Montebello Municipal Code Ch. 2.36 Parks and Recreation Commission

There is created a parks and recreation commission, of, and for, the city, which shall be composed of five members. Each city council member shall be entitled to appoint one commissioner from among qualified residents in accordance with this section. An individual shall be eligible for appointment to the commission as long as he or she is a resident within the city at the time of his or her appointment and at all times during his or her term. Each member shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualified, or until he or she is removed from office, by not less than a majority vote of the total voting membership of the city council, with or without cause. Each member shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualified, or until he or she is removed from office, by not less than a majority vote of the total voting membership of the city council, with or without cause. Any commissioner serving due the appointment by a member of the city council who is no longer serving in office shall continue to serve until a successor commissioner is appointed.

(Ord. 2158 § 2, 1997: Ord. 2106 § 3, 1994: prior code § 2320)

(Ord. No. 2428, § 3, 11-18-2020)

The terms of office of members of the commission shall be for a period not to exceed four years; provided, that the city council shall stagger terms of office or portions of terms of office at such times as it shall deem necessary, so as to provide for continuity in the membership of the commission.

(Prior code § 2321)

The parks and recreation commission shall be, for all purposes, an advisory commission to the city council for matters relating to parks and recreation. This includes activities oriented toward standard education, employment, recreation, and those activities that pertain to the standard leisure needs of people under fifty years of age. It shall also advise the city council on all matters relating to the use, maintenance, improvement, promotion, operations and agreements involving the municipal golf course, and for agreements relating to the municipal golf course.

(Ord. 2083 § 2, 1993: prior code § 2328)

(Ord. No. 2428, § 3, 11-18-2020)

The commission shall hold regular meetings, at least once per month, at the city hall at 1600 W. Beverly Boulevard, Montebello, California, and may hold such additional meetings at the place as it may deem necessary or expedient.

(Prior code § 2325)

A. If a member of the commission shall be absent from three consecutive regular meetings of the commission, without cause, the office of such member shall be deemed to be vacant. The secretary of the commission shall immediately inform the city council of such vacancy.

B. An absence due to illness, an unavoidable absence from the city, or provided that written notice thereof is given to the secretary of the commission in advance of such regular meeting, shall be deemed an absence for cause.

(Prior code §§ 2320.1 and 2320.2)

A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of transacting business. The commission shall annually select one of its members to act as chairman and one of its members to act as vice chairman. The terms of office of both the chairman and vice chairman shall be for a period of one year.

(Prior code § 2326)

The secretary of the commission shall keep a record of all the proceedings, resolutions, findings, determinations and transactions of the commission, which record shall be a public record, and a copy of which record shall be filed with the city clerk.

(Prior code § 2327)

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as restricting or curtailing any of the powers of the city council, or as a delegation to the commission, of any of the authority or discretionary powers vested and imposed by law in the city council. The city council declares that the public interest, convenience, welfare and necessity require the appointment of a parks and recreation commission, to act in a purely advisory capacity to the city council, for the purposes herein enumerated.

(Prior code § 2329)