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ORDINANCE NO. 2479B
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA CREATING THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL [AND
DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF]
WHEREAS, the Council desires to exercise its power under Charter Section
501 to create a department for itself os that it can be the appointing authority
of personnel to be appointed to positions established in that new department to
provide services to the individual Councilmembers and the Mayor; and,
WHEREAS, Charter Section 501 authorizes the Council to establish the number
and compensation of all positions in all departments in the budget.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as
follows:
SECTION I. A new Chapter 2.03 is hereby added to the Chula Vista
Municipal Code to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2.03 DEPARTMENT OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL
Sec. 2.03.010 Established-Purpose.
There is hereby established, pursuant to Charter Section
501, the Department of the Office of Mayor and City
Council, which shall have the responsibility for the
provision of clerical, research, analytical, reporting and
communications assistance to the Mayor and members of City
Council, acting as individual Councilmembers'
representatives or acting on their behalf by extension.
Sec. 2.03.020 Director-Duties and Responsibilities.
The Department of the Office of Mayor and City Council
shall be under the direction of the Mayor and City Council
collectively, which shall be the department head. The
department head shall have the following duties and
responsibilities:
A. Collectively be the appointing power pursuant to
Charter Section 507 with the power to appoint and
remove such assistants, subordinates, and employees
from positions provided by the City Council for the
department pursuant to Charter Section 501.
[SECTION II: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on
the thirtieth day from and after its adoption.]
Ordinance No. 2479B '
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[SECTION IIA: Urgency Ordinance. This ordinance is necessary to be
adopted as an emergency measure for preserving the public
peace, health, safety and general welfare. The facts
constituting the necessity for such urgency are as follows:
Council through a classified Senior Management Assistant
position, which services will be no longer available to
Council as of Wednesday, September 18, 1991, and it is
extremely important that such services continue to be
provided to the Mayor and City Council by the new staff
created by other actions of the City Council concurrent
with the adoption of this ordinance so that the services
continue to be available without interruption.]
Presented by Approved as to form by
Jim Thompson Bruce M. Boogaard
Deputy City Manager City Attorney