HomeMy WebLinkAbout101-Council summer break staff report.pdfPage 1 of 2
SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: April 15, 2009 AGENDA ITEM:
DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office CITY MANAGER: Dave Anderson
PREPARED BY: Debbie Bretschneider DIRECTOR:
Deputy City Clerk
SUBJECT: City Council Summer Schedule
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept staff report and direct staff accordingly on the City Council summer schedule. The
Council may choose one of following options.
1. Maintain the current summer schedule; with the Council not having a meeting on the third
Wednesday in August. (August 19)
2. Schedule the Council recess for the first Wednesday of August (August 5), rather than the
third Wednesday of August.
3. Cancel August City Council meetings.
REPORT SUMMARY:
At the end of the April 1, 2009 Council meeting, Mayor Chuck Page brought up the topic of
changing the date of the Council’s summer recess. The City Council recess has been scheduled to
be the third Wednesday of August in past years. The Mayor asked staff to inquire about the
practices of other cities and to ask council members to register their preferences. The City Clerk
conducted a poll of other cities in California through the City Clerk listserve. Over 70 City Clerks
responded.
The results are as follows:
· 19 cities do not take a summer break
· 9 cities have no meeting on the first meeting in August
· 19 cities have no meeting on the second meeting in August
· 14 have no meetings in August at all
· A small number of the cities take a break during one of the weeks in July.
At the Saratoga Union Elementary School District, teachers go back to work on August 20 and
students start on August 24. At Saratoga High, the students start orientation on August 18-21
and school starts on August 24. At the two private elementary schools, St. Andrews and Sacred
Heart, school starts on August 26, 2009.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
N/A
Page 2 of 2
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
The Council schedule will stay the same as it is now.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
N/A
FOLLOW UP ACTION(S):
Change schedule on Council meeting calendar and on website.
ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT:
Nothing additional.
ATTACHMENTS:
N/A