Coalinga Municipal Code Art. 1 Meetings

All meetings of the City Council of the City of Coalinga shall be held at the City of Coalinga Council Chambers, located at 155 West Durian Street in the City of Coalinga, hereby designated as City Hall, or as otherwise deemed necessary by the City Council.

(§ 1, Ord. 103, as amended by § 1, Ord. 230, and § 1, Ord. 508, eff. July 18, 1984, and § 1, Ord. 618, eff. December 2, 1995)

(a) Regular City Council meetings. The regular meetings of the Council shall be held twice per month on days and times to be determined by resolution of the City Council adopted from time to time. If at any time the regular meeting date of the Council falls on a holiday, such regular meeting shall be held on the next business day.

(b) Regular Redevelopment Agency meetings. The regular meetings of the Redevelopment Agency shall be scheduled for the same day, time and place as the regular meetings of the City Council. A resolution of the City Council which changes the day or time of the regular City Council meeting shall also have the effect of changing the day and time for the regular meeting of the Redevelopment Agency whether or not it makes mention of the Redevelopment Agency and whether or not it is adopted by the Redevelopment Agency.

(c) Special meetings of either the City Council or the Redevelopment Agency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein contained shall prohibit either the Council or the Agency from having a special meeting which is a meeting of only one of the two (2) bodies, nor shall the provisions hereof in any way prohibit a joint special meeting of both the Council and the Agency.

(d) Notice and conduct of joint meetings of the Agency and the Council. An agenda for a meeting shall designate whether it is a meeting of the City Council or a meeting of the Redevelopment Agency or a meeting of both the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency. It is anticipated that all regular Council meetings, shall also be joint meetings of the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency. If for any reason, no designation appears on an agenda as to which body or bodies are meeting, the meeting shall be presumed to be a joint meeting of both the Redevelopment Agency and the City Council.

(1) The agenda for a joint meeting of the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency shall be posted and published in the manner and insofar as state law requires for the publication of an agenda of the City Council.

(2) If the agenda of a regular or special meeting indicates that it is an agenda of a joint meeting then each item on that agenda shall indicate whether it is an action of the Redevelopment Agency only or an action of the City Council only or a joint action of both the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency. Action by the joint body shall be assumed to be the action of the body designated on the agenda next to that particular agenda item. If an agenda item, for any reason, shows no designation then such action shall be presumed to be an action of both the Council and the agency unless the joint body indicates to the contrary.

(3) Any action by the jointly sitting Agency and Council on a procedural issue shall be interpreted as joint action of both the Agency and the Council. "Procedural issues" shall include but not be limited to: the modification of the agenda; the adoption or amendment of the minutes of a prior meeting; any action which deals with the conduct of the meeting itself or setting a date for a special meeting.

(§ 1, Ord. 103, as amended by § 1, Ord. 507, eff. July 4, 1984, and § 1, Ord. 567)

(a) Special. Special meetings of the Council may be called at any time by the Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, or by a majority of the members of the Council by delivering personally or by mail a written notice to each member of the Council, the City Attorney, and to each local newspaper of general circulation and radio or television station requesting notice in writing. Such notice shall be delivered personally or by mail at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of such meeting as set forth in the notice. The call and notice shall set forth the time and place of the special meeting and the business to be transacted. No other business shall be considered at such meeting. Such written notice may be dispensed with as to any member who, at or prior to the time the meeting convenes, files with the City Clerk a written waiver of the notice. Such waiver may be given by telephone or by telegram. Such written notice may also be dispensed with as to any member who is actually present at the meeting at the time it convenes.

(b) Adjourned. Any regular, adjourned regular, special, or adjourned special meeting of the Council may be adjourned to a time and place specified in the order of adjournment. Less than a quorum may so adjourn from time to time. If all the members of the Council are absent form a regular or adjourned regular meeting, the City Clerk may declare the meeting adjourned to a stated time and place and shall cause a written notice of the adjournment to be delivered personally or by mail to each member of the Council, the City Attorney, and to each local newspaper of general circulation and radio or television station requesting notice in writing. Such notice shall be delivered personally or by mail at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of such meeting as set forth in the notice. A copy of the order or notice of adjournment shall be conspicuously posted on or near the door of the place where the regular, adjourned regular, special, or adjourned special meeting was held within twenty-four (24) hours after the time of the adjournment. When a regular or adjourned regular meeting is adjourned as provided in this section, the resulting adjourned regular meeting shall be a regular meeting for all purposes. When an order of adjournment of any meeting fails to state the hour at which the adjourned meeting is to be held, it shall be held at the hour specified for regular meetings by ordinance, resolution, law, or other rules.

(§ 1, Ord. 103)

Any member of the City Council who fails to attend four (4) consecutive regular City Council meetings without excuse shall be deemed to have forfeited his or her title to office, and the remaining members of Council or a majority thereof may declare the office vacant, as provided in Government Code Section 36513. For purposes of this section an excused absence includes (a) an illness or (b) an absence from the City of Coalinga at the time such meetings are held, so long as the excuse is communicated to the Mayor or City Manager by the absent Council member before the meeting commences and is recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

(Ord. No. 749, § 1, eff. June 21, 2009)