Mendocino County Municipal Code Ch. 2.04 In General

The Board of Supervisors of the County of Mendocino, State of California, shall meet in regular session (provided there is a quorum present) on each and every Tuesday of each month, except as herein provided, at the Board Chambers of said Board of Supervisors located at 501 Low Gap Road, Room 1070, in the City of Ukiah, California, at nine (9:00) a.m. on each of said days.

Provided, further: (1) that the Board of Supervisors shall not be required to hold a regular meeting during the week the California State Association of Counties has its annual convention; (2) that the Board of Supervisors shall not be required to hold a regular meeting on any Tuesday that is the fifth Tuesday of a calendar month; and (3) that the Board of Supervisors shall not be required to hold a regular meeting on any Tuesday which is canceled pursuant to the annual calendar adopted by the Board of Supervisors.

(Ord. No. 378, Sec. 1, adopted 1957; Ord. No. 1146, adopted 1973; Ord. No. 1937, adopted 1977; Ord. No. 3429, adopted 1983; Ord. No. 3731, adopted 1990; Ord. No. 3769, adopted 1991; Ord. No. 3901, adopted 1995; Ord. No. 3941, adopted 1996)

(Ord. No. 4113, adopted 2003; Ord. No. 4121 Sec. 1, adopted 2004.)

The hours for which all county offices shall be kept open for the transaction of business shall be set by resolution.

(Ord. No. 366, adopted 1956, as amended by Ord. No. 456, adopted 1963, as amended by Ord. No. 3346, adopted 1981, as amended by Ord. No. 3457, adopted 1983, as amended by Ord. 3866, adopted 1993.)

(a) Declaration of Intent to Qualify. The County of Mendocino declares that it desires to qualify to receive aid from the State of California under the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 4, Part 4 of the Penal Code of California.

(Ord. No. 442, Sec. 1, adopted 1962.)

(b) Agreement to Adhere to the Standards for Recruitment and Training. Pursuant to Section 13522 of the Penal Code of said Title 4, Chapter 1, the County of Mendocino, while receiving aid from the State of California pursuant to said Chapter 1, will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

(Ord. No. 442, Sec. 2, adopted 1962.)

(a) Declaration of Intent to Qualify. The County of Mendocino declares that it desires to qualify to receive aid from the State of California under the provisions of Article III of Chapter 5, of Title VII of Part III of the Penal Code.

(Ord. No. 3318, adopted 1980.)

(b) Agreement to Adhere to the Standards of Recruitment and Training. Pursuant to the provisions of Penal Code Section 6041, while receiving aid from the State of California pursuant to Article III of Chapter 5 of Title VII of Part III of the Penal Code (commencing with Penal Code Section 6040), the County of Mendocino will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the Board of Corrections.

(Ord. No. 3318, adopted 1980.)

(A) The County of Mendocino declares that it desires to qualify to receive aid from the State of California under the provisions of Section 13522, Chapter 1, of Title 4, Part 4, of the California Penal Code.

(B) Pursuant to Section 13510(c), Chapter 1, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office will adhere to standards for recruitment and training established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).

(C) Pursuant to Section 13512, Chapter 1, the Commission and its representatives may make such inquiries as deemed appropriate by the Commission to ascertain that the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office public safety dispatcher personnel adhere to standards for selection and training established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

(Ord. No. 3704, adopted 1989.)

(1) The County of Mendocino declares that it desires to qualify to receive aid from the State of California under the provisions of Sections 13510 (as amended by Chapter 710 of the Statutes of 1981) and 13524, Chapter 1, of Title 4, Part 4, of the California Penal Code.

(Ord. No. 3369, adopted 1982.)

(2) Pursuant to Section 13522, Chapter 1, the County of Mendocino will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).

(Ord. No. 3369, adopted 1982.)

(3) The County of Mendocino will allow the Commission on POST and its representatives to make such inquiries as deemed appropriate by the Commission, to ascertain that the District Attorney Investigators adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the California Commission on POST.

