Santa Clara County Municipal Code Ch. I In General

The word "board" as used in this chapter shall mean any board or commission duly constituted under the provisions of the Charter unless otherwise provided in this Code.

(Code 1954, § 3.2.1-1)

All boards of the County shall be constituted and empowered as provided in the Charter.

(Code 1954, § 3.2.1-2)

Charter reference— Board of Supervisors, Art. II and Art. III; advisory boards and commissions, §§ 500, 506; Planning Commission, § 508; Personnel Board, §§ 702—704, 708; Charter Review Committee, § 804.

Regular meetings of all boards or commissions other than the Board of Supervisors shall be held no more frequently than once every two months unless specifically exempted from this requirement by the Board of Supervisors. All boards and commissions other than the Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized and shall adopt written rules of procedure by which said board or commission shall be governed in its proceedings, and a copy of said rules shall be filed with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.

(Code 1954, § 3.2.1-3; Ord. No. NS-300.515, § 1, 5-18-93)

Should any regular meeting day for a board fall upon a holiday, that meeting shall be held at the same place commencing at the same hour on the first succeeding day which is not a holiday, and all hearings, applications, petitions and other matters pending for hearing at such meeting shall be automatically continued by the Clerk from said holiday to the first succeeding day which is not a holiday.

(Code 1954, § 3.2.1-4)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the meetings or sessions of any board may be adjourned for cause, in good faith, to any time, or from time to time when necessary for the expeditious transaction of business.

(Code 1954, § 3.2.1-5)

Any adjourned meeting or session of a board shall be deemed to be and shall become and is hereby made a part of all regular meetings and sessions.

(Code 1954, § 3.2.1-6)

All boards shall, at each regular meeting, approve the agenda for the regular meetings of subcommissions for the period prior to its next regular meeting, and shall notify the Clerk whenever it desires assistance from any officer.

(Code 1954, § 3.2.1-7)

All acts of any board shall be accomplished by a roll call vote if requested by any member in attendance. No act will be valid save with the concurrence of the majority of the entire membership thereof, unless as otherwise provided by law.

(Code 1954, § 3.2.1-8)

(a) As provided by County policy, members of County Brown Act bodies are eligible to receive reimbursement for family care expense necessarily incurred by such members as the result of the performance of official business.

(b) Family care expense reimbursement shall be made only for reasonable, actual costs in accordance with County policies. Original detailed/itemized receipts, reflecting the actual costs, shall be submitted in accordance with County policies.

(Ord. No. NS-300.201, § 1, 1-7-75; Ord. No. NS-300.871, § 1, 4-29-14; Ord. No. NS-300.907, § 1, 3-28-17)

Editor's note— Sec. 1 of Ord. No. NS-300.907, retitled and amended § A6-9 to read as herein set out. Formerly § A6-9 pertained to child care expense reimbursement.

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-300.825, adopted Sept. 14, 2010, repealed § A6-10, Remuneration of LAFCO members, which derived from Ord. No. NS-300.243, adopted Apr. 26, 1977.

Except as otherwise provided by local ordinance, state, or federal law, no advisory board or commission shall have subpoena authority.

(Ord. No. NS-300.773, 12-12-06)