Pacific Grove Municipal Code Title CHA Charter of the City of Pacific Grove, California

CHARTER of the CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE, CALIFORNIA

The municipal corporation now existing and known as "The City of Pacific Grove" shall remain and continue a body politic and corporate, as at present, in fact and in law, by the name of the "The City of Pacific Grove," and by such name shall have perpetual succession.

The boundaries of the City of Pacific Grove shall continue as now established and be changed only in a manner authorized by law.

The rights of the City in and to its waterfront, lands under water, and such public wharves, docks and landings as may be hereafter thereon constructed are hereby declared inalienable.

No person shall be eligible to hold, by election or appointment, any elective office of the City unless he/she shall have been a resident and elector of the City for at least thirty (30) days before the date of his or her election or appointment.

(amended in the November 6, 1990 general election; Res. 7-034 § 2, 2007)

Every officer shall take and subscribe to the oath of office as provided in the Constitution of the State before entering upon the performance of official duties.

(Amended in the November 6, 1990 general election).

A majority of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance.

The right of initiative and referendum is hereby preserved to the citizens of the City to be exercised in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Constitution and General Laws of this State.

The recall may be exercised in accordance with the Constitution and General Laws of this State as to municipal officers.

The Mayor, City Manager, and City Clerk shall have power to administer oaths, to issue subpoenas, to compel by subpoena the production of the books, papers and documents of the City and to take and hear testimony whenever necessary in carrying out their official duties.

The Council shall fix the compensation of all City officers and employees.

The compensation of all officers and employees shall be fixed by ordinance. Any fees received by any officer or employee in connection with official duties shall be paid into the City Treasury.

(Amended in the November 6, 1990 general election).

The fiscal year of the City shall commence on the first day of July of each year or at such other time as may be fixed by ordinance.

The City Manager shall submit the annual fiscal year budget to the Council at a time and in a form prescribed by ordinance.

Sufficient copies of such budget shall be prepared that there may be copies on file in the office of the City Clerk for inspection by the public, unless the Council shall publish the same in the official newspaper.

All moneys collected for the City by any officer or department thereof shall be paid daily if possible, into the City treasury, credited to the funds to which such moneys severally belong.

The Council shall employ a Certified or a thoroughly qualified Public Accountant annually to investigate and render a report on the transactions and accounts of all officers or employees having the collection, deposit, custody or disbursement of public money or property, or the power to approve, allow or audit demands on the treasury.

An inventory of property belonging to the City shall be prepared and maintained as prescribed by ordinance and shall be open to inspection during normal business hours.

All officers and employees of the City shall comply with the provisions of the General Law of the State and ordinances of the City in avoiding conflicts of interest and making disclosures of interest.

The provisions of this Charter are independent and separable. If any one provision is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the people of the City of Pacific Grove declare their intention that they would have enacted each provision separately.

(Res. 7-034 § 7, 2007)

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