HomeMy Public PortalAbout15-1548ORDINANCE NO. 15-1548
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING
CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE ARTICLE 11,
CHAPTER 1, SECTION 2110 RELATED TO CITY
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS AND DIRECTIVES
TO STAFF
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carson finds that open
communication between members of the City Council and employees of the City is necessary to
the orderly running of the City and in staff s ability to implement the policies set by the Council;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that open communications with staff is
necessary to an open and transparent government; and
WHEREAS, the Carson Municipal Code governs the administrative organization
of the City of Carson; and
WHEREAS, Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 2110 of the Carson Municipal Code
provides that: "The City Council and its members shall deal with the administrative services of
the City only through the City Manager, except for the purpose of inquiry, and neither the City
Council nor any members thereof shall give orders to any subordinates of the City Manager";
and
WHEREAS the City Council desires to repeal Carson Municipal Code Article 11,
Chapter 1, Section 2110.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The foregoing Recitals are declared as true and correct and adopted
into the terms of this Ordinance by this reference.
Section 2. Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 2110 of the Carson Municipal Code,
which provides that "The City Council and its members shall deal with the administrative
services of the City only through the City Manager, except for the purpose of inquiry, and
neither the City Council nor any members thereof shall give orders to any subordinates of the
City Manager" is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Section 3. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this section, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to
be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or
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enforceability of the remaining sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences,
clauses or phrases of this section, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The
City Council declares that it would have adopted each section, subsection, subdivision,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other
sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases hereof be declared
invalid or unenforceable.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall cause this ordinance to be published at least once
in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City within fifteen (15) days
after its passage, in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code, and shall certify to
the adoption of this ordinance.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its
second reading and adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council on this
day of c�fg 2015.
Mayo�-fim Dear
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss.
CITY OF CARSON
1, Donesia L. Gause, 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 four; that the foregoing
ordinance, being Ordinance No. 15-1548 passed first reading on January 20, 2015, was duly and
regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, held on
the 3 d day of February, 2015, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Dear, Santarina, Davis—Holmes and Robles
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
City Clerk Donesia L. Gause,