(Ord. No. 3369, adopted 1982.)

(1) The County of Mendocino declares that it desires the peace officers employed by the Department of Social Services to participate in the Commission of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Non-reimbursable Program.

(2) Pursuant to Section 13510, Chapter 1, of Title 4, Part 4, of the California Penal Code the Department of Social Services will adhere to the standards for selection and training of peace officers established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

(3) Pursuant to Section 13512, Chapter 1, the Commission and its representatives may make such inquiries as deemed appropriate by the Commission to ascertain that the Department of Social Services peace officer personnel adhere to the standards for selection and training established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

(Ord. No. 4307, 5-7-2013; Ord. No. 4513, § I, 10-18-2022)

Whenever any person appointed to serve on any county commission or board is absent from three successive regular meetings of the respective commission or board or district governing body on which he serves, or is absent more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the regularly scheduled meetings held thereby during any year subsequent to his appointment, then the term of office held by such appointee shall be automatically deemed to be vacant. This section is intended to be supplementary to and consistent with Section 1770 (g) of the California Government Code.

(Ord. No. 760, adopted 1971.)

(A) Notwithstanding the foregoing rule, an office shall not be deemed vacant if the appointee is absent for an approved reason and if prior to the meeting at which an absence would result in the vacancy each of the following acts has occurred:

(Ord. No. 1101, adopted 1973.)

(1) The county commission or board has, pursuant to minute order, filed with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors a "Request for Approval of Absence" which contains a request to (a) waive the operative effect of this section for a designated appointee, and (b) permit the appointee to be absent for a specific period of time and for an express specific reason; and

(2) The Board of Supervisors, by minute order, has approved the aforesaid "Request for Approval of Absence," including whatever modifications as to the period of time for the absence and the reason for the absence which it deems reasonable.

(Ord. No. 1101, adopted 1973.)

(A) Pursuant to Elections Code 13307, each candidate for County office shall pay the actual prorated costs of printing, handling and translating his or her candidate's statement, if any, incurred by the County.

(1) The candidate's statement shall be limited to two hundred (200) words; and

(2) The County Clerk shall accept from the candidate no other material for transmittal to the voters.

(Ord. No. 3052, adopted 1978; Ord No. 4008 § 1, adopted 1998.)

(a) Upon approval by the Board of Supervisors, County general fund moneys may be used prior to the assumption of office by that Supervisor-elect for the training and orientation of that Supervisor-elect including the payment of course fees, travel and per diem expenses, course materials, and consultant fees.

(b) Such training and orientation programs, and expenses therefor, shall be those the Board deems proper and beneficial to the exercise of supervisorial duties by newly elected Supervisors.

(c) In order to receive training and orientation funds, the Supervisor-elect shall make a formal request to the Board of Supervisors by completing the forms provided by the County Administrator and returning them to the County Administrator for submission to the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors may, in its sole discretion, grant, deny or modify the request.

(Ord. No. 3387, adopted 1982.)

(A) The official seal of the County of Mendocino, adopted on July 13, 1982 by the Board of Supervisors in accordance with Section 25004 of the Government Code, is described as follows: "In the center of the seal is an agricultural scene with an ocean wave and redwood trees and around the margin are the words 'Mendocino County'." An impression of the Seal of the County of Mendocino is as follows:

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(B) The Mendocino County Executive Office shall have the custody of the official seal of the County of Mendocino. The use of the official seal of the County of Mendocino shall be for purposes directly connected with official business of the County and for use only in those matters approved by the Mendocino County Executive Office or by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.

(C) Every person who maliciously or for commercial purposes, or without the prior approval of the County Executive Office or the Board of Supervisors, uses, or allows to be used, any reproduction or facsimile of the Seal of the County of Mendocino in any manner whatsoever is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the County jail for not more than six (6) months or both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 4166, adopted 2006.)