HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 011-2018RESOLUTION NO.011-2M8
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
ESTABLISHING THE COMPOSITION AND SCOPE OF THE CITY OF
BURLINGAME MEASURE I CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, in November, Burlingame's voters approved Measure I, a retail transactions
and use tax of '% percent, which effectively increases the sales tax rate in Burlingame from 8.75
percent to 9 percent; and
WHEREAS, Measure I requires a separate external audit of the collections and
expenditures of the new transactions tax; and
WHEREAS, the Measure also provides for the establishment of a Citizens' Oversight
Committee consisting of no fewer than three persons appointed by the City Council to review
and report on the receipt of revenue and expenditure of funds from the Measure I tax; and
WHEREAS, members of the Committee shall be residents of the City or representatives of
Burlingame businesses; and
WHEREAS, at the January 2, 2018 City Council meeting, the City Council discussed and
gave direction regarding the composition of the Citizens' Oversight Committee; and
WHEREAS, the Committee shall have five members total, with three resident members and
two members representing businesses in Burlingame; and
WHEREAS, Committee members will serve three-year terms, with two of the five inaugural
members of the Committee serving two -years, and there will be no term limits; and
WHEREAS, the City will employ the same appointment procedure it uses for other
Commissions and the Storm Drain Oversight Committee; and
WHEREAS, the members of the City Council's Audit Committee shall serve as ex -officio
non-voting members of the Committee; and
WHEREAS, the Committee shall annually review the auditors' findings regarding the
revenues and expenditures and transmit a statement regarding that review to the City Council,
and the Committee shall provide oversight of any bonds that are backed in whole or in part by
the Measure I revenues.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Burlingame
establishes the composition and scope of the Measure I Citizens' Oversight Committee as
described above.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council retains the authority to modify the
number or composition of the Citizens' Oversight Committee, within the requirements of
Measure I, if it is determined at a later date that the functions of the Committee or the available
applicant pool for Committee members require such modification.
I, Meaghan Hassel -Shearer, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby cevrjfy that the
foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 16th day
of January, 2018, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BEACH
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
BROWNRIGG, COLSON, KEIGHRAN, ORTIZ
eghan asZSliearer, City Clerk