A. 
No person may serve more than two four-year terms on a single board or commission. This section shall apply regardless of whether or not a commissioner's or board member's service of a term has commenced or occurred prior to the effective date of the ordinance imposing the two-term limit established by this section; provided nothing herein shall require the removal of a commissioner who has exceeded two terms by virtue of the adoption of the ordinance codifying this section and enacting the two-term limit set forth herein.
B. 
No person may serve on a board or commission under this title while concurrently serving on another board or commission under this title, the civil service commission, or the Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport Authority. Elected officials shall not serve on any board or commission under this title, or the civil service commission, or the Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport Authority except where an ordinance specifically permits or requires a member to be an elected official.
C. 
The terms of office for all voting members of boards and commissions under this title shall be four years or until their successors are appointed and qualified; provided, the term of each member shall be coterminous with the council member who was in Column One of the nomination panel that nominates that member to a board or commission regardless of when nominated and appointed. Vacancies for any unexpired term of membership on any board or commission under this title shall be filled by appointment by majority vote of the council. An appointment to fill a vacancy of a partial term shall be coterminous with the term of the council member making the nomination. For purposes of the limit of terms as set forth in subsection A of this section, a board member or commissioner who serves 24 months or more of a term shall be deemed to have served a full term. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any term that is less than four years as a result of a delay by the council in nominating and appointing a board member or commissioner during a councilmember's term (in contrast to a removal, resignation or incapacitation) shall nevertheless constitute a full term.
(Prior code § 3-1; Ord. 5351 § 1, 2003; Ord. 5380 § 1, 2004; Ord. 5669 § 13, 2009; Ord. 5904 § 1, 2017; Ord. 5930 § 1, 2019; Ord. 6005 § 1, 2023; Ord. 6029, 7/30/2024; Ord. 6030, 9/17/2024)
A. 
Any member of a board or a commission who is absent for three consecutive regular scheduled meetings of the board or commission to which he or she was appointed by the council, or who fails to attend at least 75% of the regular scheduled meetings during a 12 month period, which period commences on the date of appointment of the individual commissioner to office, shall be referred to an ad hoc committee comprised of the chair (president) or chairperson pro tempore (president pro tempore) of the affected commission and two members of the city council selected at random. The ad hoc committee will then determine if the absences should be excused. Upon making such determination the committee will issue a report to the city council with a recommendation. The city council shall take appropriate action including, but not limited to, excusing the absences, removing the board member or commissioner, or take other action as the council deems appropriate.
B. 
For purposes of determining when a board member or commissioner reaches the threshold limits for absenteeism, those regular scheduled meetings canceled by city staff shall be credited to each member as if they had attended such meeting. If a meeting is canceled as a result of prior knowledge by city staff that a quorum will not be reached for that meeting, those members who reported prior to the cancellation that they would not attend would be recorded as absent. Members who reported that they would attend such a meeting would be credited with attendance.
C. 
The city clerk shall, on a quarterly basis, compile attendance information relating to each board member and commissioner, which information shall be available to the council and the public.
D. 
The city manager shall promulgate rules and guidelines for, among other things, the orientation of new commissioners regarding attendance and for counseling commissioners who appear to be close to violating the absentee limit set forth in subsection A, of this section.
(Prior code § 3-2; Ord. 5107 § 1, 1996)
Three years after an appointment of a representative on the Metropolitan Water District board of directors, and at three year intervals thereafter during the continuation of such an appointment, the city clerk shall report to the mayor and the council the lapse of such three year period since such appointment or previous review of appointment.
(Prior code § 3-60)
A. 
A lobbyist, as defined in this section, who lobbies, as defined in this section, shall not serve on any board or commission under this title, or the civil service commission, Alex Regional Theatre Board, or Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport Authority.
"Lobbying" or "lobbies"
means influencing or attempting to influence any city official through either direct or indirect communication for the purpose of influencing a legislative or administrative action. As used herein, a "city official" means any elected or appointed officer of the city of Glendale, any city employee appointed to serve as the director of a city department, and any city employee who is required to file a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700). City official also includes any person appointed to a city board or commission.
"Lobbyist"
means any individual who receives any compensation by being employed, retained or under contract for the purposes of communicating with any city official for the purpose of influencing a legislative or administrative action. "Lobbyist" does not include city contractors or those seeking city contracts through bids or proposals.
B. 
A person who has lobbied the city or acted as a lobbyist as defined in subsection A, may not be appointed to serve on a board or commission until at least 12 months have passed from the latest of either the cessation of the last lobbying activity or the termination of lobbyist status.
(Ord. 5930 § 2, 2019; Ord. 5947 § 4, 2020)
A. 
A person who has been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude shall be disqualified from being appointed to serve on any board or commission.
B. 
A board or commission member who is convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude shall be subject to removal by the city council.
C. 
For the purposes of this section, "conviction" means a verdict of guilty by a judge or a jury, a plea of guilty, or a plea of nolo contendere.
(Ord. 5930 § 3, 2019)
A. 
The city manager shall have the discretion to designate city staff to serve as liaison(s) between boards and commissions and the city council for the purpose of filling board and commission vacancies.
B. 
The liaison(s) shall provide the city council with information relating to specific traits and qualifications desired or needed in filling the board or commission vacancy. Such information shall be non-binding and shall serve as information solely to assist the city council in its consideration and appointment of the new board or commission member.
(Ord. 5930 § 4, 2019)