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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08131985 - 1.42 TO; REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Contra FROM: Phil Batchelor, >' Costa Executive Director ..' sta ' DATE: July 26, 1985 - ''- County SUBJECT: Amendment of Agency Bylaws SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION The Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency RESOLVES THAT: It is necessary to amend the Bylaws as adopted January 17, 1984 to assure the orderly process and function of the Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency. The proposed amendments are needed in order to: 1. Specifically identify the Agency officer of Assistant Executive Director as the Director of Community Development of Contra Costa County; and,- 2. nd,2. Identify an additional Agency officer of Deputy Executive Director as the Director of Redevelopment of Contra Costa County; and 3 . Provide for the Executive Director to designate either the Assistant Executive Director or the Deputy Executive Director to execute 'Agency documents; and 4 . Provide that the Bylaws of the Agency may be amended.------ only by resolution of the Agency. The Proposed amendments to the Bylaws have been reviewed by the Agency. The Bylaws of the Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency are hereby amended to read in full as shown in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:X YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION OF AGENCY COMMI TEE APPROVE OTHER AUG--SIGNATURE(S) (�A ACTION OF AGENCY OSI 13 1985 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS ZUNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE REDEVELOP— MENT AGENCY ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: Community Development ATTESTED AUG 13 1985 County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR, AGENCY SECRE- TARY County Counsel I M3e2i7-e3 BY DEPUTY BYLAWS OF THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ARTICLE I - THE AGENCY Section 1 . Name. The official name of the Agency shall be "Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency" . Section 2. Office and Place of Meeting. The main office of the Agency shall be at the County Building, 651 Pine Street, Martinez , California. The Agency shall hold its meeting at the main office or such other location as may be designated from time to time by the Chairman. Section 3 . Powers. The Powers of the Agency are vested in its members then in office, who reserve to themselves the right to delegate by resolution such powers as are appropriate within a suitable framework. Section 4 . Agency Seal. The seal of the Agency shall be in the form of a circle around the perimeter of which shall appear the name of the Agency and the city and state to wit; Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency, Martinez , California. In the center of the seal shall appear the year of its founding - 1983 . ARTICLE II - OFFICERS Section 1 . Officers. The officers of the Agency shall be a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, Executive Director, Assistant Executive Director, and Deputy Executive Director. Section 2. Additional Officers and Assistant Officers. The Agency may by resolution appoint such additional officers, establish their terms of office, and define their duties as the Agency determines necessary or desirable. Section 3. Chairman. The Chairman shall be the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and shall preside at all meetings of the Agency. Except as otherwise authorized by resolution of the Agency, the Chairman shall submit such recommendations and information as he or she may consider proper concerning the business, affairs and policies of the Agency. The Chairman shall be entitled to vote on all matters coming before the Agency. Section 4 . Vice Chairman. The Vice Chairman shall be the Vice Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and the Vice Chairman shall perform the duties of the Chairman in the absence or incapacity of the Chairman; and in case of the resignation or death of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman shall perform such duties as are imposed on the Chairman until such -1- time as a new Chairman of the Board of Supervisors is elected or appointed, at which time the new Chairman shall become Chairman. Section 5. Secretary. The Secretary shall be the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County. The Secretary shall keep the records of the Agency and record all votes, and shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Agency in a journal of proceedings to be kept for such purposes, and shall perform all duties incident to said office. