Coronado Municipal Code Ch. 2.30 Boards, Commissions and Committees

BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

Sections:

• 2.30.010 Establishment of boards, commissions, and committees – General. 2.30.020 Appointment and terms of appointment.

• 2.30.030 Repealed.

• 2.30.040 Organization of meetings.

• 2.30.050 Quorum.

• 2.30.060 Compensation of members.

• 2.30.070 Finances.

• 2.30.080 Repealed.

• 2.30.090 Repealed.

• 2.30.100 OHcers.

• 2.30.110 ConGicts of interest – DisqualiFcation from discussion and voting.

A. The City Council may establish boards, commissions and committees to carry out the proper functions and administration of the City.

B. In establishing a City board, commission or committee, the City Council shall specify the duties and authority of the entity. (Ord. 2024-12 § 2 (Exh. A), 2024; Ord. 1794)

Unless the ordinance, resolution, or amendment establishing and setting forth the authority of the board or commission provides otherwise:

A. There shall be Jve members of each board, commission, or committee, each of whom shall be a qualiJed elector of the City and must have as the place of habitation a residency Jxed within the boundaries of the City when such appointment is made. During the term of appointment, if such person ceases to reside within the City, the appointment of such person shall be deemed to have been terminated.

B. Each board, commission, or committee member shall be appointed by motion of the City Council by at least three aLrmative votes for a full term or the unexpired portion of a vacated term.

C. The term of oLce for each board, commission, or committee seat shall be three years, staggered to ensure that no more than two members’ terms expire in the same year, expiring on December 31st.

D. A member of a board, commission, or committee appointed by the City Council serves at the pleasure of the City Council and may be removed by a majority vote of the City Council.

E. If a member of a board, commission, or committee is absent for four successive, regular meetings without the consent of the board, commission, or committee duly recorded in the minutes, the term of such member is automatically vacated. (Ord. 2024-12 § 2 (Exh. A), 2024)

A. All meetings of a City board, commission, or committee shall be conducted in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code Section 54950 et seq.).

B. Each City board, commission, or committee may adopt such rules and regulations as are required to conduct their business and which are consistent with the provisions of this code, which shall be Jled with the City Clerk and maintained as a public record.

C. Each City board, commission, or committee shall keep a record of the resolutions, transactions, Jndings and determinations made, which shall be Jled with the City Clerk and maintained as a public record. (Ord. 2024-12 § 2 (Exh. A), 2024)

A majority of the voting members of each board, commission, or committee shall constitute a quorum to do business. Unless otherwise speciJcally provided as to a particular board, commission or committee, no act of any board, commission, or committee shall be valid unless at least a majority of the total number of voting members present at the meeting concur therein. (Ord. 2024-12 § 2 (Exh. A), 2024)

No member of a City board, commission, or committee shall receive compensation for services as a member. However, members may be compensated for expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred in the performance of oLcial duties. (Ord. 2024-12 § 2 (Exh. A), 2024)

The City Council shall provide the funds, equipment and accommodations deemed necessary by the City Council, for the work of each board, commission and committee. (Ord. 2024-12 § 2 (Exh. A), 2024)

A. At the Jrst meeting of the City board, commission, or committee, and at the Jrst meeting in each calendar year thereafter, the members of the City board, commission, or committee shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members.

B. The chairperson and vice chairperson shall serve for a term of one year and until the successor of each takes oLce.

C. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the City board, commission or committee. The chairperson shall appoint all subcommittees subject to the approval of the entity and shall perform the duties necessary or incidental to the oLce.

D. The vice chairperson shall serve as chairperson in the absence of the chairperson or in case of the inability of the chairperson to act. (Ord. 2024-12 § 2 (Exh. A), 2024)

A. Voting members who are 18 years of age or older on certain boards, commissions or committees may be required to Jle statements of economic interest as determined in the City’s conKict of interest code. The City Clerk shall notify members who are required to Jle the statements.

B. No person shall make or participate in the making of a governmental decision that they know, or have reason to know, will have a reasonably foreseeable material Jnancial eMect on them distinguishable from its eMect on the public generally. State law requires a public oLcial diligently to monitor their business interests, real property, sources of income, gifts, and personal Jnances to ensure that they do not participate in an action in which they have a conKict of interest.

C. When a member has a conKict of interest, or the appearance of a conKict of interest, they must publicly disclose the nature of the conKict. Unless the item is on the consent calendar, the member must step down from the dais or table and leave the room until consideration of the particular item is Jnished. Additionally, the disqualiJed member may not be counted toward achieving a quorum while the item is being discussed. (Ord. 2024-12 § 2 (Exh. A), 2024)