HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1947ORDINANCE NO. 1947
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME AMENDING SECTION
3.04.010 OF THE BURLINGAME MUNICIPAL CODE TO ELIMINATE THE
PLANNING COMMISSION STIPEND AND PROVIDE FOR
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NECESSARY EXPENSES
WHEREAS Section 3.04.010 of the Burlingame Municipal Code currently provides for a
monthly $200 stipend for Planning Commission members, first established in 2000; and
WHEREAS no other appointed Boards and Commissions of the City receive
compensation other than reimbursement for necessary expenses; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Council action in response to budget constraints, the City
has not disbursed the stipend since 2004; and
WHEREAS the Council has considered the issue and has determined that Planning
Commissioners should be afforded the same reimbursement for necessary
professional expenses associated with their work for the City as the members of other
appointed boards and commissions;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council does hereby ordain as follows:
DIVISION 1:
Section 1: Burlingame Municipal Code Section 3.04.010, Organization—Terms of
Members—Compensation is hereby amended as follows (deletions denoted as
strikethrough text and additions as underlined text):
There is a planning commission of the city, consisting of seven (7) members
appointed by the council. They shall hold office for a term of four (4) years, or until their
respective successors have been appointed and qualified. At the time of their application
for the commission and throughout their terms as commissioners, they shall be registered,
«.1.,.«....hall be e ntided o feeei e a sti�'e«A ftW
qualified electors of the city. The "•c,_ _ _._ :._�.. _ _ _ � Y..��a-ate �o.o
hundred dollars ($200.00) per- meiAh dufing theif sefviee on the eeffffnissien. A
commissioner may eleet to draw en this stipend to pay for ar reimburse the eeFFAnissione
werk.-The members shall serve without compensation, but all necessarLex expenses
incurred by while acting in their official capacities shall be paid by appropriate
council action.
DIVISION 2:
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for
any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Council declares that it would have
adopted the Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
DIVISION 3:
This Ordinance shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in
accordance with California Government Code Section 36933, published, and
circulated in the City of Burlingame, and shall be in full force and effect thirty (30)
days after its fmal passage.
ORTIZ, Mayor
I, MEAGHAN HASSEL-SHEARER, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby
certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 2"d day of October 2017 and adopted thereafter at a regular
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meeting of the City Council held on the CO day of October 2017, by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BEACH, BROWNRIGG, COLSON, KEIGHRAN,
ORTIZ
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
A ST•
MEAGHAN HASSEL-SHEARER, City Clerk