There shall be two regular meetings of the city council during each calendar month, and such meetings shall be held at the time and place or places within the city as designated by resolution of the city council. If the date of any such regular business meeting falls on a holiday, such regular meeting shall be held at the same hour as specified in such resolution on the next succeeding day which is not a holiday or Saturday or Sunday.
(Prior code § 2600; Ord. 1033 § 1, 2007; Ord. 1076 § 6, 2013)
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The minutes of the city council shall be taken, retained and distributed by the city clerk or authorized representative in the manner, form and fashion as specified by resolution of the city council.
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Minutes of other boards and commissions of the city shall be taken, retained and distributed as authorized by resolution of the city council.
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Shorthand, stenotype or mechanical or electrical recordings of the proceedings of the city council, or any meeting or hearing of any board or commission of the city, shall be made, taken, kept and distributed as directed by the city council by resolution or motion. Any person interested may request, by five days' written notice prior to any public meeting of the city council, any city commission or board, that the proceedings of such public meeting be recorded by shorthand, stenotype or mechanical or electrical recording, provided such person agrees in writing to reimburse the city for the cost of recording said minutes, and for the cost of any copies of the minutes requested by the person.
(Prior code § 2606)
City councilmembers shall be compensated for their services in the sum of $1,685.38 per month each, which salary shall be a charge against the city and payable each and every month during said term or terms of office.
(Prior code § 2300.1; Ord. 693 § 1, 1985; Ord. 722 § 1, 1986; Ord. 750 § 1, 1988; Ord. 910 § 1, 1998; Ord. 956 § 1, 2000; Ord. 987 § 1, 2002; Ord. 1180, 1/23/2024)
Upon the submission of an itemized account, any councilmember may be reimbursed for his or her actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duty. "Actual and necessary expenses" shall be those actually and necessarily performed in carrying out the city's business, and computed in accordance with standard accounting practices and the city council's general policy. Only those expenses incurred by reason of the performance of official and public duty or by reason of the performance of duty imposed by the city council shall be subject to reimbursement.
(Prior code § 2300)
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Decorum. Meetings of the city council shall be conducted in an orderly manner to ensure that the public has a full opportunity to be heard and that the deliberative process of the council is retained at all times. The presiding officer of the council, who shall be the mayor, mayor pro tempore or, in their absence, other member so designated by the council, shall be responsible for maintaining the order and decorum of meetings.
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Rules of Decorum. While any meeting of the city council is in session, the following rules of order and decorum shall be observed:
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Persons Addressing the Council. Public oral communications at the city council meetings should not be a substitute for any item that can be handled during the normal working hours of the municipal government. The primary purpose of oral communications is to allow citizens the opportunity to formally communicate with the city council as a whole, for matters that cannot be handled during the regular working hours of the city government. Each person who addresses the council shall do so in an orderly manner and shall not make personal, impertinent, slanderous or profane remarks to any member of the council, staff or general public. Any person who makes such remarks, or who utters loud, threatening, personal or abusive language, or engages in any other disorderly conduct which disrupts, disturbs or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of any council meeting shall, at the discretion of the presiding officer or a majority of the council, be barred from further audience before the council during that meeting.
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Members of the Audience.
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No person in the audience at a council meeting shall engage in disorderly or boisterous conduct, including the utterance of loud, threatening or abusive language, whistling, stamping of feet or other acts which disturb or otherwise impede the orderly conduct of any council meeting. Any person who conducts himself in the aforementioned manner shall, at the discretion of the presiding officer or a majority of the council, be barred from further audience before the council during that meeting.
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In the event that any meeting is wilfully interrupted by a group or groups of persons so as to tender the orderly conduct of such meeting unfeasible and order cannot be restored by the removal of individuals who are wilfully interrupting the meeting, the members of the legislative body conducting the meeting may order the meeting room cleared and continue in session. Only matters appearing on the agenda may be considered in such a session. Representatives of the press or other news media, except those participating in the disturbance, shall be allowed to attend any session held pursuant to this section. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the legislative body from establishing a procedure for readmitting an individual or individuals not responsible for wilfully disturbing the orderly conduct of the meeting.
