HomeMy Public PortalAbout11-1465ORDINANCE NO. I 1-1465
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
SECTION 2412 OF THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
MANNER OF ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL
NOW, THEREFORE, the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY of CARSON, CALIFORNIA,
does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. The Carson Municipal Code § 2412(A) is hereby amended to read in its
entirety, as follows:
12412 Manner of Addressing Council.
A. Protocol. Each person desiring to address the Council is requested to
fill out a speaker card and to give that card to the City Clerk. The use of
speaker cards is for the purpose of ensuring that a speaker's name is
entered correctly in the minutes of the Council meeting. Speaker cards are
to be submitted to the City Clerk prior to the commencement of the
meeting but no later than the point in the meeting when the item about
which the speaker desires to speak is reached on the agenda and
announced by the Presiding Officer. When his or her name has been called
by the Presiding Officer, he or she shall step up to the audience podium,
state his or her name in an audible tone of voice for the record, and, unless
further time is granted by the Council, shall limit his or her comments to
three (3) minutes. Except as authorized in subsection B of this Section, no
person shall be permitted to yield additional time to the speaker. No
person, other than the Council and the person having the floor, shall be
permitted to enter into any discussion, either directly or through a member
of the Council, without the permission of the Presiding Officer. No
question shall be asked a Councilmember except through the Presiding
Officer."
Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this
Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court
of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance. The City Council of the city of Carson hereby declares that it would have
adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions thereof may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its
second reading and adoption.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance
by the City Council of the city of Carson and shall cause a summary of this ordinance to be
published in accordance with Government Code § 36933.
Ordinance No. 11-1465
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council on this
1st day of February, 2011.
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Mayor Jim Dear
ATTEST:
City Clerk Helen S. kWagoel
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APPROVEDAS - FORM:
_/Z. City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City' Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance,
being Ordinance No. 11-1465 passed first reading on January 18, 2011, was duly and regularly
adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, held on the 1 st day of
February, 2011, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Mayor Dear, Santarina, Gipson, Davis -Holmes and Ruiz-Raber
NOES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
None
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
None
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
None
City Clerk Helen S. Kawag e