HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 19-007 establishing Public safety task forceRESOLUTION NO. 19-007
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE
WHEREAS, the City Council established a 5-member Public Safety Task Force via
Resolution 17-010 for a limited term to serve in an advisory capacity on matters related to public
safety; and
WHEREAS, the term of the original Task Force ended November 30, 2018 and the City
Council wishes to form a new Wildfire Public Safety Task Force to address matters not
addressed by the original Task Force; and
WHEREAS, the new Public Safety Task Force will serve in an advisory capacity to the
City Council on matters related to wildfire and emergency preparedness; and
WHEREAS, the Wildfire Public Safety Task Force is charged with providing
recommendations on improvements and additions to the City of Saratoga Community Wildfire
Protection Plan, strategies to strengthen wildfire hazard mitigation and emergency preparedness
efforts in Saratoga, and serve as community ambassadors on the topics of wildfire and
emergency preparedness; and
WHEREAS, the Wildfire Public Safety Task Force will be comprised of five members,
each member nominated by a member of the City Council and appointed by the City Council;
and
WHEREAS, the Wildfire Public Safety Task Force shall serve for a limited term ending
November 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Wildfire Public Safety Task Force shall hold regular meetings every
other month and schedule special meetings as needed; and
WHEREAS, the Wildfire Public Safety Task Force shall be subject to City Code Article
2-12 City Commissions (not including City Code Section 2-12.020(d), which by its terms does
not apply to committees such as the Task Force) and other City policies and State laws that apply
to the operation and administration of City Commissions; and
WHEREAS, the Wildfire Public Safety Task Force will not be subject to the City of
Saratoga Conflict of Interest Code; and
WHEREAS, each member of the City Council is hereby requested to submit their
nomination to the Public Safety Task Force to the City Clerk no later than March 6, 2019 so that
appointments to the Public Safety Task Force may be made at the March 20, 2019 City Council
Meeting.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Saratoga
hereby establishes a new Wildfire Public Safety Task Force for a limited term ending November
30, 2020.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Saratoga
City Council held on the 20th day of February 2019 by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor E. Manny Cappello, Vice Mayor Howard Miller, Council Members Rishi
Kumar, Mary -Lynne Bernald, Yan Zhao
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATT
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ebbie Bretschneider, City Clerk
E. Manny Cappello, Mayor
DATE: 2i /74 /v , i