[Ord. No. 17.689 §§1,
4, 12-6-1999]
A.
The
Mayor, with the advice and consent of a two-thirds (⅔) majority
of the Board of Aldermen of the City of California, Missouri, does
hereby have the authority to establish certain standing and ad hoc
committees to serve the needs of the citizens of California, Missouri,
as may be necessary and in the best interests of the City.
B.
Authority
to make appointment to said committees is granted to the Mayor and
the Board of Aldermen. Appointments by the Board must be by motion
and approved by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of the Board of Aldermen.
Appointments by the Mayor must be approved by a two-thirds (⅔)
majority of the Board of Aldermen. Any ad hoc committees shall be
established for an indefinite period, but shall terminate at such
time that the issue or matter to be addressed has been resolved, or
at such time that the committee has made its recommendation to the
Mayor and Board as to an issue and no further action on the part of
the committee is necessary, or at such time that the committee is
dissolved.
[Ord. No. 17.689 §2, 12-6-1999]
A.
Standing
committees of the City of California, Missouri, are established with
the goal that said committees will advise and make recommendations
to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen pertaining to the operation of
the respective City department(s).
B.
There
are hereby established the following standing committees:
1.
Finance/Budget Committee. The Finance/Budget Committee
shall act to review the finances and budget of the City, make recommendations
as to investments, adoption of investment policies, and cash control
procedures, work toward the prudent, orderly and efficient management
of the City's resources, and make such recommendations as to any other
matter relating to the finances of the City.
2.
Fire/Police Committee. The Fire/Police Committee
shall act, generally, as a liaison between the Fire and Police Department
and the Mayor and Board of the City as to matters impacting or involving
said departments. The committee shall make recommendations as to personnel
requirements and needs, general procedures and policies of the department
as developed in coordination with City staff, to develop short- and
long-term plans and goals for said departments to be submitted to
the Mayor and Board for approval, to assist in determining budgetary
needs of the departments, and to consider all petitions, requests,
or suggestions concerning the department and to make recommendations
to the City concerning same and as to any other matter relating to
the finances of the City.
3.
Park Committee. The Park Committee shall act, generally,
as a liaison between the Park Department and the Mayor and Board of
the City as to matters impacting or involving said department and
the park and recreational facilities and operations of the City, including
the ballfields and the cemetery, and shall make recommendations to
the Mayor and Board as to any such matters. The Committee may formulate
and recommend the adoption of rules and regulations for the operation
and management of the parks, consistent with the terms and conditions
of any instrument of conveyance relating to such parks and other ordinances
of the City.
4.
Personnel Committee. The Personnel Committee shall
review and make recommendations (to the Mayor and Board) as to matters
pertaining to personnel guidelines, policies, salary proposals and
personnel issues involving or impacting employees and officials of
the City of California. The Personnel Committee shall conduct interviews
of prospective employees as often as is necessary for the good of
the City and as required by the operations of the City.
The Personnel Committee shall formulate and recommend the adoption
of such rules and regulations as may be reasonably necessary for the
efficient operation of the City and the qualification and appointment
of qualified City employees.
5.
Street Committee. The Street Committee shall consider
and make recommendations to the Mayor and Board as to issues impacting
or involving the streets and thoroughfares of the City and transportation
issues. These issues shall include, but shall not be limited to recommendations
as to speed limits, parking zones, crosswalks, traffic control devices,
motor vehicle, and traffic and parking regulations which may promote
traffic safety or decrease traffic congestion, the development of
a master plan for street improvements and traffic control, the development
of a short-term and long-term capital improvement plan, the recommendation
as to annual street improvements, including overlay and chip and seal
expenditures, and recommendations as to all matters affecting or impacting
the operation of the street department and the development and maintenance
of a safe and efficient transportation system.
6.
Utilities/Building Maintenance Committee. The Utilities/Building
Maintenance Committee shall oversee the maintenance of the facilities
owned and operated by the City and make recommendations to the Mayor
and Board concerning maintenance, improvement, and use of the same.
The Committee shall consider and make recommendations to the Mayor
and Board as to all issues impacting or involving the operation of
the utilities of the City, including water, sewer, trash and electric
operations and departments.
[Ord. No. 17.689 §3, 12-6-1999]
Each standing committee shall consist of at least three (3)
members of the Board of Aldermen of the City of California; each of
these three (3) Aldermen shall represent different wards of the City.
