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Review Proposed Charter Amendments and Provide Direction to Staff <br />June 2, 2020 <br />Page 2 <br />Proposed Charter Amendments Recommended by the Ad Hoc Committee <br />Proposed Charter Amendment <br />Purpose / Reason for Amendment <br />1 <br />Section 400: Number, Selection <br />Clarifies when new councilmembers are sworn in <br />and Term of Members <br />2 <br />Section 401.05 : Code of Ethics <br />Clarifies the applicability of the Code of Ethics and Conduct to <br />and Conduct <br />include elected officials, the City Attorney, City Manager, Clerk <br />of Council, Police Chief, and directors of all City departments <br />3 <br />Section 404: Presiding Officer, <br />Moved term limit provisions from this section to Section <br />Mayor <br />401.01 (new) <br />4 <br />Section 405: Mayor Pro Tern <br />Clarifies when the selection of the mayor pro tem shall occur <br />5 <br />Section 406: Council Judge of <br />Adds "or at a special meeting" <br />Elections and Qualifications of <br />Members <br />6 <br />Section 413: Adoption <br />Adds "resolutions" to title; clarifies effective date and who can <br />(Ordinances) <br />sign, and provides that ordinances amended after the first <br />reading must be re -introduced to be consistent with state law <br />7 <br />Section 609: Budget <br />Removes the two-thirds vote requirement for budget <br />Appropriations <br />appropriations <br />8 <br />Section 613: Claims— <br />Finance recommends revising this section to streamline the <br />Formalities; Treasury Warrants <br />process for paying invoices. The prescribed process in the <br />Charter is outdated. <br />9 <br />Section 1000: Civil Service <br />Revises equal opportunity provisions; adds "with concurrence <br />System <br />of the City Council" relating to any recommendations for <br />changes to the civil service rules by the Personnel Board <br />10 <br />Section 1002: Civil Service and <br />Administrative clean-up; revisions to ensure compliance with <br />Excepted Service <br />CalPERS rules and other applicable laws and regulations <br />11 <br />Section 1010: Prohibitions <br />Updates anti -discrimination provision and adds a provision <br />requiring that the City Council adopt an anti -nepotism policy <br />12 <br />Section 1011: Contractfor <br />Changes "personnel" to "human resources" <br />Performance of Administrative <br />Functions <br />13 <br />Section 1014: Work Stoppages <br />Removes this section in its entirety <br />14 <br />Section 1208: Enforcement <br />Allows that the City to contract with a State or County entity to <br />enforce the provisions of this section <br />15 <br />Section 1400: Employees' <br />Revisions to be consistent with revisions in Section 1002 <br />Retirement System <br />16 <br />[various] <br />Replaces gender -specific language with gender -neutral <br />language <br />17 <br />[various] <br />Replaces "clerk of the council" with "city clerk" <br />The proposed language for Charter amendments 1 through 15, as identified in the table above, are <br />attached for review and consideration (Exhibit 1). Considering that items 16 and 17 are <br />administrative in nature and may not require a policy discussion, these items are omitted from the <br />attached proposed language. The Ad Hoc Charter Review Committee recommends that the City <br />65A-2 <br />#43918v1 <br />