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Adopted: November 3. 2008
Effective: December 4. 2008
ORDINANCE NO. KC-1289
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING TITLE
ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL, OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL
CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 2.01.010, MAYOR PRO- TEMPORE, BY REPEALING
SECTION 2.76.040, SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBER, AND BY AMENDING SECTION
2.76.050, ASSIGNMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND DESIGNATION OF
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS.
THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 35, "Mayor to Preside - Temporary Absence of the
Mayor; Mayor Temporarily Unable to Perform Duties," of the Charter of the City of San
Bernardino, San Bernardino Municipal Code Chapter 2.01 "Mayor Pro-Tempore" is hereby
amended by amending Section 2.01.010 "Mayor Pro-Tempore," to read as follows:
2.01.010 Mayor Pro-Tempore.
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San Bernardino City Charter Section 36 identifies the position of Mayor Pro-
Tempore. At the first regularly scheduled meeting ofthe Common Council following the
effective date of this ordinance;,. the Common Council shall elect a Council Member to
serve as Mayor Pro-Tempore. un March 16,2009, and annually thereafter at the second
regularly scheduled meetmg of the Common Council in March of each year, the Common
Council shall elect a Council Member to serve as Mayor Pro-Tempore.
If the Mayor Pro-Tempore is absent or otherwise unavailable to serve in such
capacity, the Council Member present in the City with the most consecutive days of
service as a member of the Common Council of the City of San Bernardino shall serve as
the Mayor Pro-Tempore for that period of absence or unavailability only. "Consecutive
days of service" shall be calculated by counting backward in time startmg from the day
on which the calculation is being made.
In the event that there are two or more Council Members with the exact same
number of consecutive days of service as a member of the Common Council of the City
of San Bernardino, the temporary filling of the position of Mayor Pro-Tempore shall be
determined by lot pursuant to the general procedure established in Section 15651 of the
Elections Code of the State of California, specifically by flipping a coin in the case of two
members with the exact same number of consecutive days of service as a member of the
Common Council of the City of San Bernardino, or the Clrawing of straws in the case of
three or more members witli the exact same number of consecutive days of service as a
member of the Common Council of the City of San Bernardino. The City Clerk shall be
responsible for conducting the coin toss or drawing of straws whenever either event is
required by this Section.
The Council Member holding the position of Mayor Pro-Tempore shall continue
to hold said position until hislher successor is elected by the Common Councilor until
said Council Member is no longer a member of the Common Council, whichever occurs
first.
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Pursuant to Charter Section 36, in the absence of the Mayor from any Council
meeting, the Mayor Pro-Tempore shall preside over that Council meeting.
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KC-1289
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING TITLE 2,
ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL, OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL
CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 2.01.010, MAYOR PRO-TEMPORE, BY REPEALING
SECTION 2.76.040, SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBER, AND BY AMENDING SECTION
2.76.050, ASSIGNMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND DESIGNATION OF
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS.
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SECTION 2. San Bernardino Municipal Code Section 2.76.040 is hereby repealed in its
entirety.
SECTION 3. San Bernardino Municipal Code Section 2.76.050 is hereby amended to
read as follows:
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2.76.050 Assignment of Committee Members and Designation of Committee
Chairpersons.
It shall be the responsibility and duty ofthe Mayor Pro-Tempore to assign Council
Members to all standing committees and ail hoc committees of the Common Council. It
shall also be the responsibility and duty of the Mayor Pro Tempore to designate
chairpersons of all standing committees anil ad hoc committees of the Common Council.
All such assignments to and membership on, and designation of chairpersons of, standing
committees and ad hoc committees of the Common Council shall be subject to the
approval and appointment ofthe Common Council.
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KC-1289
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING TITLE 2,
ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL, OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL
CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 2.01.010, MAYOR PRO-TEMPORE, BY REPEALING
SECTION 2.76.040, SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBER, AND BY AMENDING SECTION
2.76.050J ASSIGNMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND DESIGNATION OF
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor and
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Common Council of the City of San Bernardmo at a re2ular meeting thereof, held on the
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5 ESTRADA
6 BAXTER
7 BRINKER
8 DERRY
9 KELLEY
10 JOHNSON
11 MC CAMMACK
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, 2008, by the following vote, to wit:
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RaChel Clark, City Clerk
The foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved this L/ .J, day of November , 2008.
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Approved as to form:
JAMES F. PENMAN
City Attorney
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