Ordinance 2991CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO.2991
New Series
AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE
CONTAINED IN CHAPTER II ARTICLE I PERTAINING TO CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS , CHAPTER II ARTICLE II PERTAINING TO THE HISTORICAL
ADVISORY BOARD , AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.1 082 AS AMENDED
BY ORDINANCE NO. 2497 PERTAINING TO AN EXISTING PENSION FUND
WHEREAS , at the consolidated election of November 4 , 2008 , Alameda voters
amended the City Charter by passage of Measures Q, R , S , T , U , V , Wand X
and
WHEREAS , the Alameda Municipal Code needs to be modified to achieve
consistency with the City Charter amendments , and
WHEREAS , Ordinance NO.1 082 as amended by Ordinance No. 2497
regarding an existing pension fund needs to be modified to achieve consistency
with the amendment to Charter Art. III Sec. 7(1) that was included in Measure Q;
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of Alameda that:
Sec. 1. City Council. The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended by
modifying Section 2-, to read as follows:
1. Council meetings.
The regular meetings of the City Council shall be held in the designated location
of the City Hall at 7:30 p.m. in the calendar year as fixed by resolution in
December of the preceding year. All meetings shall be open and public , except
as otherwise provided by law. If it reasonably appears to the Clerk of the
Council that: (a) the Council Chamber is not large enough to accommodate the
number of persons likely to attend any meeting, or (b) special facilities other
than the Chamber are required for a particular meeting, or (c) a meeting will
constitute a joint session with another agency to be held at the latter s usual
meeting place , or (d) advantages exist in having an on-site meeting, the Clerk
may, with consent of the Mayor , give appropriate written or oral notice at the
commencement thereof that such meeting will be called to order in the Council
Chamber and thereupon continued to the time and place required by reason of
the special circumstances hereinabove mentioned.
Sec. 2. Historical Advisory Board. The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby
amended by modifying Section 2-1 0., to read as follows:
10.2d Any member may be removed from the Board by majority vote of
Council.
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Sec. 3. The Alameda Municipal code is hereby amended by modifying Sec. 2-
10., to read as follows:
10.3 Meetings; Officers; Rules.
The Board shall hold regular meetings on the first Thursday of each
month in the City Council Chambers , unless proper notification is
given for a change of location or time , and shall hold such additional
meetings as it determines to be necessary for discharge of its
responsibilities hereunder. The Board shall select a Chairperson
and Vice Chairperson from their membership who shall each serve
for one (1) year terms or until successors are appointed. Officeholders may be returned to office.
The City Manager or his/her designate shall be the Board'
Secretary and he/she shall cause minutes and records of the
Board's meetings to be kept.
Sec. 4. The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended by modifying
Sec. 2-10.4 , to read as follows:
10.4 Quorum. A majority of the entire membership of the Board shall
constitute a quorum.
Sec. 5. Ordinance NO.1 082 as amended by Ordinance No. 2497 is
hereby amended by modifying Sec. 28.
Section 28. Amendment or Repeal
This ordinance shall not be amended except by majority vote of the full
Council , and shall not be repealed except by a vote of the people.
Sec. 6. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the
expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of its final passage.
Sec. 7. Severability Clause. It is the declared intent of the City Council of
Alameda that if any section , subsection , sentence , clause , phrase , or
provision of this ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of
competent jurisdiction , such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not be so
construed as to render invalid or unconstitutional the remaining provisions
of this ordinance.
Attest:
Lara Weisiger , City Cle
City of Alameda
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, the undersigned , hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular
meeting assembled on the 17 day of March , 2009 by the following vote to wit:
AYES:Councilmembers deHaan , Gilmore , Matarrese , Tam and
Mayor Johnson - 5.
NOES:None.
ABSENT:None.
ABSTENTIONS:None.
IN WITNESS , WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the offcial seal of
said City this 18 day of March , 2009.
LaraWeisiger , City Ie k
City of Alameda