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 The prescribed process in the Charter is outdated. 9 Section 1000: Civil Service Revises equal opportunity provisions; adds "with concurrence System of the City Council" relating to any recommendations for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