Each member shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year. Each appointment
of an Aldermen to the Board shall be made by the Mayor, with the advice
and consent of a two-thirds (⅔) majority of the Board. The
Mayor of the City shall serve and represent the City on all standing
committees. In addition to the above members of the committee, the
Mayor and Board may appoint other members to the committee, as the
Mayor and Board deem appropriate and in the best interests of the
City. All members of the committee shall be residents of the City,
absent variance from this Article as approved by the Mayor and Board.
All members of the committee shall serve without compensation. The
committee may choose to adopt rules and procedures as it believes
are reasonably necessary for expeditious transaction of its business
affairs and which are in conformance with the Missouri law and with
City policy. However, a majority of the voting members shall constitute
the minimum quorum for the transaction of business. Subject to the
limitations imposed by a budget approved by the City, the committee
may request and shall receive the cooperation of City officials and
City employees to the extent reasonably possible in providing it assistance
for the furtherance of its duties.
[Ord. No. 11.001 §§1 —
4, 5-27-1986]
A.
California City Park Board.
1.
There is established hereby the California City Park Board consisting
of nine (9) directors appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the
Board of Aldermen. All such directors shall be residents of the City
of California and none shall be members of the municipal government.
2.
The initial directors of the Park Board shall hold office for staggered
terms: two (2) members being appointed for one (1) year, two (2) members
for two (2) years, and two (2) members for three (3) years from the
date of their appointment. Annually thereafter the Mayor shall appoint
two (2) directors each year to hold office for three (3) years or
until their successors are appointed. The Mayor may, by and with the
consent of the Board of Aldermen, remove any director for misconduct
or neglect of duty.
B.
Duties Of The City Park Board.
1.
The City Park Board shall adopt by-laws, rules and regulations for
the operation of all City parks and recreation programs under the
supervision of the Park Board.
2.
The City Park Board shall develop and implement a comprehensive recreation
program for the residents of California, Missouri.
3.
The City Park Board shall prepare an annual budget on or before the
twenty-eighth (28th) day of February of each year and submit said
budget to the Board of Aldermen for approval.
4.
The City Park Board shall have power to appoint a suitable person
to care for said parks and supervise the park recreation program and
necessary assistants and to remove such appointees. The compensation
of said appointees shall be set by the Board of Aldermen.
C.
Funds.
1.
All funds of the Park Board shall be kept in the Park Board account
by the City Clerk and shall be disbursed by the City Clerk.
2.
The Park Board may authorize the City Clerk to pay any expenditures
or purchase on behalf of the Park Board where the expenditure is less
than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and said expenditure or purchase
is included in the annual budget approved by the Board of Aldermen.
Expenditures for items for excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or which are not included in the approved Park Board budget must be
approved by the Board of Aldermen prior to the obligation of Park
Board or City funds.
[1]
Editor's Note — This ord. no. 11.001 was repealed by
ord. no. 17.694, however, at the time of codification this ordinance
was reinserted and readopted with said codification.
[Ord. No. 11.000 §§1 —
4, 5-6-1991]
A.
Any
person who so desires to voluntarily contribute to the improvement
of the park facilities of the City of California shall be entitled
to do so, and one means of doing so shall be to indicate the amount
of such contribution, or the desire to make such contribution, on
the monthly utilities statement as billed by the Department of Utilities,
and all monies received by the City of California in payment of said
bills which represent a voluntary contribution as indicated thereon
shall be deposited into a separate and segregated fund to be separately
accounted for, which monies shall then be used and administered by
or at the direction of the California City Park Board subject to the
approval of the Board of Aldermen of the City of California, for improvements
to the Park System of the City of California. No funds voluntarily
contributed by the citizens of California through this program shall
be used solely for purposes of maintenance.
B.
The
City Clerk shall prepare and issue all checks required for payment
of salaries and other expenditures on behalf of the Park Board upon
certification by the Park Board and all checks shall be countersigned
by the Mayor. All investments must be reviewed and/or approved by
the Board of Aldermen or Finance Committee.
C.
This
program of voluntary contribution shall be known as the "Round-Up
Program".
D.
In
order to effectuate the provisions of this Section, the Department
of Utilities is hereby directed to amend and revise or make additions
to the municipal utilities monthly bill in order to enable individuals
or persons desiring to make such contributions to indicate the same
thereon.
