Ord 2013-98ORDINANCE NO. 98
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR PLACING
ITEMS ON BOARD AGENDAS
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District has
previously utilized an Operations Committee to study District subjects and work up
policy issues for the full Board; and
WHEREAS, the Operations Committee also provides a mechanism by which
business items were placed on the agenda for discussion and action; and
WHEREAS, the Board has determined to dissolve the Operations Committee
and to instead study issues during study sessions of the full Board; and
WHEREAS, the Board does hereby desire to make conforming changes to its
Operations Code to delete references to the Operations Committee as a place where
agenda items could be approved for full Board discussion;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District
does hereby ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. That Section 3.01.110 of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District
Operations Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.01.110. Procedure for Placing an Item on the Agenda.
(a) Any Board member may request that an item be placed on the agenda
upon approval of a majority of the Board of Directors. The request must be made by
completing the Request to Agendize an Item form along with pertinent backup
documentation. The nature of the item must be within the subject matter jurisdiction of
the Costa Mesa Sanitary District. The complete package will be forwarded to the
General Manager or designee to discuss at the Board meeting
(b) Any member of the public may request that an item be placed on an
agenda. The individual can make this request during the Public Forum section of any
Board meeting, and the item must be within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Costa
Mesa Sanitary District. The request can also be made by completing the Request to
Agendize an Item form along with pertinent back -up documentation. The complete
package will be forwarded to the General Manager or designee to discuss with the full
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Board for a determination for inclusion on the agenda. The public does not have the
right to demand that an item be placed on the agenda; the control of the agenda is a
matter determined by the Board.
(c) The request for placing an item on the agenda should be submitted by
12:00 noon, fourteen (14) working days prior to the meeting. An additional amount of
time may be required if staff is expected to make an appropriate recommendation.
(d) Once a determination has been made for inclusion on the agenda, the
General Manager or designee will prepare a staff report based on the documentation
received. The staff report will be forwarded to the Board of Directors for discussion at
the predetermined date of the Board meeting.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the matter does not require a workup
or backup data, or due to the urgency of the matter, the request can be made at any
special or regular Board meeting under `Director Comments.' The Board can, at that
time, vote to place it on a future agenda."
Section 2. Should any part, clause or section of this Ordinance be declared by
any Court to competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remaining provisions of this
Ordinance shall nevertheless be and remain in full force and effect, and the Board of
Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District hereby declares that each and every
section, clause, provision, or part of this Ordinance would have been adopted and made
a part of this Ordinance without the adoption of any portion thereof and that the
invalidity of any part or provision hereof shall not in any way affect the validity or
enforcement of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance that may stand on their own.
Section 3. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code sections 6490 and 6491.3, the
District Clerk shall cause this Ordinance or a summary thereof to be published in a
newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the District according to law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this o�7-7
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Secretary
day of JUK.Q- 2013
President
Ordinance No. 98
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, SCOTT CARROLL, Clerk of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, hereby certify
that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 98 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by said Board of Directors at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 27 day of
June, 2013, by the following votes:
AYES: Board Members: Ferryman, Ooten, Perry, Schafer, Scheafer
NOES: Board Members: None
ABSENT: Board Members: None
ABSTAIN: Board Members: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the Costa Mesa Sanitary District this 27 day of June, 2013.
Clerk of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District