Hawaiian Gardens Municipal Code Ch. 6.32 Public Safety Commission

A Public Safety Commission which shall be known as the Public Safety Commission of the City is created and established.

(Ord. 301 § 1, 1986)

A. The Commission shall consist of five members. Commissioners shall be resident voters of the City and shall clear a criminal background screening. Commissioners shall be appointed by the City Council. Commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council and may be removed at any time by a majority vote of the City Council. If a Commissioner moves his/her place of residence outside of the City limits, he/she shall be deemed to have immediately vacated his/her office.

B. Youth representative. In addition to the five regular members of the Commission, the City Council shall appoint a youth representative to the Commission. Said representative shall be a resident of the City, shall clear a criminal background screening, and be qualified and serve in accordance with youth representative guidelines as adopted by the City Council. Said representative shall further serve at the pleasure of the City Council and may be removed at any time by a majority vote of the City Council. If said representative moves his/her place of residence outside of the City limits, he/she shall be deemed to have immediately vacated his/her office.

(Ord. 475 § 3, 2002; Ord. 363 § 1, 1990; Ord. 301 § 1, 1986)

A. Members to the commission shall be appointed for terms of four years or until their successors are appointed.

B. If a vacancy occurs otherwise than by expiration of a term, it shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.

(Ord. 301 § 1, 1986)

The Public Safety Commission shall be charged with the responsibility for making recommendations regarding matters affecting public health and safety in the City, and such related matters that may be directed by order of the City Council, and in that connection shall hold such meetings and such hearings as the Commission deems necessary to effect these purposes. Actions of this Commission shall take the form of recommendations and reports to the City Council.

(Ord. 301 § 1, 1986)

The Public Safety Commission shall cause proper records to be kept of all its official acts and proceedings. The Commission shall have no power or authority to bind or obligate the City or any officer or department thereof for any money, debt, undertaking or obligation of any kind in excess of the appropriation which the City Council may have made for the purpose of the Commission in any fiscal year.

(Ord. 301 § 1, 1986)

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by law, the Commission shall have power to and shall provide for its own organization, shall adopt rules and regulations for the transaction or business before it, and shall designate the time and place for the regular monthly meeting or meetings of the Commission.

(Ord. 301 § 1, 1986)