Pacifica Municipal Code Art. 1 General Provisions

The Council shall establish commissions and committees as desired to assist and advise the Council in the conduct of City business. The action establishing a commission or committee shall contain the charge for the body, setting forth its specific duties and responsibilities.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982)

The members of the commissions and committees provided for in this chapter shall be appointed by the Council.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982)

(a) Membership on the commissions provided for in this chapter shall represent a broad cross-section of the entire community.

(b) To be eligible for appointment to any commission or committee, a person shall be a qualified elector of the City, except for the following persons:

(1) Members who are under the age of eighteen (18) years at the time of their appointment; provided, however, they shall be residents of the City; and

(2) Members of committees who are not qualified electors or residents of the City but who may be appointed by the Council where they are deemed to be able to provide expertise or where they may be representative of a section of the community (i.e., commercial).

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982, as amended by § 3, Ord. 796-C.S., eff. June 28, 2013)

The affirmative or negative vote of a majority of the members present at a commission or committee meeting shall be necessary for it to take action. A majority of the members of a commission or committee created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of meetings.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982)

Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, all commission member terms shall be four (4) years, which terms shall be staggered. The Council may, upon expiration of the commission member's term, reappoint a commission member to the same commission for a successive, consecutive term.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982, as amended by § 1, Ord. 526-C.S., eff. April 26, 1989, § 1, Ord. 743-C.S., eff. February 22, 2007, § 4, Ord. 796-C.S., eff. June 28, 2013)

Committee member terms shall be four (4) years, which terms shall be staggered.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982, as amended by § 5, Ord. 796-C.S., eff. June 28, 2013)

The Council may remove at any time by majority vote any commission or committee member.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982)

Any vacancy in any commission or committee established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, 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.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982)

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982; repealed by § 1, Ord. 744-C.S., eff. April 13, 2007)

The members of commissions and committees shall serve without compensation for their services as such; provided, however, such members shall receive reimbursement for necessary traveling expenses and other expenses incurred on official duty when such expenditures have been authorized by the Council.

(§ 2, 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982)

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982, repealed by § 6, Ord. 796-C.S., eff. June 28, 2013)

All meetings of any commission shall be duly agendized and held in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982, as amended by § 7, Ord. 796-C.S., eff. June 28, 2013)

The City Manager shall authorize appropriate staff to serve each commission and committee as considered necessary.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982, as amended by § 8, Ord. 796-C.S., eff. June 28, 2013)

The Council shall establish and review on a periodic basis the goals, objectives, work programs, and procedural rules of commissions and committees.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982)

All actions and recommendations of commissions and committees shall be subject to Council review and approval.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982)

All commission and committee members are expected to attend all of their respective meetings and shall make every effort to do so. Absence from three (3) consecutive meetings or absence from more than one-third (⅓) of all meetings in one calendar year shall constitute a failure to discharge the duties of office and may subject the committee or commission member to removal by the Council.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982, as amended by § 9, Ord. 796-C.S., eff. June 28, 2013)

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982. repealed by § 10, Ord. 796-C.S., eff. June 28, 2013)

All commissions, and to the extent applicable, all committees, shall reorganize annually by electing one of their members to serve as chairman and one of their members to serve as vice-chairman. The position of chairman and vice-chairman shall be rotated among commission members on an annual basis.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982, as amended by § 11, Ord. 796-C.S., eff. June 28, 2013)

The maximum term for any single leave of absence from service from any commission or committee shall be sixty (60) calendar days. If a longer period of absence is required, the member will be expected to submit his or her resignation. When the cause for absence is removed, the previous appointee shall be eligible for reappointment or appointment to another commission or committee.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982)

Members of commissions and committees shall be permitted to retain membership on such appointive bodies while seeking any elective office. Members of appointive bodies shall not, however, use the meetings, functions, or activities of such bodies for the purposes of campaigning for elective office.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982)

When a commission or committee member appears in a non-official, non-representative capacity before any public or private body, the member shall not identify him or herself as a member of a commission or committee. If the question of his or her membership arises, the member shall indicate that he or she is appearing and speaking only as an individual.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982, as amended by § 12, Ord. 796-C.S., eff. June 28, 2013)

All commission and committee members shall serve until their replacement member has been appointed and seated.

(§ 2, Ord. 321-C.S., eff. February 10, 1982, as amended by § 13, Ord. 796-C.S., eff. June 28, 2013)