Firebaugh Municipal Code § 2-2 Rules for Conducting the Proceedings of the City Council

[New]

No business shall be brought before the City Council without having first been referred to the City Manager for scheduling on the Council agenda.

[Ord. #4, S3]

Ordinances may be given their first reading upon introduction by reading the title only. Second reading and final passage of the ordinances may be by title only unless a full reading is requested by a majority of the members.

[New]

Minutes of all regularly scheduled and special Council meetings shall be maintained by the City clerk in a manner facilitating ready reference and in compliance with the government code of the State of California.

[Ord. #4, S6, New; Ord. #05-04, S2]

a. The following shall constitute the order of business to be followed in conducting the regular meetings of the Council.

Order of Business

1. Call to order.

2. Pledge of allegiance.

3. The business as listed on the posted agenda.

4. City Manager items.

5. City Council items.

6. Executive session (as required).

7. Adjournment.

b. The members of the public shall address their remarks to the Mayor and other members of the Council and not to the citizens who may happen to be in attendance.

c. The regular order of business may be suspended by a majority vote for the accommodation of nonresidents and others who may have business before the Council, or for any other purpose.

[Ord. #4, S7; Ord. #09-05, S1]

Any member or other person using profane, vulgar, loud or boisterous language at any meeting, or otherwise interrupting the proceedings of a City Council meeting, or who refuses to be seated or to be kept quiet when directed to do so by the Mayor or Mayor pro tem, of the Council shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as stated in Chapter 1, section 1-5. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or any peace office present at the meeting, upon order of the presiding officer, to eject any such members or person from the councilwoman.

[Ord. #4, S8]

In case a quorum should not be present at any meeting and important business remains to be transacted or disposed of, any two members of the Board may cause a written notice to be served personally upon the other members directing their immediate attendance, whereupon the members receiving such written notice shall be required to attend immediately except in case of sickness or death in their immediate family, otherwise they shall be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, section 1-5.

[Ord. #4, S9]

Any member of the City Council who refuses to attend four consecutive meetings, when neither sick or absent from the State at the time the meetings were held, shall be deemed to have forfeited his title to the office of councilman, and the remaining members or a majority thereof may cause an action to be brought in the Superior Court to have the office declared vacant.

[Ord. #4, S10]

The proceedings of the Council shall be governed under "Robert's Rules of Order" on all matters pertaining to parliamentary law, but no ordinance, resolution, proceeding or other action of the Council shall be invalidated or the legality thereof otherwise affected by the failure or omission to observe or follow these rules.

[Ord. #4, S11]

All notices of special meetings shall be delivered personally to the members of the Council in the time, form and manner provided by law.

[Added 4-3-2017 by Ord. No. 17-02; amended 10-21-2019 by Ord. No. 19-06; 3-4-2024 by Ord. No. 24-01]

a. Each member of the City Council shall receive a salary of $950 per month, based on the City's population.

b. Any amounts paid by the City for retirement, health and welfare, and federal social security benefits shall not be included for purposes of determining salary under this section, provided that the same benefits are available and paid by the City for its employees.

c. Any amounts paid by the City to reimburse a Councilmember for actual and necessary expenses pursuant to Government Code Section 36514.5 shall not be included for the purposes of determining salary pursuant to this section.

d. Pursuant to Government Code Section 36516.5, a change in compensation does not apply to a council member during their term in office.

e. The City Council may, as it deems appropriate and as approved at a regular or special meeting of the Council, waive, or reduce and or all of the compensation permitted by this section.