El Monte Municipal Code Ch. 2.04 City Council Meetings

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 3010, § 4, adopted April 5, 2022, amended the title of Ch. 2.04 from "City Council" to "City Council Meetings," as set out herein.

A. 1.

Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each calendar month commencing at 6:00 p.m. If the day fixed for holding any such regular meeting falls upon (i) any legal holiday specified by Government Code Sections 6700 or 6701, (ii) upon any of those holidays specified in Section 2.68.010.B of the El Monte Municipal Code, or (iii) the date of any general or special municipal election of the city, then said regular meeting shall be held on the next business day immediately following and such meeting shall be considered a regular meeting pursuant to subdivision (a) of Government Code Section 54954 for all intents and purposes to the extent permitted by law.

2. All meetings of the City Council must be adjourned no later than 10:00 p.m., unless an extension of the time of adjournment is approved by a majority vote of the City Council for the purpose of considering items that are listed on the agenda, or to consider items that have been added to the agenda in accordance with the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code Section 54950 et seq.). To ensure the observance of this subsection, the City Clerk shall publicly advise the presiding officer of the City Council at approximately 9:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, of the pending adjournment requirement and applicable exceptions delineated herein.

B. The City Council sitting as any other decision-making body of the city may conduct standing joint regular meetings with such other bodies, including, but not limited to the El Monte Industrial Development Authority, the El Monte Water Authority, the El Monte Community Redevelopment Agency, the El Monte Public Financing Authority, and the El Monte Housing Authority.

C. The City Council, in its discretion, may also conduct a joint meeting with any city advisory committee or commission, joint powers authority, or community organization when such bodies are scheduled to discuss items of interest to the City and its residents, provided that such bodies have agreed to the joint meeting and that the conduct of such meetings complies with the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Open Meeting Act, Government Code section 54950 et seq., (the "Brown Act"). Nothing in this subsection shall operate to allow persons other than members of the City Council and those individuals authorized by the Brown Act to participate in any closed session proceeding of the City Council, the El Monte Industrial Development Authority, the El Monte Water Authority, the El Monte Redevelopment Agency, the El Monte Public Financing Authority, the El Monte Housing Authority or any other body whose membership is composed exclusively of the all of the members of the City Council.

D. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit the City Council, the El Monte Industrial Development Authority, the El Monte Water Authority, the El Monte Community Redevelopment Agency, the El Monte Public Financing Authority or the El Monte Housing Authority from conducting standalone special meetings, emergency meetings, adjourned meetings or continued meetings as provided under the Brown Act. Nothing in the section shall be interpreted to require that such special meetings, emergency meetings, adjourned meetings or continued meetings be held jointly between the City Council, the El Monte Community Redevelopment Agency, the El Monte Public Financing Authority and/or the El Monte Housing Authority.

E. All "meetings" (as defined by Government Code Section 54952.2) of City "legislative bodies" (as defined by Government Code Section 54952) shall be conducted in accordance with all provisions of the Brown Act as the same may be amended from time to time by the California legislature, including but not limited to, the City Council and the City Council as successor agency to the El Monte Community Redevelopment Agency, the El Monte Water Authority, the El Monte Financing Authority, the El Monte Housing Authority, the El Monte Planning Commission, the Community Services Commission and all other City Commissions established under the El Monte Municipal Code, the El Monte Permit Committee and such other commissions and committees as may be created by the City Council now and in the future.

(Ord. 2526 § 2, 2000)

(Ord. No. 2783, § 3, 1-10-2012; Ord. No. 2798, § 1, 7-31-2012; Ord. No. 2821, § 2, 7-16-2013; Ord. No. 2847, § 2, 1-27-2015; Ord. No. 2862, § 2, 8-18-2015; Ord. No. 3044, § 3, 12-17-2024)

All meetings of the City Council shall be held in that certain building in the city located at 11333 Valley Boulevard, and known and referred to as the El Monte City Hall, in a room therein designated as the council chamber. The said City Council may from time to time adjourn any meeting to any room, auditorium or other locality in said building, or to any other locality within the corporate limits of the city, and such meeting when so held shall be valid for all purposes.

(Prior code § 2101)

Each member of the City Council shall receive a salary during each month in which he or she is a member of the City Council. The amount of such salary shall be six hundred sixty-five dollars ($665.00) per month, representing the amount specified in the last salary adjustment operative on January 23, 1990 in accordance with Ordinance No. 2285, to which shall be added the further sum of sixty-six dollars and fifty cents ($66.50) pursuant to Government Code Section 36516(a)(4) as provided below. The monthly salary herein set forth shall be applicable during the month (or portion thereof) for which said salary is due; provided, however, that the increase of six hundred sixty-five dollars ($665.00) per month herein specified shall become applicable as of April 15, 2001, unless sooner authorized by the State Legislature.

(Ord. 2523 § 1, 2001: prior code § 2103)

A. The presiding officer at a meeting may in his or her discretion bar from further audience before the council, or have removed from the council chambers, any person who commits disorderly, insolent, or disruptive behavior, including but not limited to, the actions set forth in subsection B of this section.

B. It is unlawful for any person while addressing the council at a council meeting to violate any of the following rules after being called to order and warned to desist from such conduct:

1. No person shall make any personal, impertinent, profane, insolent, or slanderous remarks.

2. No person shall yell at the council in a loud, disturbing voice.

3. No person shall speak without being recognized by the presiding officer.

4. No person shall continue to speak after being told by the presiding officer that his or her allotted time for addressing the council has expired.

5. Every person shall comply with and obey the lawful orders or directives of the presiding officer.

6. No person shall, by disorderly, insolent, or disturbing action, speech, or otherwise, substantially delay, interrupt, or disturb the proceedings of the council.

(Ord. 2517 § 1, 2000: prior code § 2105)

Each person desiring to address the council shall approach the microphone at the podium, state his or her name and city of residence for the record, state the subject he or she wishes to discuss, state whom he or she is representing if he or she represents an organization or other persons and unless further time is granted by majority vote of the council, shall limit his or her remarks to the time specified by resolution of the City Council. All remarks shall be addressed to the council as a whole and not to any member thereof. No questions shall be asked of a council member or a member of the city staff without obtaining permission of the presiding officer.

(Ord. 2517 § 2, 2000: prior code § 2106)

In order to expedite matters and to avoid repetitious presentation, whenever any group of persons wishes to address the council on the same subject matter, it shall be proper for the presiding officer to inquire whether or not the group has a spokesman and if so, that he or she be heard with the following speakers in the group to be limited to facts not already presented by the group spokesman.

(Ord. 2517 § 3, 2000: prior code § 2107)

A. It is unlawful for any person in the audience at a council meeting to do any of the following after being called to order and warned to desist from such conduct:

1. Engage in disorderly, disruptive, disturbing, delaying or boisterous conduct, such as, but not limited to, handclapping, stomping of feet, whistling, making noise, use of profane language or obscene gestures, yelling, videotaping from anywhere other than the rear of the council chambers or similar demonstration which conduct substantially interrupts, delays, or disturbs the peace and good order of the proceedings of the council.

2. Refuse to comply with a lawful order or directive of the presiding officer of the council.

B. The sergeant-at-arms shall have the authority to remove any such person from the council chamber and place him or her under arrest, or both.

(Ord. 2517 § 4, 2000: prior code § 2108)

A violation of Sections 2.04.040, 2.04.050 or 2.04.070 of this chapter is a misdemeanor and is punishable as set forth in Chapter 1.24 of this code.

(Ord. 2517 § 5, 2000)