Duarte Municipal Code Ch. 2.29 Public Utilities, Communications, and Technology Commission

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 913, Exh. A, adopted December 13, 2022, amended the title of Chapter 2.29 to read as herein set out. The former Chapter 2.29 title pertained to Public Services Commission.

A public utilities, communications, and technology commission for the city is created, which shall be known as the Public Utilities, Communications, and Technology Commission of the City of Duarte.

(Ord. 799 § 6 (part), 2008)

(Ord. No. 913, Exh. A, 12-13-2022; Ord. No. 923, Exh. A, 9-24-2024)

The commission shall hold a regular meeting on the second Wednesday of every odd-numbered month at seven p.m. at the Duarte Community Center or such other location as may be permitted by law. The commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, decisions, findings, and determinations. Minutes of the commission meetings shall be maintained by the city staff person assigned by the city manager as the staff liaison to the commission.

(Ord. 799 § 6 (part), 2008)

(Ord. No. 913, Exh. A, 12-13-2022; Ord. No. 923, Exh. A, 9-24-2024)

The duties and functions of the commission shall be to act in an advisory capacity to the city council and city manager with respect to matters affecting and relating to the following: telecommunications; cable and satellite communications; public access channels; audio and video services; broadband and internet services and issues; refuse and trash collection; recycling programs; transit; environmental quality; public utility services within the city; green technologies and advancing the "greening of Duarte"; to serve as a hearing board for subscriber complaints; such duties and functions as may be provided in Section 2.30.100 of this code; and such other duties and functions as may be provided by ordinance, resolution, or direction of the council, or by law.

(Ord. 799 § 6 (part), 2008)

(Ord. No. 913, Exh. A, 12-13-2022; Ord. No. 923, Exh. A, 9-24-2024)

The commission consists of five members. Notwithstanding the fixed terms of office called for hereinafter, members of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the city council.

Commissioners shall be appointed for terms of four years commencing on March 1 st of odd years and terminating on the fourth occurring February 28 th thereafter.

Commissioners whose current, existing terms end on December 31, 2024, shall have their terms extended to terminate on February 28, 2025.

If the term of a commissioner commences after March 1 st , the term shall be adjusted to a lesser period of time such that the end of the term shall occur on the fourth occurring February 28 th after the March 1 st the commencement of the term normally would have commenced. Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, the city council may make appointments to the commission for terms of lesser periods of time than the terms otherwise applicable to a particular appointment.

(Ord. 799 § 6 (part), 2008)

(Ord. No. 835, § 9, 3-27-2012; Ord. No. 906, § 2, 1-25-2022; Ord. No. 913, Exh. A, 12-13-2022; Ord. No. 923, Exh. A, 9-24-2024)

To be eligible for appointment as a member of the commission, the candidate must meet all of the following requirements:

(a) Be a resident of the city;

(b) Have no felony convictions; and

(c) File a city application, which shall include a written statement of not more than two hundred words describing background, qualifications, and objectives in serving as a member of the commission. A resume may supplement the written statement.

(Ord. 799 § 6 (part), 2008)

(Ord. No. 913, Exh. A, 12-13-2022; Ord. No. 923, Exh. A, 9-24-2024)