1)
A person appointed by the City Council to any Board, Commission or Committee (hereafter, "Commission") shall continue to serve as a member thereof except when:
2)
A majority vote of the City Council may remove any member of a Commission for any reason, including, but not limited to, conduct unbecoming a public official, violating the City's conflict of interest ordinance or failing to comply with statutory requirements such as the filing requirements under the Political Reform Act[1]. Conduct unbecoming a public official, as detailed in the Councilmember and Commissioner Conduct Policy, includes the kind of conduct that any reasonable commissioner would know is incompatible or inimical to public service, would indicate a lack of fitness to perform the functions of a Commissioner or would discredit or cause embarrassment to the City.
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Editor's Note: See Cal. Govt. Code § 81000 et seq.
3)
Any member of the City Council may initiate a person' s removal from a Commission by requesting at a regular City Council meeting that consideration of the person' s removal be placed on the Council' s agenda at a regular or special meeting for discussion and potential action. If there is Council majority support to place the item on an agenda, the item will be scheduled at a meeting date acceptable to a Council majority. If the Councilmember responsible for appointing the seat wishes to remove a seated member, they shall notify the City Clerk in writing. Once notification of the removal is received, the City Clerk shall notify the person affected of the time and place of the meeting where the item will be agendized on the Consent Calendar. The member may then appear and speak during Public Comment regarding the item.