[Ord. #856, § 2800]
The common Seal of the City is hereby adopted and described
as follows: in the margin of the Seal shall appear the words "CITY
OF COMPTON, CALIFORNIA." In the center of the Seal shall appear the
words "INCORPORATED MAY A.D. 1888."
[Added by Ord. #950, § 2801; Ord. #1545]
The following elective officers shall give a faithful performance
bond payable to the City, and the condition of such bonds shall be
that the surety will be liable for any loss to the City due to the
failure of any official duty of the principal, whether of omission
or commission, in the following amounts:
[Added by Ord. #950, § 2801.1]
The City Manager and his staff, the City Controller and his
staff, the City Attorney and his staff, subordinates of the City Treasurer,
the City Engineer, and the Street Superintendent shall give a fidelity
bond, in an amount not less than $5,000, payable to the City, and
the condition of such bonds shall be that the surety will be liable
for any loss to the City due to the failure of any official duty of
the principal, whether of omission or commission.
[Added by Ord. #950, § 2801.2]
All officers and employees not covered by the provisions of
this Chapter shall give an honesty bond in an amount not less than
$2,500, payable to the City.
[Added by Ord. #950, § 2801.3]
Applications for official bonds shall be signed by the principal,
and official bonds shall be signed by the surety. A surety shall be
an organization authorized under the laws of the State to act as surety
and to issue surety bonds for public officials and employees, and
such bonds shall be joint and several.
[Added by Ord. #950, § 2801.4]
Premiums on official bonds shall be paid by the City.
[Added by Ord. #950, § 2801.5]
The City Manager is hereby authorized to place any or all of
such officers and employees under one official bond.
[Added by Ord. #1523, § 2802.2]
The general public shall be prohibited from eating and drinking
in the following designated areas of the City Hall:
[Added by Ord. #1523, § 2802.3]
Bare feet shall be prohibited in all areas of the Council Chamber
and City Hall.
[Added by Ord. #1555, § 2803]
The Council, by resolution, shall establish a records retention
schedule for all City records. Such retention schedule shall be in
conformance, where applicable, with State and Federal retention/destruction
laws. The records retention schedule may be amended as needed by Council
resolution, and such amendments shall be incorporated in the original
records retention schedule.
Certain City records shall be microfilmed in accordance with
the approved records retention schedule. This program shall be mandatory
for all City Offices, Departments, and Agencies. Each Department shall
appoint a Department Records System Coordinator and notify the Records
Management office (City Clerk's office) of such appointment. Each
Department shall conduct an annual inventory of all records with the
assistance of the Records Management office. During February of each
year (for files maintained on a calendar year basis) and during August
of each year (for files maintained on a fiscal year basis), each Department
shall submit a request for the Records Manager (City Clerk) to destroy
obsolete records.
[Added by Ord. #1555, § 2803.1]
The Council, by resolution, shall authorize the City Clerk to
destroy certain City records.
[Added by Ord. #1153, § 2900]
Unless otherwise specifically provided in any grant of franchise made by the City of Compton, all Public Utility Franchises granted by the City pursuant to the provisions of Article XV of the Charter of the City shall be subject to and governed by the following provisions of this section.
[Added by Ord. #1153, § 2901]
Whenever the City exercises its reserved right to purchase the
property of a public utility pursuant to Section 1505 of the Charter
of the City in the absence of an agreement as to the price of such
acquisition, such price shall be determined within the provisions
of said Section 1505 as follows:
a.
The City may purchase any utility at any time after one year from
the date that such franchise becomes effective, by delivering a notice
in writing of such intention to purchase, at least six months prior
to the date upon which the City proposes to exercise its right to
purchase said utility; together with a notice in writing of the intention
of the City to purchase and take over the property of such utility
at the date fixed for the purchase of the utility, upon the payment
by the City, to grantee owning such property under said franchise
of the fair value of the property of such utility as hereinafter provided.
b.
That in the event the City shall elect to purchase the utility and
shall notify the grantee in writing of its intention to purchase and
take over the property of such utility, as herein provided, the grantee,
at the period fixed in the notice for the termination of the franchise
and upon payment or tender of payment by the City, to the grantee
of the purchase price of the property of such utility, as hereinafter
provided, shall transfer the title to the property by good and sufficient
written instrument to the City, and the payment or tender of payment
by the City to the grantee of the purchase price of the property of
such utility shall, ipso facto, operate to transfer the title of the
property to said City, and the grantee shall forthwith surrender to
said City, and the City may forthwith take and hold possession of
the property of such utility.
c.
