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DOC ID: 2992 A
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO —REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
Personnel
From: Helen Tran M/CC Meeting Date: 03/17/2014
Prepared by: Linda Wynn, (909) 384-5161
Dept: Human Resources Ward(s): All
Subject:
Personnel Actions -Unclassified(#2992)
Current Business Registration Certificate: Not Applicable
Financial Impact:
Budgeted Postions
Motion: Approve the unclassified personnel actions, as submitted by the Human
Resources Division Manager, in accordance with City policies and procedures.
CERTIFICATION BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION MANAGER: I hereby
certify that the UNCLASSIFIED Personnel Action(s) listed below conform with all personnel
policies and procedures adopted by the Mayor and Common Council and are in conformance
with all administrative regulations of the City of San Bernardino.
NAME/DEPARTMENT REQUESTED ACTION
1. Burguan, Jarrod APPOINTMENT:
Police Chief of Police (U), Range P-7, Flat $17,147.80 per
month
Funding Source: 001-210-0001-5011 (General
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Fund)
Effective: 3/18/14
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INTEGRATED WASTE FUNDS: NO ACTIONS
FEDERAL FUNDS: NO ACTIONS
Supporting Documents:
Updated: 3/13/2014 by Linda Sutherland A Packet Pg. 114
CHARTER REFORM TAKES SOME TIME TO DO RIGHT
POSTED: SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2014
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�/1DU fF tumtytoputcharterreform Fast-forward to 2014. torney,won'theonthe.panel, San Bernardino couldn't
u onahe:ballot will be Novem- Mayor Carey Davis although they can attend its have formed joint powers au
CONMED FROM 41 ber 2016:Thus the rush." brought forward a proposal meetings and comment like thorities without its charter,
elections that installed a :But is the time frame re- for a charter-reform commis- other members of the public. Clark said.
new mayor and four new alistic?I don't think so. sion at his first council meet- The committee is expected "They'd be giving up a lot of
councilmen. I spoke with experts who ing March 3. to debate whether the city at- powers,"she said.
Understandably,the;new helped reform charters in But the wording was torney should be appoixited A charter gives.more flexi-
elected•officials want to,get .other Southern California flawed,calling for a commis- rather than elected, ;and bility to voters to reshape
charter reform prdposalato cities. sign,which would have to be whether Section 186,wbich their city's governance when
voters this November: Shauna Clark, former elected by the city's voters. sets police and firefighter sal- it becomes outdated,Sonen-•
But to get them on,ballot, San Bernardino city admin- Davis brought back a re- aries,should be revised. shein said."It's a renewal pro-
a charter-reform commit- istrator,worked on Los An- vised proposal at a special Some residents who Spoke cess, like remodeling your
tee.to.be,appointed MV.rch geles'charter reform in the council meeting last week, at last week's couneilmeeting. house"when it no longer'suits
17 would have.to complete late 1990s. : _ calling for a volunteer coin- also objected to the hastytime your.needs
its review and,get recom- She said the timing is al- mittee: frame set for the committee: - Contraetmg,granting fran
mendations to the council ways driven by getting pro- After massaging by the But the council;seems deter- chises and setting pay for:
by May 19. posals.on"the ballot: council, the proposal con- mined to forge ahead elected officials are also more
The Council would have ,Raphael Sonenshein,exec- tained so many revisions; a Los Angeles isn't the only flexiblewithacharter,-he said.
to Bold two public hearings, utive direator of the Pat""vote had to be postponed un- Southern California city re- Maybe:•that-explains why
separated by 30 days, and Brown"Institute.at Cal State til Monday,March"17. 'Vise.its charter in.recent Moreno.Valley Mayor Tom
vote on Whether,.to"place L.A.;has led several cities' The mayor will appoint years.San Diego undertook. Owings=has'been puWng for
the matter on the Novem- charter reforms.He said six two members,including a .major reform. Huntington `his city to create a charter..
•berballotnolaterthanAug. or seven-months is normal business owner;the seven .Beach and Anaheim also did-, 1understandSanBernardi-
4. for,a`limited review,a year or council members will pick charter revisions. no'simpulseto move quickly
With.the committee's more for a,comprehensive one appointee each. One option San Bernardino on charter reform.'
first meeting scheduled one.. The San Bernardino Police may:consider is whether to But it's more important
March 31; that leaves.-less SimBernardino's last thor- Officers Association sent a toss out the charter.and be to.do it right.
than threemonths for atop of gh review began in May letter objectingto employees come a.general-law city,-like Less than three months_
to bottomreview of the doe- 1999,ending in June 2000: being excluded from the most in California. isn't enough time.
uinent: Wien .the 'proposals committee.: , But Clark`and Sonenshein Contact Cassie MacDuff
If-the.coinmittee can't reached the voters that fall,. But parties with vested in- each said charters offer ad- at951-36B-9470 or cmac-
pull that off,the next oppor- they went.down in,defeat.' tere.sts,including the city.at- vantages. -duff@PE.com