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Recommendation to respectfully request City Attorney to draft an ordinance codifying the role of the Mayor and City Council in appointing and removing representatives to all regional districts or authorities, commissions and advisory boards consistent with language in Charter Amendment Proposition A.
DISCUSSION
The City of Long Beach belongs to regional districts and authorities throughout Southern California and has the right to appoint members to their governing boards. The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District, Metropolitan Cooperative Library System Advisory Board, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and California State University Headquarters Building Joint Powers Authority require the Mayor to appoint a representative to speak for Long Beach during their meetings. Only the appointment of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is codified in our Municipal Code under Section 2.21. The remaining districts or authorities detail roles and responsibilities in their own charter documents, but there does not appear to be any reference to them in our city articles. The same can be said for a number of our commissions and advisory boards, which are omitted in our City Charter and Municipal Code.
In addition, Municipal Code (Section 2.18.050(f)), pertaining to City commissions and advisory bodies needs to be amended as it is inconsistent with language in Charter Amendment Proposition A, approved by voters on May 1,2007.
Sound public policy dictates that we should clarify our own process for appointment and removal to these bodies and provide consistency across each section, further contributing to a transparent structure of governance embodied in our City Charter and Municipal Code.
Proposition A
Shall Proposition A which amends the Long Beach City Charter by: modifying the Mayoral veto to require a 2/3 City Council vote to override; creating a line-item Mayoral veto of the City s annual budget; modifying the Ma...
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