That in the event the franchise shall expire by operation of law,
the City shall have the right, at its option, declared not more than
one year before the expiration of the franchise term as herein fixed,
which right and option is hereby reserved to the City, to purchase
and take over the property of such utility, and in the event that
the City shall so exercise its right under such option the City shall
pay to the grantee the fair value of the property of such utility
as herein provided.
d.
The term "fair value" as used herein shall be construed to mean the
reasonable value of the property of such utility having regard to
its condition of repair and its adaptability and capacity for the
use for which it shall have been originally intended. The price to
be paid by the City for any utility shall be on the basis of actual
cost to the utility for the property taken, less depreciation accrued,
as of the date of purchase, with due allowance for obsolescence, if
any, and the efficiency of its units to perform the duties imposed
on them; no allowance shall be made for franchise value (other than
the actual amount paid to the City at the time of the franchise acquisition),
good will, going concern, earning power, increased cost of reproduction
or increased value of right-of-way or allowance for damages by reason
of severance.
e.
That the valuation of the property of such utility proposed to be
purchased upon the termination of the franchise as herein provided,
or otherwise, shall be determined by a board of three arbitrators
of whom one shall be appointed by the City, one by the grantee, and
the third by the two arbitrators so appointed. The arbitrators shall
be appointed within 30 days after the declaration by the City of its
option to purchase the property of such utility. In case the arbitrators
fail to make and file an award within the time hereinafter limited,
a new board of three arbitrators shall be appointed as hereinbefore
prescribed. The Board of Arbitrators shall immediately upon the appointment
of its members enter upon the discharge of its duties. Any vacancy
in the Board of Arbitrators shall be filled by the party who made
the original appointment to the vacant place.
f.
In the event the grantee shall fail to appoint an arbitrator within
30 days after the declaration by the City of its option to purchase
the property of such utility, or in the event of the death or resignation
of such arbitrator so appointed and such grantee, its successors or
assigns, shall fail to appoint an arbitrator to fill such vacancy
within 10 days thereafter, or in the event the two arbitrators appointed
by the City and grantee, as hereinbefore provided, shall fail to appoint
a third arbitrator within 60 days after the declaration of the City
of its option to purchase the property of such utility, then upon
application made either by the City or by the grantee after five days'
notice in writing to the other party, such arbitrator shall be appointed
by the presiding Judge of the Superior Court of the State of California,
in and for the County of Los Angeles, and the arbitrators so appointed
shall have the same powers and duties as though he had been appointed
in the manner hereinabove prescribed.
g.
The award of the arbitrators shall be made and filed with the City
Clerk of said City within three months after their appointment, and
a majority of the arbitrators who agree hereto may make such award.
The amount of the valuation of the property of such utility to be
paid to the grantee, as herein provided, in lawful money of the United
States, less an amount equivalent to or sufficient to offset or pay
any outstanding, unsettled, unpaid or disputed debts, suits or uncompleted
or unsettled contracts or pending damage suits or judgments against
or affecting said grantee, or any encumbrances or defects in title
which may constitute a charge or lien upon the property of such utility.
The amount so deducted or reserved shall be placed by the City, if
the property of such utility be purchased by the City, in a special
fund in the City Treasury for the purpose of liquidating or satisfying
unpaid debts, claims, contracts, suits, judgments, encumbrances, charges
or liens; and after the same have been liquidated and settled, the
City shall pay the grantee the balance of the amount in the fund remaining.
h.
Whenever the City shall have paid the grantee, as above provided,
the value of the property of such utility, less such amount to be
placed in the fund, as above provided, then the grantee shall, by
good and sufficient written instrument, transfer to the City all of
the property of such utility, together with all franchise rights,
appurtenances, renewals, additions, extensions, connections, and repairs
thereto, including all and every part of the property constituting
the property of such utility, together with all claims and rights
held, owned, operated and claimed, under and by virtue of the franchise
herein granted, free and clear of all encumbrances, claims or liens,
whatsoever, excepting such as have not been liquidated, as hereinbefore
provided.
i.
