Irvine Municipal Code Ch. 1 In General

A. Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, and shall convene at the hour of 4:00 p.m. When the day for any regular meeting of the Council falls on a legal holiday, no meeting shall be held on such holiday; but such meeting shall be held at the same hour on the next succeeding business day which is not a holiday.

B. All meetings of the City Council shall be held at the Irvine City Council Chambers, One Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, California. However, any such meeting may be adjourned to another time, date and place certain within the City, provided that any change of meeting time, date and place shall be announced, by the most rapid means of communication available at the time, in a notice to media organizations who have requested written notice of meetings.

(Code 1976, § I.B-10; Ord. No. 140, § 1, 6-10-75; Ord. No. 179, § 1, 11-23-76; Ord. No. 85-22, § 1, 8-20-85; Ord. No. 89-13, § 1, 5-23-89; Ord. No. 91-7, § 1, 4-9-91; Ord. No. 94-1, § 1, 2-9-94; Ord. No. 00-01, § 1, 2-8-00; Ord. No. 18-10, § 3, 11-13-18)

Charter reference— Council meetings, § 405.

Special meetings may be called by the Mayor or a majority of the members of the City Council pursuant to the notice and agenda requirements for special meetings set forth in Division 15 of this Title, and Government Code § 54956. Only matters contained in such notice may be considered and only urgency ordinances may be adopted. No regular ordinances or orders for payment of money shall be considered at such special meetings.

(Code 1976, § I.B-102; Ord. No. 140, § 2, 6-10-75; Ord. No. 169, § 1, 6-22-76; Ord. No. 18-10, § 3, 11-13-18; Ord. No. 22-02, § 3, 4-12-22)

All meetings of the City Council shall be open to the public and comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code § 54950 et seq.) and with Division 15 of this Title 1 except "closed session" matters, as provided by law. Such closed sessions may be held only during the course of a duly called meeting.

(Code 1976, § I.B-103; Ord. No. 140, § 3, 6-10-75; Ord. No. 18-10, § 3, 11-13-18; Ord. No. 22-02, § 3, 4-12-22)

The City Council shall choose one of its members as Vice Mayor, and one of its members as Interim Mayor, at the same meeting at which the City Council election results are certified in even-numbered years, and at its first regular meeting in December of odd-numbered years.

(Code 1976, § I.B-104; Ord. No. 140, § 6, 6-10-75; Ord. No. 169, § 2, 6-22-76; Ord. No. 236, § 1, 3-13-79; Ord. No. 88-10, § 1, 5-10-88; Ord. No. 92-17, § 3, 9-22-92; Ord. No. 09-11, § 1, 9-22-09; Ord. No. 20-02, § 2, 2-11-20)

Upon receipt of the certification of the results of the election from the County Registrar of Voters after each general municipal election, the Mayor shall call a meeting of the City Council to canvass the returns and install its newly elected members. The City Council shall declare elected the persons having the highest number of votes given for each office. Upon the completion of the canvass and before installing the new members, the City Council shall pass a resolution reciting the fact of the election and such other matters as are enumerated in Elections Code § 10264.

(Code 1976, § I.B-105; Ord. No. 240, § 1, 3-27-79)

Compensation for City Council members shall be set, and from time-to-time shall be changed, in accordance with the compensation schedule for Council members established in Government Code § 36516.

(Code 1976, § I.B-106; Ord. No. 84-13, 8-14-84)

Compensation for City Council members shall be $880 per month.

(Code 1976, § I.B-107; Ord. No. 88-1, § 1, 1-12-88; Ord. No. 98-13, § 1, 10-13-98; Ord. No. 05-11, § 1, 6-28-05; Ord. of 08-04, § 1, 6-24-08)

It shall be the City's policy to recruit the best qualified persons available regardless of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, age, or medical condition, or physical or mental disability, unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification. While recognizing the need or introduction of persons from outside City employment at all levels, the policy of the City is to transfer and promote persons already employed by the City when their personal qualifications, training, work performance and work experience are determined to be comparable to applicants from other sources. The Personnel Officer shall determine whether the recruitment shall be open or promotional, on the basis of assuring an adequate number of candidates with appropriate skills to constitute a competitive merit process.

(Added in 1998 recodification)

It is encouraged that appointments to regional boards be given consideration on an annual basis to allow all members of the City Council to have an opportunity to represent the City in such a capacity. Appointments will be voted upon each January.

(Ord. No. 06-01, § 2, 1-24-06)

The City Manager shall have the authority to initiate an audit of any City contract when he or she has a reasonable belief that established City policies or the terms of the contract have been breached.

(Ord. No. 06-01, § 3, 1-24-06)