The regular meetings of the city council shall be held at six-thirty
(6:30) p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1983; Ord. 85 § 1, 1986; Ord. 255 § 1, 1999; Ord. 470 § 1, 2019)
The regular meetings of the city council shall be held at the
Moorpark Community Center, 799 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark, California.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1983)
Any member or other person using profane, vulgar, loud or boisterous
language at any meeting or otherwise interrupting the proceedings,
who refuses to be seated or kept quiet when ordered to do so by the
mayor or other presiding officer of the council, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1983)
The city council may, by resolution, adopt rules of procedure
to govern the conduct of its meetings, any of its other functions
and activities, and regulations pertaining thereto.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1983)
Pursuant to Measure D, approved by the voters on November 8,
1988, the electors of the city shall elect a mayor and four councilmembers,
and the mayoral term of office shall be two years and the councilmember
term of office shall be four years.
(Ord. 432 § 1, 2014)
A special election shall be called immediately to fill every
city council and elected office of mayor vacancy in accordance with
Section 36512(c)(1) of the Government Code and any section amendatory
or supplementary thereto.
(Ord. 410 § 1, 2012)
The compensation of each city councilmember shall be $600 per
month.
All sitting councilmembers shall be entitled to the same health
insurance and life insurance benefits afforded the city's competitive
service employees, and as such may be amended from time to time for
the city's competitive service employees, with the exception that
councilmembers are not eligible for a cash-back payment in lieu of
health insurance.
All sitting councilmembers shall be entitled to the same California
Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) benefits afforded the
city's competitive service employees, and as such may be amended from
time to time for the city's competitive service employees. If a sitting
councilmember is not eligible to receive a CalPERS retirement contribution,
such councilmember shall receive a contribution to the city's alternate
retirement system plan in compliance with federal requirements, and
that contribution shall be equivalent to the city-paid competitive
service employee contribution to CalPERS and shall not include the
CalPERS employer contribution. If the CalPERS employee contribution
amount is less than the total minimum contribution required for the
alternate retirement system plan, in compliance with federal requirements,
such councilmember shall pay the portion of the federally mandated
minimum retirement contribution that exceeds the city-paid retirement
contribution.
(Ord. 129 § 2, 1990; Ord. 307 § 2, 2004; Ord. 333 § 2, 2006; Ord. 380 § 1, 2009; Ord.
393 § 1, 2010)
When approved by the city council, each member of the council
shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred
in the performance of official duties for the city, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 36514.5 of the Government Code.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1983)
A.
Unless
otherwise specifically provided in this code or by state law, all
city board and commission appointments, except for ex officio members
where applicable, shall be made by the city council.
B.
No member
of the city council shall be eligible for membership on any city commission.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1983; Ord. 379 § 7, 2009)
No member of the council shall be eligible for employment by
the city or to perform contractual work for compensation by the city,
during his or her term of elected office as a member of the city council
and for one year after leaving that elected office, with the exception
of the compensation received for the elected office of mayor or as
an elected or appointed councilmember.
(Ord. 432 § 2, 2014)
A.
Except
when an appeals procedure is otherwise specifically set forth in this
code, any person excepting to the denial, suspension or revocation
of a permit applied for or held by him or her pursuant to any of the
provisions of this code, or to any administrative decision made by
any official of the city, if the denial, suspension or revocation
of such permit or the determination of such administrative decision
involves the exercise of administrative discretion or personal judgment
exercised pursuant to any of the provisions of this code, may appeal
in writing to the council by filing with the city clerk a written
notice of such appeal.
B.
No appeal
may be taken to any such administrative decision made by an official
of the city pursuant to any of the provisions of this chapter unless
such decision to appeal has been first taken up with the department
head concerned and with the city manager, and each such official has
not adjusted the matter to the appellant's satisfaction.
C.
No right
of appeal to the council from any administrative decision made by
an official of the city pursuant to any of the provisions of this
code shall exist when such decision is ministerial and thus does not
involve the exercise of administrative discretion or personal judgment
exercised pursuant to any of the provisions of this code, whether
the administrative decision involves the denial, suspension or revocation
of a permit or any other administrative decision; also, there shall
be no such right of appeal with regard to law enforcement activities
involving state law.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1983)
A.
Any
such notice of appeal shall not be acted upon unless filed within
10 days after service of written notice of such action appealed from,
provided that if such notice of action has not been served in writing,
the appellant may, within 10 days after being apprised of such action,
demand service of written notice thereof, and shall have 10 days following
such service in which to file the notice of appeal.
B.
The
notice of appeal shall set forth:
1.
The
specific action appealed from;
2.
The
specific grounds of the appeal; and
3.
The
relief or action sought from the city council.
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In the event any notice of appeal fails to set forth any information
required by this section, the city clerk shall return the same to
the appellant with a statement of the respects in which it is deficient,
and the appellant shall thereafter be allowed five days in which to
perfect and refile the notice of appeal.
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C.
Except
in those instances where an appeal is filed by the city manager or
other public official in pursuance of official duties, the written
notice of appeal from the action of an administrative official or
from an administrative body of the city, as the case may be, shall
be accompanied by such fee as may have been established by resolution
of the city council.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1983)
Upon the timely filing of a notice of appeal in proper form,
the city clerk shall schedule the matter promptly upon the city council
agenda at a subsequent regular meeting and shall cause notice thereof
to be given the appellant not less than five days prior to such hearing,
unless such notice is waived in writing by the appellant. The city
clerk shall also cause a copy of the notice of appeal to be transmitted
to the official or body whose action has been appealed from.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1983)
A.
The
city council at the hearing may limit participation in the hearing
to the directly interested parties, or may allow participation by
the public. Such public participation, however, shall only be appropriate
when the council deems the same necessary in the public interest.
If a hearing is ordered open to public participation, notice thereof
shall be given by publishing notice of the same in a newspaper of
general circulation in the city not less than five days prior to the
date of such hearing, and by such other means as the city council
deems necessary.
B.
At the
time of consideration of the appeal by the city council, the appellant
shall be limited to a presentation on the specific grounds of appeal
and matters set forth in his or her notice of appeal and shall have
the burden of establishing cause why the action appealed from should
be altered, reversed or modified. The council may continue the matter
from time to time, and at the conclusion of its consideration may
affirm, reverse or modify the action appealed from and may take any
action which might have been legally taken in the first instance by
the official or body from whose action the appeal has been taken.
In ruling on the appeal, the findings and action of the council shall
be final and conclusive in the matter.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1983)
The city council shall have the discretionary right to make
investigations and hold hearings with respect to all matters within
its legislative power and all matters pertaining to the administration
of the business of the city, and shall have the power of subpoena
as provided in Section 37104 et seq., of the Government Code.
(Ord. 431 § 1, 2014)