Acceptance of a franchise shall constitute an agreement on the part
of the grantee thereof to sell said property upon the terms and conditions
hereinabove provided.
[Added by Ord. #1951, § 1]
The Disabilities Commission shall act as an advisory to the
City Council and adhere to the following provisions.
[Added by Ord. #1951, § 1]
The chairperson of the Disabilities Commission shall forthwith
notify the City Council when any member is absent without having been
excused therefrom the Commission for three consecutive regular meetings
of the Commission.
[Added by Ord. #1951, § 1]
Any members of the Disabilities Commission may be removed by
a majority vote of the City Council at any time without cause.
[Added by Ord. #1951, § 1]
A vacancy in the membership of the Commission other than one
created by the expiration of a term, shall be filled by appointment
for the unexpired portion of the term by the City Council.
[Added by Ord. #1951, § 1]
Members of the Commission shall serve as such with compensation;
as established by resolution of City Council.
[Added by Ord. #1951, § 1]
The Commission shall select from its members a chairperson and
vice chairperson, each of whom shall serve for a term of one year.
[Added by Ord. #1951, § 1]
The Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting per month,
the meeting shall be held in the City Council Chambers, unless the
City Council shall provide for another place of meeting. The Commission
may hold additional meetings at places other than the City Council
Chambers to the extent otherwise permitted by law. The day and time
shall be established by Commission and must be ratified by City Council.
[Added by Ord. #1951, § 1]
It shall be the responsibility of the Commission to:
a.
Provide the disabled with the opportunity to make recommendations
relative to policies that affect their lives;
b.
Exercise its influence with other agencies, groups and systems in
the service area to insure provisions of adequate programs for the
disabled;
c.
Provide a forum for the exchange of positive ideas and information
among disabled;
d.
Conduct workshops and symposiums on important issues facing the disabled.
[Added by Ord. #1951, § 1]
The Commission will discharge the following duties:
a.
Propose, develop, and recommend programs and plans intended to promote
the full acceptance of disabled in all aspects of community life without
regard to race, religion, or national origin; provide however, that
all such programs and plans shall be subject to the approval of the
City Council;
b.
To cooperate with City departments, agencies and commissions in identifying
and ameliorating disability problems with which they may be concerned;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed as authorizing
the Commission to act as a hearing agency or tribunal in a personnel
matter;
c.
To recommend to the City Council and various City departments and
agencies changes in procedures, policies and/or legislation for the
purpose of improving disability input in the community.
[Ord. #2146, § 1]
The following words are defined as set forth in this section:
Shall mean City of Compton.
Shall mean a person holding the office of Mayor, City Council,
or any member of any city board, committee or commission.
Shall mean a committee created by the Mayor and City Council,
including all standing committees of the City Council, and all City
boards, committees and commissions created by City Charter, ordinance,
or resolution or governed under the provisions of the public boards,
commissions and committee ordinance.
Shall mean money, per diem, salary, fee or portion thereof
or the equivalent in services rendered or in-kind contributions received
or to be received directly or indirectly in return for lobbying services
performed or to be performed.
Shall mean a gift, subscription, loan, advance or deposit
of any money or other thing of value, including the fair market value
of an in-kind contribution, that is made or received for the purpose
of influencing City officials regarding an official action.
Shall mean a direct or indirect payment, transfer or distribution
or obligation or promise to pay, transfer or distribute any money
or other thing of value but does not include a lobbyist's own personal
living expenses and the expenses incidental to establishing and maintaining
an office in connection with lobbying activities or compensation paid
to a lobbyist by a lobbyist's employer.
Shall mean attempting to influence:
Shall mean any individual who is directly or indirectly compensated
for the specific purpose of lobbying; is designated by an individual,
interest group, or organization or entity to represent it on a substantial
or regular basis for the purpose of lobbying; or in the course of
his employment is engaged in lobbying on a substantial or regular
basis. "Lobbyist" does not include:
An individual who appears on his own behalf in connection with
an official action.
Any elected or appointed officer of the State or its political
subdivisions or an Indian tribe or pueblo acting in his official capacity.
An employee of the State or its political subdivisions, specifically
designated by an elected or appointed officer of the State or its
political subdivision, who appears before the City Council, Council
Committee, or a rulemaking proceeding only to explain the effect of
legislation or a rule on his agency or political subdivision, provided
the elected or appointed officer of the State or its political subdivision
keeps for public inspection, and files with the Secretary of State,
such designation.