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Addressing the Council. A person wishing to address the council during the period set aside for oral communications may seek recognition by the presiding officer of the council. No person shall address the council without first being recognized by the presiding officer. The following procedures shall be observed by persons addressing the council:
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Prior to the start of oral communication, each person shall submit a request to speak on a form provided by the city clerk. During oral communications, each person shall step up to the podium provided for the use of the public and shall state their name;
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During the "oral communications" any subject which is not deemed relevant shall be precluded;
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Each person shall limit his or her remarks to a combined total of three minutes in conjunction with oral communication presented by that person to the Pico Rivera redevelopment agency, housing assistance authority, water authority and/or public financing authority oral communication;
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All remarks shall be addressed to the presiding officer and not to any single member of the council, unless in response to a question from said member.
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Enforcement of Decorum. The rules of decorum set forth in subsections B and C of this section shall be enforced in the following manner:
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Warning. The presiding officer shall request that a person who is breaching the rules of decorum be orderly and silent. If, after receiving a warning from the presiding officer, a person persists in disturbing the meeting, the presiding officer shall order him or her to leave the council meeting. If such person does not remove him or her or herself, the presiding officer may order any law enforcement officer who is on duty at such meeting as sergeant-at-arms of the council to remove that person from the council chambers.
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Removal. Any law enforcement officer who is serving as sergeant-at-arms of the council shall carry out all orders and instructions given by the presiding officer for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the council meeting. Upon instruction of the presiding officer, it shall be the duty of the sergeant-at-arms to remove from the council meeting any person who is disturbing the proceedings of the council.
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Resisting Removal. Any person who resists removal by the sergeant-at-arms shall be charged with a violation of this section.
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Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, pursuant to Section 1.20.010 of this code, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Motion to Enforce. If the presiding officer of the council fails to enforce the rules set forth in this section, any member of the council may move to require him or her to do so, and an affirmative vote of a majority of the council shall require him or her to do so. If the presiding officer of the council fails to carry out the will of a majority of the council, the majority may designate another member of the council to act as presiding officer for the limited purpose of enforcing any rule of this section which it wishes enforced.
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Adjournment. If a meeting of the council is disturbed or disrupted in such a manner as to make infeasible or improbable the restoration of order, the meeting may be adjourned or continued by the presiding officer or a majority of the council, and any remaining council business may be considered at the next meeting.
(Ord. 783 § 2, 1990; Ord. 822 § 1, 1992; Ord. 1020 §§ 1, 2, 2006)
Pursuant to Section 1301 of the California Elections Code, the city municipal election date shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each even-numbered year, commencing on November 6, 2018 to coincide with the statewide election.
Those elected officers of the city of Pico Rivera whose terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, expired following the November, 2017 general municipal election, shall, instead, continue in their respective offices until the certification of the 2018 election results by the city council.
Those elected officers of the city of Pico Rivera whose terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, expired following the November, 2019, general municipal election, shall instead, continue in their respective offices until the certification of the election results by the city council for the 2020 general municipal election of the city of Pico Rivera.
(Ord. 853 § 1, 1994; Ord. 1034 § 1, 2007; Ord. 1103 § 2, 2016)
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Purpose. The purpose of this section is to promote a democratic system of fair elections and encourage qualified candidates to seek public office by limiting the powers of incumbency by placing limitations upon the number of consecutive terms a person may serve as a member of the city council.
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Term Limits for Members of the City Council. A person is ineligible to hold office as a member of the city council if that person has served as a member of the city council, including any service as mayor or mayor pro tempore, for three consecutive four-year terms. Nothing in this section shall act to bar any person from serving as a member of the city council after at least four years have elapsed from the person's last full term as a member of the city council.
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Application.
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For purposes of the term limits set forth in this section, a person who was appointed or elected to a vacant elected office for an unexpired term of more than one-half the original term shall be deemed to have served a full term. Any person who resigns or is removed from elected office during a term shall be deemed to have served a full term.
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The term limits established in this section shall apply prospectively only to those terms of office which commence in or after November 2022, and only those terms of office commencing in or after November 2022 shall be counted towards such term limits.
(Ord. 1165 § 2, 2022)