the California Government Code. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum to conduct the matters before the commission.

(Ord. 664 § 1, 2001)

The president of the commission shall be the mayor of the city council. The secretary of the commission shall be the city clerk of the city. At least once per year, the commission shall vote to select one of its members to serve as president pro tempore to act in absence of the president.

(Ord. 664 § 1, 2001)

It shall be the duty of the president to preside over all meetings of the commission. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the commission to keep a record of all proceedings of the commission, transmit its actions and recommendations to the appropriate authorities and perform such other duties as are usually performed by the secretary of a deliberative public body.

(Ord. 664 § 1, 2001)

The public utilities commission shall have the power and duty to perform the functions as follows:

A. Establish and conduct all actions, or make recommendations to the city council, concerning the acquisition, construction, improvement, extension, enlargement, diminution, or curtailment of all or any part of the public utilities of the city.

B. Establish and conduct all actions, or make recommendations to the city council for the operation and conduct of the public utilities of the city.

C. Establish and conduct all actions, or make recommendations to the city council, concerning the duties and qualification of the public utilities director and other employees of the public utilities department.

D. Establish and conduct all actions, or make recommendations to the city council, concerning the establishment of rules and regulations and rates for the operation of the public utilities of the city.

E. Establish and conduct all actions, or make recommendations to the city council, concerning financing including the issuance of bonds for the public utilities of the city.

F. Establish a public utilities hearing board composed of three current members of the commission. Such members shall be appointed by the president of the commission and shall serve at the pleasure of the president. The president may also appoint one or more alternates to serve as needed. The public utilities hearing board shall render final decisions on disputed bills for utility services and shall hear other such matters as may be referred by the public utilities commission. The public utilities hearing board shall hold hearings as may be necessary to render such decisions or hear referred matters.

(Ord. 664 § 1, 2001)

All officers and division heads of the city shall cooperate and render all reasonable and necessary assistance to the public utilities commission.

(Ord. 664 § 1, 2001)