A member of the City Council or an employee or representative
of the City of Compton when addressing legislation.
Any witness called by a Council Committee or administrative
department to appear before that committee or department in connection
with legislation or an official action.
An individual who provides only oral or written public testimony
in connection with a City Council or Committee or in a rulemaking
proceeding and whose name and the interest on behalf of which the
individual testifies has been clearly and publicly identified.
A publisher, owner or employee of the print media, radio or
television, while gathering or disseminating news or editorial comment
to the general public in the ordinary course of business.
A representative or officer of an officially recognized Block
Club who speaks on behalf of that Block Club.
Shall mean the direct or indirect receipt of contributions
and/or expenditure of funds to influence the public and/or City officials
regarding an official action by a lobbyist or a lobbyist organization.
Each official action the lobbyist or lobbyist organization supports
or opposes shall be a separate lobbyist campaign.
Shall mean any person who directly or indirectly receives
contributions and/or makes expenditures to influence the public and/or
City officials regarding an official action.
Shall mean the person whose interests are being represented
and by whom a lobbyist is directly or indirectly retained, compensated
or employed.
Shall mean the action or nonaction of a City official related
to any legislative, policy making or rulemaking proceeding or any
proposed ballot measure as defined in the Charter of the City of Compton.
Shall mean an individual, partnership, association, committee,
Federal, State or local governmental entity or agency, however constituted,
public or private corporation or any other organization or group of
persons who are voluntarily acting in concert, including both for
profit and nonprofit entities.
Shall mean a form prepared and prescribed by the City Clerk.
Shall mean a formal process conducted by a City agency, board
or commission for the purpose of adopting a rule, regulation, standard,
policy or other requirement of general applicability and does not
include adjudicatory proceedings.
[Ord. #2146, § 1]
a.
Before any service or lobbyist campaigning covered by the Lobbyist
and Lobbyist Organization Registration and Disclosure Ordinance[1] commences, any individual who is initially employed or
retained as a lobbyist or any lobbyist organization shall register
with the City Clerk by filing a single registration statement under
oath on a prescribed form showing:
1.
The lobbyist's or lobbyist organization's full name, permanent business
address and business address while lobbying or conducting lobbyist
campaigning;
2.
The name and address of each of the lobbyist's employers;
3.
The official action the lobbyist or lobbyist organization supports
or opposes;
4.
The name, address and telephone number of the lobbyist organization's
chairperson and treasurer and all officers for the lobbyist organization.
b.
The City Clerk shall charge a registration fee of $50 for the initial
registration by a lobbyist or lobbyist organization. No additional
fee may be charged for amendments to the original registration or
for the annual statement required in this section. Lobbyist organizations
that file a lobbyist campaign registration concerning an official
action different from that designated in a previous registration shall
pay the registration fee required in this subsection for each such
subsequent registration. No registration fee shall be required of
lobbyists receiving only reimbursement of personal expenses and no
other compensation or salary for lobbying unless they are filing for
the purpose of conducting lobbyist campaigning.
c.
For each succeeding year that an individual is employed or retained
as a lobbyist by the same employer, and for whom all the information
disclosed in the initial registration statement remains substantially
the same, the lobbyist shall file a simple annual registration renewal
12 months following initial registration and every 12 months thereafter
for each of the lobbyist's employers together with a short, abbreviated
prescribed form for renewal. The annual statement shall be in addition
to any lobbyist campaign registration and disclosure statement that
the lobbyist may be required to file under the provisions of this
section.
d.
Whenever there is a modification of the facts required to be set
forth by this section or there is a termination of the lobbyist's
employment as a lobbyist before the end of the year, the lobbyist
shall notify the City Clerk within one month of such occurrence.
e.
Lobbyists and lobbyist organizations shall file a separate registration
with the City Clerk for each official action the lobbyist or lobbyist
organization supports or opposes. When lobbyists or lobbyist organizations
support or oppose an official action other than the official action
identified in any previous registration they have filed with the City
Clerk, they shall file an additional separate registration for each
such official action supported or opposed.
[Ord. #2146, § 1]
a.
The City Attorney shall adopt procedures for processing complaints
and notifications of violations.
b.
