HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2001-54 RESOLUTION NO. 2001-54
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
ESTABLISHING A PROCESS
FOR PROVIDING CITY COUNCIL PERMISSION
FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ABSENCES
FROM MEETINGS
WHEREAS, Section 312 of the City Charter provides that if a member of the City
Council is absent from all regular meetings of the City Council for a period of thirty consecutive
days from and after the last regular City Council meeting attended by such member, unless by
permission of the City Council expressed in its official minutes, the office shall become vacant;
and
The City Council desires to establish a system regarding the expression of City Council
permission for Council Member absences from meetings in the official minutes of the City
Council,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby
resolve as follows:
1. That permission for Council Member absences from meetings of the City Council
shall be expressed in the official minutes of the City Council in accordance with the provisions
of this resolution.
2. That whenever a Council Member intends to be absent from a meeting, said
Council Member shall transmit, or cause to be transmitted, a Notice of Absence to the City
Clerk. The Notice of Absence shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A,"
and incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein.
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3. That upon receipt of a Notice of Absence, the City Clerk shall deliver the Notice
of Absence to the Mayor, or Mayor Pro Tem if the Mayor is absent, at the City Council meeting
from which the Council Member is absent, or at the next scheduled City Council meeting.
4. The announcement by the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem regarding the receipt of the
Notice of Absence shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit `B."Upon
announcement by the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem regarding the receipt of a Notice of Absence, it
shall be deemed that the City Council has granted permission for such absence, and such
permission shall be expressed in the official minutes of the City Council, unless a motion to the
contrary is adopted by the City Council.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 20th day of August , 2001.
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Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Clerk 0%}23-o1 � 1 City Attorney
INITIATED, REVIEWED AND APPROVED:
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C4p'-A- mmistrator
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EXHIBIT A
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NOTICE OF ABSENCE
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
ATTENTION: CITY CLERK
FROM: , CITY COUNCIL,MEMBER
DATE: 5200
I will be absent from the regular City Council meeting scheduled for , 200
City Council Member
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ANNOUNCEMENT BY MAYOR REGARDING
RECEIPT OF NOTICE OF ABSENCE
MAYOR or MAYOR PRO TEM: The City Clerk has delivered to me a Notice of
Absence from Council Member , who is unable to attend tonight's City
Council meeting. Pursuant to City Council Resolution Number , and there being no
objection, the City Council's permission for this absence shall be expressed in the official
minutes of this meeting.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH }
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, 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 at least a majority of all the
members of said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 20th
day of August, 2001 by the following vote.-
AYES: Green, Boardman, Julien Houchen, Garofalo, Dettloff, Bauer
NOES: None
ABSENT: Cook (out of room)
ABSTAIN: None
City Clerk and ex-officio derk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California