City Council Announcements
January 21, 2014
Information Needed by Council Staff
C. Downtown Alliance Board
Currently Council Member Garrott serves on the Downtown Alliance Board. These meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 10:00 a.m.
Ø Are there any Council Members that are interested in serving as his backup?
Ms. Gust-Jenson said Councilmember Luke Garrott served on the board as the representative from District 4 and sometimes he’s not able to attend some of the meetings. She said the Downtown Alliance has invited Councilmember Garrott to include an alternate. Councilmember Rogers would be the alternate on the Downtown Alliance Board.
D. County Council of Governments (COG)
Council Member LaMalfa is the current representative. COG meetings are the first Thursday of every month at 2:00 p.m.
Ø Are there any Council Members that are interested in serving as his backup? Ms. Gust-Jenson said Councilmember LaMalfa was a member of COG and served on a couple of different committees representing the City Council. She said there were times when he was not able to attend so the Council needed an alternate. Councilmember LaMalfa will handle COG with Councilmember Mendenhall has the alternate.
E. 2014 Annual Meeting Calendar (Attachment 1)
After reviewing the 2014 Annual Meeting Calendar, are there any Council Members who would like to make any suggestions or changes? Issues raised so far include:
•Does the Council want to hold a Meeting on Tuesday November 25th of Thanksgiving week? Council Members wanted to meet on Thursday, November 6th, Tuesday, November 18th, and Tuesday, November 25th, 2014.
•In addition to the RDA, Council Work Session and Formal Meeting on July 15th is the Council interested in holding another meeting in July? If so below are some options:
Ø July 1st
Ø July 8th
Ø July 22nd
Ø July 29th
Ms. Gust-Jenson said the only meeting scheduled in July was the 15th. She said the Council usually held two meetings in July. Council Members wanted to meet on July 15th and July 22nd, 2014.
•November 4th is the National election. Do you want to hold a meeting that night? Council Members did not want to meet on November 4th, 2o14.
Ms. Gust-Jenson said in June, for many years and according to Rules and Procedures the Council met the first two Tuesdays in June. She said they had been meeting the third Tuesday in June. She said if the Council planned ahead to get the budget adopted by the 10th there would be a quorum and they would be following the Rules of Procedure to only hold two meetings in June. Councilmember Luke said to plan on all three meetings.
Additional
City Council Announcements
January 21st, 2014
A. Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
Council
Members, in your folders is a blank financial disclosure for you to read and to
sign in keeping with the Ethics ordinance. Council staff is providing you
this form as a reminder to complete the form. If there are no changes
since last year, please just sign, date and return. If there have been any
changes since the last time you filled out this form, please update it and then
sign, date and return it. Council staff will collect your completed form
and file them with the Recorder’s Office.
Council Members Rogers, Mendenhall and Adams are
exempt from having to complete this form because you filled one out as part of
your Human Resource paperwork. Ms.
Gust-Jenson reminded the Council of the Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Statements.
Councilmember Luke said the Council needed to discuss the Legislative Committee. He said the concern was that without having the current Chair on the committee there was a potential of creating some confusion at the Capitol. He said the past chair, the current chair, the RDA chair, and an alternate could serve as a committee. He said he wanted to have an alternate, which would be Councilmember Mendenhall. Councilmember LaMalfa said he was in favor of continuing the policy until the Council changed the policy. He said he would step down from the committee. Council Members Penfold, LaMalfa and Mendenhall would be on the legislative committee until April.