Upon the sworn complaint of any person who has reason to believe,
and presents an affidavit listing the basis for such complaint, that
there is, or has been a violation of the Lobbyist and Lobbyist Organization
Registration and Disclosure Ordinance, the City Attorney shall investigate
the allegation when there is reason to believe such person, lobbyist,
lobbyist organization or lobbyist's employer is, or has been, acting
in violation of the Lobbyist and Lobbyist Organization Registration
and Disclosure Ordinance.[1]
c.
When the City Attorney has reason to believe that any person, lobbyist,
lobbyist organization or lobbyist's employer has violated or is violating
any provision of the Lobbyist Registration Ordinance, he shall notify
the suspected violator of the alleged violation and hold an informal
meeting before initiating further action.
[Ord. #2146, § 1]
Each registration and disclosure statement as required by the
Lobbyist and Lobbyist Organization Registration and Disclosure Ordinance
shall be preserved by the City Clerk for a period of five years from
the date of filing as a public record, open to public inspection at
any reasonable time. Unless an action or prosecution is pending that
requires preserving the report, it may be destroyed five years after
the date of filing.
[Ord. #2146, § 1]
a.
The City Clerk shall advise and seek to educate all persons required
to perform duties pursuant to this section. This includes advising
all registered lobbyists and lobbyist organizations at least annually
of the Lobbyist and Lobbyist Organization Registration and Disclosure
Ordinance's[1] deadlines for submitting registration. All prescribed
forms shall be clear and easy to complete.
b.
The City Attorney may conduct thorough examinations of reports and conduct any investigations to determine whether this section has been violated. Any person who believes that this section has been violated may file a written complaint with the City Attorney pursuant to the requirements of subsection 2-29.3 of this section. The City Clerk shall adopt procedures for processing complaints and notifications of violations.
c.
The City Attorney shall seek first to insure voluntary compliance with the provisions of this section pursuant to subsection 2-29.3. A person who violates this section shall be given 15 consecutive calendar days' notice to correct the matter or request a hearing before a City Hearing Officer before fines are imposed.
The fifteen-day notice shall begin to run on the day the notice
is mailed or served in person. The request for hearing shall be submitted
to the City Clerk.
d.
Notices under this section shall be deemed properly served and received
when the notice has been personally served on the lobbyist or lobbyist
organization or sent by registered or certified mail return receipt
requested to the last known address of the lobbyist or lobbyist organization.
e.
When the lobbyist, lobbyist organization or person who has been given
the 15 days' notice has submitted to the City Clerk a written request
for a hearing within the 15 days allowed in paragraph c of this subsection,
a hearing shall be conducted within 30 consecutive calendar days from
the day the City Clerk receives the request for hearing. The hearing
shall be conducted by a City Hearing Officer at a time and place designated
by the Hearing Officer. All witnesses shall be sworn or affirmed and
the hearing shall be recorded. The Hearing Officer shall file all
findings, conclusions and final orders with the City Clerk and mail
a copy to the City Attorney and parties to the hearing at the time
of such filing.
f.
An appeal may be taken from any final order issued by the Hearing
Officer by filing a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the District
Court of the Second Judicial District within 30 days after the Hearing
Officer files the findings, conclusions and final order with the City
Clerk. The petition shall be limited to the record of the proceedings
before the Hearing Officer. The petitioner shall file a true and correct
copy of the record of the proceedings before the Hearing Officer with
the District Court within 30 days after filing the Petition for Writ
of Certiorari. The Hearing Officer or City Clerk shall charge the
petitioner a reasonable fee for the cost of time and materials to
reproduce the record. The decision of the hearing officer shall be
affirmed unless the decision is found to be arbitrary, capricious
or an abuse of discretion unsupported by evidence in the record taken
as a whole or otherwise not in accordance with law.
g.
The Hearing Officer shall prepare a written report of his or her
findings and decision within 10 City working days after the hearing
and shall provide copies to the parties and the City Attorney and
shall file the findings, conclusions and the final order with the
City Clerk.
h.
Any person who files a statement required by this section, including
but not limited to registration and disclosure statements, after the
deadline imposed by this section or any person who files a false or
incomplete statement shall be liable for and shall pay the City at
or from the time initially required for the filing, $25 per day for
each business day after the time required for the filing of the statement
until the complete report is filed up to a maximum of $500.
i.
