HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 5829 RESOLUTION NO. 5829
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HUNTINGTON BEACH PROVIDING FOR ATTORNEYS WHO ARE
MEMBERS OF THE CITY 'S PERSONNEL SYSTEM
TO PERFORM LEGAL SERVICES SOLELY AND EXCLUSIVELY
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
WHEREAS, the CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH employs a staff of
professional attorneys who are members of the city 's personnel
system and who are under the direction of the elected City
Attorney; and
The City Council by Charter controls the legal business of
the city; and
The City Council by Charter is empowered to control the
hours of work of the City attorney and by virtue of that power
of the deputies and assistants of the city attorney; and
It is the sense of the council that its in the best interest
of the CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH for the City Attorney and the
deputies or assistants to perform legal services solely and
exclusively for and on behalf of the CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
and not otherwise; and
The Council finds that the City Attorney and the deputies
and assistants are required to be reasonably compensated by the
city for full time service to the city.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council resolves :
1 . The elected City Attorney and the deputies and
assistants who are employed by the city on a full time
basis and who are members of the city's personnel
system shall not engage in the practice of law except
for and on behalf of the city and for and on behalf of
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those persons and agencies the City Attorney is
required by law to represent.
2 . The City Attorney may represent and may authorize the
deputies and assistants to represent pro bono clients
on a non-interference basis consistent with the ethics
and practice of the bar .
3 . The City Attorney may represent and may authorize the
deputies and assistants to represent themselves in pro
per or in pro se . The City Attorney deputies and
assistants may also represent their relatives to the
third degree of relationship.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th
day of January
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Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk � ° - ,pity A torney
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R=iND : INITIATED AND APPROVED:
City Administrator
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Res. No. 5829
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th day
of January , 19 _, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Kelly, Green, Finley, Erskine, Mays, Bannister
NOES: Councilmen:
Winchell
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of. the City
of Huntington Beach, California