TITLE
Recommendation to receive and file the City Clerk Department report regarding commission, board, and committee membership compliance with Long Beach Municipal Code Section 2.07.020 relating to ethics training. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Under the requirements of Long Beach Municipal Code Section 2.07.020, members of City commissions, boards and committees advisory to (and appointed by) the. City Council are required to receive ethics training once every two years. If this requirement is not met, noncompliant members are automatically removed from their respective boards. Reappointment of a noncompliant member can only occur through the established nomination and confirmation process.
Attachment 1 titled "Authorities. Boards. Commissions and Committees Roster" list the current active membership all boards as of January 26, 2009. Attachment 2 titled "Commissions Ethics Compliance 2009" shows in summary form: [1] the performance for 35 boards indicating 56 noncompliant members; and [2] that 5 boards cannot meet due to lack of a quorum.
Attachment 3 titled "Code of Ethics Noncompliant Commissioners" list, by board, the names of members that did not file certificates of training with the City Clerk Department by December 31, 2008. Noncompliant members have been advised of their status.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
None.
FISCAL IMPACT
City Clerk Department FY 2009 Budget funds conduct of this program.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
LARRY HERRERA
CITY CLERK