A violation of this section of the Municipal Code shall be an infraction. The penalty for violation of this section is set forth in subsection 1-6.3 of this Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing a violation of this section of the Municipal Code may also include the lobbyist or lobbyist organization registration being revoked or the lobbying or lobbying campaigning activities enjoined for up to three years.
[Ord. #2146, § 1]
a.
Bank Accounts. Each lobbyist organization shall establish one and
only one campaign bank checking account for each lobbyist campaign.
Each lobbyist campaign shall be for or against only one official action.
Lobbyists participating in lobbyist campaigning shall establish one
and only one campaign bank checking account for each lobbyist campaign
when such lobbyist campaigning activity is not reported by a lobbyist
organization. All contributions received for the benefit of lobbyist
campaigning shall be deposited into the single checking account required
in this subsection and all disbursements shall be made from that account.
Each lobbyist participating in lobbyist campaigning and each lobbyist
organization shall file with the bank at which the lobbyist campaign
checking account has been established a letter authorizing the release
of information concerning that account to the City Attorney or his
designee and shall submit a copy of the letter of authorization to
the City Clerk. Upon the request of the City Attorney, the lobbyist
or lobbyist organization shall provide to the City Attorney all bank
records, cancelled checks, and any other financial information relating
to the lobbyist campaign as may be requested by the City Attorney.
b.
Disclosure of Lobbyist Campaigning Activities.
1.
Each lobbyist or lobbyist organization that conducts any lobbyist
campaigning shall file with the City Clerk disclosure statements,
each of which shall be cumulative, signed under oath by the lobbyist,
treasurer or chairperson of the lobbyist organization, and set forth
to 5:00 p.m. of the day preceding the filing of each statement the
following:
(a)
The total of contributions, which shall include all contributions
received, regardless of whether the contribution has been deposited
in the bank checking account. This report shall show the amount of
each anonymous contribution received.
(b)
The name and street address of each contributor, the contributor's
principal business or occupation, the name and address of the contributor's
employer, and the nature of the contributor's or the contributor's
employer's business, together with the total cumulative value contributed
by the contributor.
(c)
All expenditures made on behalf of the lobbyist campaign, including
any reimbursements and the nature thereof, and the name and address
of the person or business to whom payment was made.
(d)
In kind contributions shall be reported as to both contributions
to the lobbyist or lobbyist organization or any expenditure made on
behalf of the lobbyist or lobbyist organization. The fair market value
of such goods or services shall be reported.
(e)
Lobbyist campaign loans as contributions and any subsequent
repayment of loans credited against contributions and returned contributions
as credits against contributions.
2.
The statements required by this section shall be filed as follows: the first statement shall be filed within five City working days after the registration with the City Clerk that designates the official action the lobbyist or lobbying organization supports or opposes. The first statement shall show all contributions received and all expenditures made at any time in the past up to 5:00 p.m. of the day immediately prior to the date of filing. The first statement shall include all expenditures made and contributions received prior to registering with the City Clerk as well as such expenditures made and contributions received after the registration required under subsection 2-29.2 of this section. Additional statements shall be filed with the City Clerk every 28 calendar days from the date of the original registration until the lobbyist or lobbying organization provides a final statement. In the event no expenditures have been made and no contributions have been received during any of the required reporting periods, the lobbyist or lobbyist organization shall not be required to file a statement for that time period but shall be required to submit a letter to the City Clerk stating that no contribution and expenditure activity occurred during the reporting period. The final disclosure statement shall include or be accompanied by a sworn statement that all lobbying campaigning has ceased on or before the date of such statement as to the official action designated in the registration. The final statement shall show all expenditures and contributions and may be filed at any time.
3.
Anonymous Contributions. No anonymous contributions shall be accepted
by a lobbyist or lobbyist organization for purposes of conducting
a lobbyist campaign. Anonymous contributions accepted shall be given
to a nonprofit charity or to the City's General Fund. The transfer
of such funds to the nonprofit charity or the City's General Fund
shall be reported in the disclosure statement due after such transfer.
4.
Retention of Records. Each lobbyist and lobbyist organization shall
keep financial records of the lobbyist campaign for a period of one
year following the certification to the City Clerk that all lobbying
campaigning has ceased and shall make available to the City or its
auditors for inspection the records of all contributions and expenditures,
cancelled checks, invoices, receipts, bank statements, bills of sales,
statements of accounts, leases, rental agreements and all other financial
records pertinent to the lobbyist campaign.
