Ordinance 14-03l
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ORDINANCE NO. 2014-03
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EASTV ALE,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING IN ITS ENTIRETY CHAPTER 2.18 OF TITLE 2 OF THE
CITY OF EASTV ALE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMISSION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EASTV ALE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 2.18 -Public Safety Commission, as set forth in Exhibit "A " attached
hereto and incorporated herein by this reference , is hereb y amended in its entirety to Title 2 of the
City ofEastvale Municipal Code.
Section 2. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each
section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases or
portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the
same to be posted as required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, this 12th day of March, 2014 .
Ike Bootsma, Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) §
CITY OF EASTV ALE )
I, Ariel M. Hall, Assistant City Clerk of the City ofEastvale, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance Number 2014-03 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
ofEastvale held on the 26th day of February, 2014 and was finally passed by the City Council of
the City ofEastvale at a regular meeting held the 12th day of March, 2014, by the following vote:
AYES: council Members DeGrandpre, Link, Welch, Mayor Pro Tern
Rush and Mayor Bootsma.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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EXHIBIT "A"
CHAPTER 2.18-PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
2.18.010. Public Safety Commission Established.
A Public Safety Commission which shall be known as the Public Safety Commission of the City
of Eastvale is hereby created and established.
2.18.020. General Provisions.
A. Membership.
The Commission shall consist of five members who shall be registered voters of the City.
Members shall not be officers or employees of the City. All members serve at the will and
pleasure of the City Council. A Public Safety Commissioner may be removed at any time during a
term of office by an affirmative vote of three (3) Councilmembers.
B. Terms of office--Vacancy.
(a) Each City Councilmember shall propose to the City Council in the form of a nomination of
one (1) City resident to serve on the Public Safety Commission. Unless there is a four-fifths vote
taken against a nomination, each nominee shall be automatically appointed to the Public Safety
Commission. Appointments shall be made at a regular City Council meeting.
(b) Each Public Safety Commissioner shall serve a term of two (2) years. Each term shall
coincide with the City's regular general election date. The frrst Public Safety Commissioners
appointed shall serve until the first Public Safety Commission meeting after the election results of
the first general municipal election is certified.
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(c) If a vacancy occurs otherwise than by expiration of a term, it shall be filled by appointment for
the unexpired portion of the term by the individual Councilmember who made the appointment to
the seat which is vacant.
C. Absence from Meetings.
Any Commission member absent from two (2) consecutive regularly scheduled meetings, or
absent from three (3) regularly scheduled meetings of the Commission during a calendar year,
may be removed from office. By an affirmative vote of three (3) Councilmembers, the City
Council may declare a vacancy on the Public Safety Commission and direct the City Clerk to post
the notice of vacancy and begin the application process to fill the unexpired term.
2.18.030. Officers; meetings; rules and regulations; records.
The Public Safety Commission shall elect its chairman from among its appointed members for a
term of one year, and shall likewise elect one of its members to serve as presiding officer pro
tempore (vice-chairman) at the pleasure of the Commission. The Public Safety Commission shall
hold at least one meeting quarterly but not more than 3 meetings quarterly in the City Council
chambers which shall be open to the public, and may adjourn or re-adjourn any regular meeting to
a date and hour certain which shall be specified in the order of adjournment. When so adjourned,
such adjourned meeting shall be a regular meeting for all purposes. If at any time any regular
meeting falls on a holiday, such regular meeting shall be held in the next business day. The Public
Safety Commission shall adopt rules and regulations for transaction of business and shall keep a
record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which records shall be a public
record.
2.18.040. Duties.
The Public Safety Commission shall be charged with the responsibility for making
recommendations regarding matters affecting:
1. Neighborhood Watch
2. Crime Prevention
3. Emergency Preparedness
4. Traffic Issues
5. Other matters that may be directed by order of the City Council
2.18.050 Power and authority.
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The Public Safety Commission shall cause proper records to be kept of all its official acts and
proceedings. The Commission shall have no power or authority to bind or obligate the City or any
officer or department thereof for any money, debt, undertaking or obligation of any kind in excess
of the appropriation which the City Council may have made for the purpose of the Commission in
any fiscal year.
2.18.060. Rules of organization and procedure.
The Commission is a reviewing and recommending body only and shall have no power to direct
members of the city staff or contract entities. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by
law, the Commission shall have power to and shall provide for its own organization, shall adopt
rules and regulations for the transaction of business before it, and shall designate the time and
place for the regular monthly meeting or meetings of the Commission.
2.18.070. Reporting to the City Council.
A designated member of the Public Safety Commission shall report to the City Council on the
work and recommendations of the Public Safety Commission at the next available City Council
meeting, but not less than quarterly.
2.18.080. Stipend.
Members of the Public Safety Commission may receive a stipend for their services as set by
resolution of the City Council. No additional monies shall be paid for expenses incurred by the
members of the commission in the performance of their duties, except that the City Council may
from time to time authorize in advance, expenditures for attendance at seminars, institutes, or
other meetings which the City Council finds to be beneficial to the commissioners in the
performance of their duties, and in the best interest of the city. Claims for such expenses shall be
filed with the finance director, or designee, and shall be subject to audit and approval by the City
Council.
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