HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 004-2011RESOLUTION NO. 4 —2 0 1-1
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
PROVIDING FOR THE AUTOMATICE REMOVAL OF
CITY BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR NON-ATTENDANCE
AND FOR THE RE -APPOINTMENT OF SUCH MEMBERS
UNDER CERTAIN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES
WHEREAS, the City established, in Resolution 16-84, a procedure for the automatic removal of board
and commission members who failed to attend a certain number of meetings of their respective boards and
commissions; and
WHEREAS, those procedures do not make any provisions allowing the City Council to re -appoint of
commissioners or board members automatically removed due to absences caused by severe circumstances,
without processing such re -appointment through the application interview and selection process of City Council
Policy 1.2; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is aware that serious illness has caused a Planning Commissioner to be
absent from a number of Planning Commission meetings resulting in his automatic removal from the
Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to revise the procedures for removal and appointment of board and
commission members to allow the Council to re -appoint a board or commission member automatically removed
for absences from meetings, in certain exceptional circumstances, without having to solicit applications and
interview candidates.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME HEREBY
RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
1. Resolution 16-84, "Providing for the Removal of Commissioners for Non -Attendance", is herby
rescinded.
2. If a Board or Commission member is absent from one third (1/3rd) of the regular meetings held by
the particular board or commission during a twelve (12) month period, or is absent from four consecutive regular
meetings held by the particular board or commission, the office of that commissioner becomes automatically
vacant from the end of the last regular meeting that the board or commission member attended.
3. In the event of such a vacancy, except as allowed under section 4 herein, the City Council shall
fill the vacancy in accordance with the Council -established procedures for the appointment of members of City
Boards and Commissions.
4. Upon a recommendation from the particular Board or Commission on which such board or
Commission member was serving, the City Council may consider the direct re -appointment of such Board or
Commission member to the Board or Commission without following the Council -established procedures for the
appointment of members of City Boards and Commissions. To re -appoint the vacated member directly, the
Council must act by Resolution and must specifically find that the member's absences were due to a serious
illness or other significant or unusual circumstance.
5. The Council -established procedures for the appointment of Board and Commission members is
hereby amended to renumber the current sections 6, 7, and 8 as sections 7, 8 and 9, respectively, and to add a new
section 6 to read as follows:
-6, Alternate Appointment Procedure. As an alternate to the appointment procedure detailed
in sections 1 through 5 herein, the City Council may appoint a board or commissioner by
Resolution, upon recommendation of the Commission, pursuant to the procedure outlined in
Resolution No. 4 but only upon the Council making the finding required by the alternate
process." 2011
6. This resolution supersedes all prior Resolutions concerning the removal of Board or Commission
members for non-attendance.
Terry Nagel Mayor
I, Mary Ellen Kearney, Clerk of the City of Burlingame, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was
duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council held on the 18th
day of January, 2011, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers BAYLOCK, BROWNRIGG, DEAL, KEIGHRAN, NAGEL
NOES: Councilmembers: NONE
ABSENT: Councilmembers: NONE
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Mary Ellen Kearney, City Clerl