[Ord. #2256]
There is hereby created and established a Public Works Commission
in and for the City of Compton which shall be known and referred to,
among other things, as the Public Works Commission of the City of
Compton or as the Public Works Commission. The authority to create
and establish a Public Works Commission is pursuant to Section 1000
of the City of Compton Charter.
[Ord. #2256]
a.
The Public Works Commission shall consist of five members to be appointed
by the City Council and be subject to removal in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1002 of the Compton City Charter. Each member
of the City Council shall appoint one member of the Public Works Commission
to a term of four years and until their respective successors are
appointed and qualified.
b.
The members of the Commission shall be residents of the City of Compton
and shall not be officers or employees of the City. No member of the
Commission may have any interest in any contract with the City either
during such member's term of office or for a period of one year after
the cessation of such service.
c.
All members shall have an expressed interest in and knowledge of
public works projects, methods and procedures. The City shall make
a concerted effort to recruit at least one registered civil engineer
with an active license, and professionals with expertise in other
areas such as traffic engineering, structural engineering, architecture,
landscape architecture, contracting or construction, construction
law, or construction management and inspection.
[Ord. #2256]
Any vacancies on the Commission, from whatever cause arising,
shall be filled by appointment by the Councilmember of the Council
District that made the appointment to the vacant Commission position
for the remainder of the unexpired term.
[Ord. #2256]
a.
The Public Works Commission shall schedule regular meetings on a
quarterly basis, at such time and dates as designated in the rules
and regulations adopted by the Commission to govern procedures of
the Commission. The meeting shall be held at such location designated
by the City Manager. Special meetings may be held on the call of the
Chairperson or any three members of the Commission. All meetings shall
comply with State laws governing open and public meetings.
b.
At the first meeting of each fiscal year, the Commission shall elect
a Chair and Vice-Chair from among the appointed members for a term
of one year. The Commission may also create and fill other offices
from among the members as they deem necessary and in accordance with
the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission.
[Ord. #2256]
The members of the Public Works Commission shall receive a stipend
of $150 not to exceed $150 per month for each meeting in attendance.
No additional compensation shall be paid for expenses incurred by
the members of the Commission in the performance of their duties,
except that the City Council may from time to time authorize in advance,
expenditures for attendance at seminars, institutes, or other meetings
which the City Council finds to be beneficial to the Commissioners
in the performance of their duties, and in accordance with the City's
"Expense and Reimbursement Policy."
[Ord. #2256]
The Public Works Commission shall act as an advisory commission
to the City Council and perform the following duties:
a.
To provide annual review and comment on public works capital improvement
projects and programs;
b.
To receive regular updates on active capital improvement projects;
c.
To review and provide input on long-term infrastructure maintenance
and repair programs;
d.
To review and comment upon the following:
1.
Public utility matters, including electric, telephone and gas companies'
community service levels;
2.
Waste management, recycling programs and hazardous waste disposal;
and
3.
Traffic safety and transportation matters (e.g. stop signs, traffic
signals, speed limits, crosswalks, bicycle routes, parking control,
bus and truck routes, etc.).
e.
At the request of the City Council, to recommend policies and programs
to the City Council for efficient and cost-effective methods for providing
for the public works needs and requirements of the City;
f.
To perform other related duties or studies as directed by the City
Council.
[Ord. #2256]
The Public Works Commission may discharge its duties in the
manner and means selected by it, except as follows:
a.
Unless expressly authorized to do so by the City Council, it shall
not represent itself to be, nor in any way act for or on behalf of
the City Council, nor shall it commit the officers, employees, or
staff of the City in any manner or to any course of action. To the
contrary, it shall act as a study center and clearinghouse for advisory
action to the City Council;
b.
It shall not encroach upon any area preempted by State or Federal
law; and
c.
It shall forward all of its findings and recommendations to the City
Council prior to public release.
[Ord. #2256]
The City Manager or his/her designee, the Director of the Public
Works/Municipal Utilities Department or his/her designee and any other
member(s) of the City's personnel that the City Manager deems appropriate,
shall be non-voting advisory members to the Commission.
