Ordinance - 2269ORDINANCE NO. 2269
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING WEST COVINA
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2-31 GOVERNING TIME AND
LOCATION OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WHEREAS, California Government Code §§ 36805 and 54954(a) require the City
Council to set the time and place for regular meetings to be held at least once a month by
ordinance or resolution.
WHEREAS, West Covina Municipal Code § 2-31 requires the City Council to hold
two (2) regular meetings on the first and third Tuesdays of each calendar month at 7:00
p.m.;
WHEREAS, by adopting this amendment to West Covina Municipal Code § 2-31,
closed sessions session would be part of the regular meeting agenda, with closed sessions
to begin at 6:00 p.m., or earlier time as set at adjournment of prior regular meeting, and
open session to begin at 7:00 p.m.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA CALIFORNIA DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein
as if set forth in full.
SECTION 2. West Covina Municipal Code Section 2-31 is amended to read as
follows:
(a) There shall be two (2) regular meetings of the city council during each calendar
month and such meeting shall be held on the first and third Tuesdays; except, that, if the
date of any such regular meeting falls on a holiday, such regular meeting shall be held on
the next succeeding day which is not a holiday. All regular meetings shall begin at the
hour of 7:00 p.m.; provided however that any regular meeting that includes closed
session items as authorized under Title 5, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 9, sections 54950
through and including 54961 of the Government Code ("The Brown Act") shall begin at
the hour of 6:00 p.m., or at such earlier time as was specified at the time of adjournment
of the preceding regular meeting.
(b) The meeting place of the city council for the public portion of regular meetings shall
be in the council chambers in the city hall located at 1444 West Garvey Avenue in the
city. Closed sessions may be called to order and held in the City Manager's Conference
Room on the Third Floor of city hall.
SECTION 3. INCONSISTENCIES. Any provision of the West Covina Municipal
Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance, to the extent
of such inconsistencies and or further, is hereby repealed or modified to the extent necessary
to affect the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. If any provision or clause of this ordinance or the
application thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect
other provisions or clauses or applications of this ordinance which can be implemented
without the invalid provision, clause or application; and to this end, the provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. PUBLICATION. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
thirty (30) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15)
days from its passage shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation, printed
and published in the City of West Covina or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to
be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the text of this Ordinance
shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of
this Ordinance, and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be
published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of the City Clerk a
certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names and member of the City Council
voting for and against the same.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON THIS 20°i day of January, 2015.
APPROVED AS
TO FORM:
Kimberly Ffall Barlow
City Attorney
Fredrick ykes
Mayor
,ATTEST:
Nickolas S: Lewis
City Clerk
1, NICKOLAS S. LEWIS, CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and placed upon its
first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the day 16"' of December, 2014.
That thereafter said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 20°i day of January, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES:
Herfert, Spence, Toma, Warshaw, Sykes
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
Nickolas S. L wis
City Clerk /
CERTIFICATION
1, Rosalia A. Conde, Assistant City Clerk of the City of West Covina, State of California,
do hereby certify that a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No. 2269 was duly enacted and
passed by the West Covina City Council, and caused to be posted pursuant to law (G.C. 36933),
at the following locations:
West Covina City Clerk's Office (3`d floor)
Los Angeles County Public Library (West Covina Branch)
West Covina Police Department (front lobby)
Rosalia A` Conde, IVIC�
Assistant City Clerk
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