Regular meetings of the Goleta City Council shall be held in the Council chambers on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at the hour of 4:00 p.m., or if such day is a holiday, then the meeting scheduled on such day shall be held on the next succeeding day which is not a holiday.
Only closed sessions and workshops may be held between 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. unless a regular meeting is adjourned to or a special meeting called for that time. No closed session or workshop will be held during that hour and a half unless the posted agenda of that evening’s regular meeting indicates that such session will take place; in the absence of such notification in the agenda, the regular meeting shall commence at the hour of 5:30 p.m.
(Ord. 02-02 § 1; Ord. 04-04 § 1(A); Ord. 07-20 § 1; Ord. 19-12 § 1)
The regular meetings of the City Council shall be held in Goleta at the City Council chambers as so-designated by resolution of the City Council.
(Ord. 02-02 § 1)
A. 
Approval of Minutes. Unless the reading of the minutes of a Council meeting is requested by a Member of the Council, such minutes may be approved without reading if the City Clerk has previously furnished each Member with a copy. Minutes shall be approved by voice or roll call vote.
B. 
Designated as Official Record. The approved written minutes constitute the official record of City Council proceedings and actions and are superior to any other record, recordation, document, transcript, audiotape, videotape, or other memorial or writing of such proceedings and actions. Any other recordings, tapes, and records of Council proceedings which may be deemed duplicate records shall be kept only as required by Government Code Section 34090.7 as it presently exists and as it may from time to time be amended. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Clerk to store and destroy such duplicate records in accordance with Government Code Section 34090.7.
C. 
Audio Tape Retention. Whenever an audio tape of City Council proceedings is made by the City Clerk to assist in the preparation of the minutes, such tape should only be kept until the minutes for that meeting are prepared and approved by the City Council. Thereafter, any tape so made may be destroyed in accordance with Government Code Section 34090.7.
D. 
Audio Tape Accessibility to the Public. During the period that an audio tape of a City Council meeting is in the custody of the City Clerk, the City Clerk shall, upon request, make the tape available to interested members of the public during normal business hours, where such disclosure is required pursuant to the California Public Records Act, California Government Code Section 6250 et seq., and shall not be disclosed where the information is confidential.
E. 
Subsections A through D of this section shall apply to the minutes of the meetings of any City board, commission, committee, task force, or agency after the board, commission, committee, task force, or agency and the City Council have approved such minutes. The City Clerk, and every board, commission, committee, task force, or agency secretary or clerk shall cause any audio tape made of the proceedings to assist in the preparation of the minutes to be destroyed in accordance with Government Code Section 34090.7.
F. 
The provisions of this section shall apply to all minutes and tapes which have been approved by the body conducting the meeting and by the City Council.
(Ord. 02-02 § 1)
The City Council may establish by ordinance or resolution various standing advisory commissions and committees within the City and may appoint the members thereof.
(Ord. 03-03 § 1)
The City Council may by resolution establish stipends to compensate members of city advisory commissions and committees that have been established by resolution or ordinance for their service to the City. The amount of the stipend for members of each commission shall be set by resolution and may be amended periodically.
(Ord. 03-03 § 1)
Reasonable expenses that commission or committee members necessarily incur in performing their duties as members shall be reimbursed.
(Ord. 03-03 § 1)
In accordance with Section 36516(b) of the Government Code of the State of California, the salary for the Mayor shall be 90% of the nonfamily household median income for the City of Goleta as published annually by the United States Census Bureau and the salary for each member of the City Council shall be 75% of the nonfamily household median income for the City of Goleta as published annually by the United States Census Bureau. The foregoing salaries will be adjusted annually to conform to the median income amounts published by the United States Census Bureau.
(Ord. 12-10 § 1; Ord. 14-08 § 1; Ord. 18-08 § 2)