Hayward Municipal Code Art. IX Appointive Boards and Commissions

There shall be the boards and commissions enumerated in this Article which shall have the powers and duties stated herein. The number of members to comprise any board or commission shall be determined by ordinance or resolution of the Council. No member of any board or commission shall be a member of any other board or commission or hold any paid office or employment, in the City Government. An applicant for any appointment to any board or commission shall be a resident of the City but need not be a qualified elector.

In addition, the Council may create by ordinance or resolution such boards or commissions as in its judgment are required and may grant to them such powers and duties as are consistent with the provisions of this Charter.

(AMENDED: STATS. 1959 CH. 82; Amended on November 3, 2020 )

The Council shall include in the annual budget such appropriations of funds as in its opinion shall be sufficient for the efficient and proper functioning of the boards and commissions.

The members of each of such boards or commissions shall be appointed by the Council. They shall be subject to removal by motion of the Council adopted by at least four affirmative votes. Unless otherwise provided by this Charter, the members thereof shall serve for a term of four years and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. No member thereof shall serve more than two consecutive full terms on any one board or commission.

The members first appointed to such boards and commissions shall so classify themselves by lot that each succeeding July 1st the term of one of their number shall expire. If the total number of members of a board or commission to be appointed exceeds four, the classification by lot shall provide for the grouping of terms to such an extent as is necessary in order that the term of at least one member shall expire on each succeeding July 1st, and that the number of terms expiring in any year does not exceed by more than one the number expiring in any other year.

The members of the boards and commissions holding office when this Charter takes effect shall continue to hold office thereafter until their respective terms of office shall expire and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. The successors of each such member shall be appointed for terms of such duration, not exceeding four years, as will carry into effect the plan for staggered terms prescribed in the preceding section.

As soon as practicable, following the adoption of this Charter and following the first day of July of every year thereafter, each of such boards and commissions as exist shall organize by electing one of its members to serve as presiding officer at the pleasure of such board or commission. Each board or commission shall hold such regular and special meetings as such board or commission may require. All proceedings shall be open to the public.

The affirmative or negative vote of a majority of the entire membership of such board or commission shall be necessary for it to take any action, except to adjourn.

The City Clerk shall be responsible for the recording of the minutes for each of such boards and commissions and shall keep a record of its proceedings and transactions. Each board or commission may prescribe its own rules and regulations which shall be consistent with this Charter. Copies of such rules and regulations and the minutes of each board and commission shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk where they shall be available for public inspection. Each board or commission shall have the same power as the Council to compel the attendance of witnesses, to examine them under oath and to compel the production of evidence before it.

(Amended on November 3, 2020 )

The members of boards and commissions shall serve without compensation, but may receive reimbursement for necessary traveling and other expenses incurred on official duty when such expenditures have received authorization by the Council.

Any vacancies in any board or commission, from whatever cause arising, shall be filled by appointment by the Council. Upon a vacancy occurring, leaving an unexpired portion of a term, any appointment to fill such vacancy shall be for the unexpired portion of such term. If a member of a board or commission absents himself from three consecutive regular meetings of such board or commission, unless by permission of such board or commission expressed in its official minutes, or is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, or ceases to be a qualified elector of the City, the member's office shall become vacant and shall be so declared by the Council.

(Amended on November 3, 2020 )

There shall be a Planning Commission which shall have the power and be required to:

1. Recommend to the Council, after a public hearing thereon, the adoption, amendment or repeal of a Master Plan or any part thereof for the physical development of the City.

2. Exercise such functions with respect to land subdivisions, planning and zoning as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution, not inconsistent with the Charter.

There shall be a Personnel Board none of whom while a member of the board nor for a period of one year after the Board member has ceased for any reason to be a member, shall be eligible for appointment to any salaried office or employment in the service of the City nor to any City elective office.

The Personnel Board shall have power and be required to:

1. Act in an advisory capacity to the Council and the City Manager on personnel administration.

2. Recommend to the Council after a public hearing thereon, the adoption, amendment or repeal of personnel rules and regulations.

3. Hear appeals of any person in the classified service, relative to any suspension, demotion or dismissal.

4. Make any investigation which it may consider desirable concerning the administration of personnel in the municipal service and report its findings to the City Council and City Manager.

5. Perform such other duties with reference to personnel administration not inconsistent with this Charter as the Council may require by ordinance or resolution.

(Amended on November 3, 2020 )

Note— (REPEALED: STATS. 1964 CH. 41)

Note— (REPEALED: STATS. 1964 CH. 41)

Note— (REPEALED: STATS. 1964 CH. 41)

Note— (REPEALED: STATS. 1964 CH. 41)

Note— (REPEALED: STATS. 1964 CH. 41)