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ORDINANCE NO. 18-1802
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARSON, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 4, SECTION
2403, OF THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE
TIMING OF THE SELECTION OF THE MAYOR PRO TEMPO RE
WHEREAS, it shall be the policy of the City Council to afford each members of the City
Council an opportunity to serve as the Mayor Pro Tempore on a rotating basis; and
WHEREAS, it shall be the further policy of the City Council that there shall not be
members of the City Council serving as Mayor Pro Tempore for successive years.
NOW, THEREFORE, the CITY COUNCIL of the City of Carson, California, does
HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4, Section 2403, paragraph A, is hereby rescinded in its entirety.
SECTION 2. A new Section 2403, subparagraph A, is hereby added to the municipal
code to read, in its entirety, as follows (deleted text in strikethrough; new text in bold & italics):
"A. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held
on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at the hour of 5:00 p.m. If any such
day is on a holiday, then the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding day
which is not a holiday. If any such day is a Statewide election day or a regular or
special municipal election day, then the meeting shall be held on the next
succeeding day or on such other day as determined by the City Council. During
the second City Council meeting of January of each year the City Council shall
select one of its members to serve as Mayor Pro Tempore. The Mayor Pro
Tempore shall serve for a term on one (1) year from the date of selection, shall
not serve consecutive terms of office, and shall be selected on a rotating basis
with each succeeding Mayor Pro Tempore being selected on the basis of the
councilmember with the longest continuous service on the City Council. At-the
second regular meeting in March of each e11en Aumbered year, the Council shall
organize and select a Mayor Pro Tempore. In odd numbered years, the Council
shall organize and select a Mayor Pro Tempore at the meeting at which the
declaration of its regular electioA results is made immediately following the
iAsta-llation of officers in accordaAce with GovernmeAt Code SectioA 36801."
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of
this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is, for any reason, held
invalid or unconstitutiona~ by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unconstitutionality shall not affect any other provision or application, and to this end the
provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. The City Council hereby declares that it
would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or
portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences ,
clauses, phrases, parts or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Ordinance No. 18-1802
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SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days
after its second reading and adoption.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance, and
shall cause the same to be posted and codified in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council on this
61h day of February 2018.
APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY OF CARSON:
ATTEST:
Donesia Gause-Aldana, MMC, Ci~J~7-k
ST ATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Donesia Gause-Aldana, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, hereby attest to and
certify that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance 18-1802 passed first reading on the 23rd
day of January, 2018, adopted by the Carson City Council at its meeting held on the 6th day of
February, 2018, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Robles, Hicks, Hilton, Santarina
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Davis-Holmes
Ordinance No. 18-1802
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