HomeMy WebLinkAbout1055ORDINANCE NO. 1055
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
UKIAH AMENDING SECTIONS 1151 and 1152 OF THE
UKIAH CITY CODE CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT
OF COMMISSIONERS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
AND THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE.
The City Council of the City of Ukiah hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION ONE
Sections 1151 and 1152 in Article 4, Chapter 4 of Division 1 of the Ukiah City Code
are amended to read as follows:
§ 1 151: MEMBERS; APPOINTMENT:
Said Commission shall consist of five (5) members who shall be residents of the City.
Each member of the City Council, including each newly elected or appointed City Council
member, shall appoint one Commissioner. A new City Council member selected to fill a
vacancy on the Council and serve out an unexpired term of office may replace the
Commissioner appointed by that Council member's predecessor in office. If a
Commissioner vacates his or her office before the expiration of his or her term of office,
the appointing City Council member of that Commissioner shall appoint a replacement to
serve the remainder of that Commissioner's term of office. If a City Council member fails
to appoint a Commissioner within sixty (60) days after the vacancy occurs, a majority of
the City Council shall fill the vacancy following the procedure used to appoint members to
other City commissions and boards.
§ 1152: TERMS OF MEMBERS:
A Commissioner's term of office shall coincide with the term of the City Council member,
including the Mayor, who appointed that Commissioner.
SECTION TWO
This Ordinance shall be published as required by law in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Ukiah.
SECTION THREE
This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after adoption. Planning
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Commissioners who are in office, when this Ordinance becomes effective, shall remain in
office until January 1,2005, even if, prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, their term
would have expired on or would have extended beyond that date. If a vacancy occurs
on the Commission prior to January 1, 2005, it shall be filled by a member of the City
Council, including the Mayor. The member of the City Council with the most seniority on
the Council shall appoint a Commissioner to fill the first such vacancy. The next most
senior City Council member shall appoint a Commissioner to fill the next such vacancy.
Any additional such vacancies shall be filled by individual members of the City Council in
order of their seniority on the Council. The terms of any such appointees shall end on
January 1,2005. After January 1,2005, a Council member may reappoint to a full term
of office a Commissioner he or she appointed prior to January 1,2005.
Introduced by title only on May 19, 2004, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers Rodin, Smith, and Vice Mayor Baldwin.
None.
Councilmember Andersen and Mayor Larson.
None.
Adopted on June 2, 2004 by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES: Mayor Larson
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Councilmembers Rodin, Andersen, Smith, and Vice Mayor Baldwin
Eri~ L-arson, Mayor
Gordon Elto~,-City Cl'erk
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