HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 3099 RESOLUTION NO. 3099
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DOWNEY EXPRESSING OPPOSITION
TO THE PROPOSED BROWN ACT,
SENATE BILL 175 (MARKS)
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Downey recognizes the
purpose of the RALPH M.BROWN ACT; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Downey holds regular
meetings at least twice each month; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk of the City of Downey publishes a City
Council Meeting Agenda as of the close of business on the Thursday pre-
ceding each regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey;
and
WHEREAS, "non- emergency condition" items not included on a
City Council Meeting Agenda on occasion have been and will be submitted
for consideration at City Council Meetings; and
WHEREAS, SB 175 would subject local City Council committees
and subcommittees, whether or not constituting a full quorum, to the
provisions of the Brown Act; and
WHEREAS, SB 175 would make it a misdeameanor for a Council-
man to attend a meeting later construed to be in violation of the Brown Act,
even though such attendance was without knowledge of violation; and
WHEREAS, similar amendments proposed to the Brown Act in
the past have been rejected by the Legislature as unnecessary and un.. I
workable.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DOWNEY DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That this City Council opposes the Senate Bill 175
BROWN ACT proposed requiring the legislative body of any local agency
subject to the RALPH M. BROWN ACT to give mailed notice to any person
who has filed a written request and that such notice include the items of
business to be transacted.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall distribute copies of this
Resolution to the Senate Committee on Local Government (Marks - Chairman)
and to the League of California Cities.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of March, 1975.
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Josep E. DiLoreto, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Dep t City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Downey at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 25th day of March, 1975, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: 4 Council Members: Winton, Temple, Scotto, DiLoreto
NOES: 0 Council Members:
ABSENT: 1 Council Members:
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