HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 11-020 RESOLUTION NO: 11- 020
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
AMENDING AND RESTATING RESOLUTION NO. 542-2
RELATING TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION
WHEREAS, on November 15, 1972 the City Council of the City of Saratoga duly
adopted Resolution No. 542 -2 relating to the terms of office, meeting time, and other
matters concerning the Youth Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to affirm that resolution with respect to the
number of members of the Commission and various other matters and to amend the
resolution by (1) deleting the requirement that three members be adults; (2) requiring
monthly meetings during the months of September through May; (3) replacing a reference
to Roberts Rules of Order with a reference to the City's current rules of parliamentary
procedure, (4) providing that a Commissioner who is absent from two meetings within a
school year will be automatically removed from the Commission, and (5) prohibiting
consecutive full terms for Commissioners appointed after the date of this Resolution.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Saratoga does hereby amend and
restate Resolution No. 542 -2 as follows:
SECTION 1: There is hereby established and created a Youth Commission of the City of
Saratoga, which shall be known as the Saratoga Youth Commission, which shall consist of
eleven (11) members to be appointed by the Mayor with the approval the City Council.
SECTION 2: Upon the first appointment of members to the Youth Commission, four
youths shall be appointed for a term of two years, and four youths for a term of one year.
Thereafter, successors to the first members shall be appointed for two years. No
Commissioner appointed after April 6, 2011 shall serve consecutive full terms.
Notwithstanding section 2.12 -040 of the Saratoga City Code, if a Commissioner is absent
from two regular Commission meetings during a single academic year, the Commissioner's
office becomes vacant and shall be filled as any other vacancy.
SECTION 3: The powers of the Youth Commission are advisory only, and it shall render
all reports and recommendations directly to the City of Council, unless otherwise directed
by the Council. The Commission does not constitute a planning agency with the terms and
meaning of Government Code Section 65100 of the State of California. The
Commissioners' powers and duties, in such advisory capacity to the City Council, shall
include the following:
(a) To develop and recommend guidelines involving the concerns of youth and the
programming and implementation thereof, to the Council;
(b) Advise the Council generally on matters which concern youth and specifically on
the various aspects of the city matters related to youth as may be requested by
Council.
SECTION 4: The Youth Commission shall meet once a month on a regularly scheduled
basis during the months of September through May, the schedule to be determined by the
Commission. The Commission shall also meet at such other times as the Commission
desires, and establish its own rules of order, conduct of business and procedure except that it
shall follow the City of Saratoga Rules of Parliamentary Procedure with respect to matters
addressed by those rules.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that any prior resolution concerning the matters set forth
herein shall be of no force and effect with respect to any matter set forth herein.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, this 6th
day of April, 2011 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Howard A. Miller
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Ann Sullivan
City Clerk
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