11A - ORDINANCE - SUNSHINE - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

(a) Members of the City Council (including the Mayor), the City Manager, Clerk of the Council, City Attorney, Community Development Agency Director, Finance and Management Services Director, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director, Planning and Building Director, Police Chief, Director of External Affairs, Public Works Director, Deputy City Manager, and any additional persons in management positions that are considered part of the City's Executive Management Team shall maintain a monthly City Calendar. (b) The Calendar shall include all scheduled City-related appointments, meetings, including regular and special City Council meetings, meetings with developers, meetings with union representatives, meetings with consultants, meetings with lobbyists, regional meetings, and meetings of subcommittees or task forces. (c) The Calendars of the Mayor, City Council, and City Manager, and other department heads listed in subsection (a) shall be a public record subject to inspection during normal business hours at the office of the Clerk of the Council and additionally available in electronic format on the City's official website. The calendar shall be made available on the tenth business day of each month and shall reflect the schedules of the previous month. (d) Each City-related appointment must include the following information: name(s), title(s), and affiliated organization(s). The following information shall be exempted: (1) Personal appointments, including personal business appointments; (2) Information protected by the attorney-client privilege; (3) Information about attorney work product; (4) Information about City staff recruitment; (5) Information about a personnel issue; (6) Information about corporate recruiting and retention; (7) Information about criminal investigations and security; (8) Information about whistle blowers; (9) Information about those who reasonably fear that public disclosure of the fact of their appointment will result in retaliation that will result in significant economic, physical or other tangible harm; and (10) Information that is otherwise prohibited from disclosure. (e) Any violation of this section relating to calendars shall not be a basis for any criminal prosecution. SECTION 4. Section 2-157 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby added such that it reads as follows (new and deleted language in underline and strikeout for tracking purposes only): Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 2 of 4 11 A-4