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Agency and shall have power to affix such seal to all contracts and instruments authorized to. be executed by the Agency. The compensation of the Secretary shall be determined by the Agency provided that a temporary appointee selected from among the members of the Agency shall serve without compensation (other than payment of necessary expenses) . Section 6. Executive Director. The Executive Director shall be the County Administrator of Contra Costa County. The Executive Director shall serve as administrative chief of the Agency, shall be directly responsible to it, and, subject thereto, shall have complete control of the responsibility for the execution of the Agency' s policies, the administration of its affairs, and the fulfillment of such other duties as from time to time the Agency may impose. The Executive Director shall appoint and have supervision of the Agency' s personnel. At each meeting of the Agency, the Executive Director .shall supply its members with such information and make such recommendations as shall be necessary to effect the purpose of the Agency and for the proper administration of its affairs. The Executive Director or the Executive Director' s designees shall execute all documents of whatever description upon prior authorization of the Agency. Section 7 . Assistant Executive Director. The Assistant Executive Director shall be the Director of Community Development of Contra Costa County. The Assistant Executive Director shall assist the Executive Director in the general conduct of all Agency affairs and may act for the Executive Director in the Executive Directors absence. Unless otherwise specified by the Agency, the Assistant Executive Director shall execute all documents of whatever description upon prior authorization of the Agency and designation by the Executive Director. Section 8 . Deputy Executive Director. The Deputy Executive Director shall be the Director of Redevelopment of Contra Costa County. The Deputy Executive Director shall assist the Executive Director in the general conduct of all Agency affairs and may act for the Assistant Executive Director in the Executive Director' s absence. Unless otherwise specified by -2- the Agency, the Deputy Executive Director shall execute all documents of whatever description upon prior authorization of the Agency and designation by the Assistant and Executive Directors. Section 9. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the Auditor/Controller of Contra Costa County. The Treasurer shall be responsible for ascertaining that all funds of the Agency are deposited in the name of the Agency in such bank or banks, ' or such special trust fund or funds with the Treasury of the. County of Contra Costa as the Agency may elect. The Treasurer shall give such bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties as the Agency may determine. All checks issued by the Agency shall be signed and/or countersigned by a person or persons designated by resolution of the Agency. All persons so designated shall be bonded for faithful performance of duty as determined by the Agency. Section 10. Additional Duties. The officers of the Agency shall perform such other duties and functions as may from time to time be required by the Agency, these Bylaws, rules 'or regulations of the Agency. No member of the Agency shall be eligible to fill the office of either the Executive Director of Secretary except as a temporary appointee. Section 11. Vacancies. Should the offices of Chairman or Vice Chairman become vacant, the Agency shall select a successor from its membership at the regular meeting, and such election shall be for the period until a new Chiarman and/or Vice Chairman of the Board of Supervisors are elected, at which time the new Chairman shall assume the position of Vice Chairman. When the office of Executive Director or Secretary becomes vacant, the Agency shall appoint a successor. Section 12. Additional Personnel. The Agency may from time to time employ or retain such personnel as it deems necessary to exercise its powers, duties, and functions as prescribed by the applicable California Health and Safety Code Statutory Regulations as amended and all other laws of the State of California applicable thereto. The approval of additional provisions and specifications therefore, and compensation to such personnel ( including the Executive Director, Secretary, and Treasurer) , shall ,be determined by the Agency subject to the laws of the State of California. ARTICLE III - MEETINGS Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Agency shall be held on the second Tuesday of January at such time and place as the Agency may designate by resolution. In the event such date shall fall on a' legal holiday, the annual meeting shall be held on the next succeeding secular day'. -3- Section 2 . Regular Meetings. Regular meetings shall be held at the County Building, 651 Pine Street, Martinez, California, unless otherwise specified, on every Tuesday of each month at 9 :00 a.m. If the regular meeting day is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held the next business day. A regular meeting of the Agency may be adjourned to a time and place specified in the order of adjournment pursuant to the requirements of Government Code Section 54955 . Section 3. Special Meetings. The Chairman of the Agency may, when deemed expedient, call a special meeting of the Agency for the purpose of transacting any business designated in the call. The call for a special meeting may be delivered to each member of the Agency or may be mailed to the business or home address of each member of the Agency at least one day prior to the date of such special meeting. At such special meeting no business shall be considered other than as designated in the call. Section 4 . Meetings to be Open and Public. All meetings of the legislative body of the Agency shall be open and public, and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of the Agency. All adjourned, special, and executive meetings of the Agency shall be governed by Section 54955 through 54957 of the Government Code of the State of California, as amended. Section 5. Quorum. The powers of the Agency shall be vested in the members thereof in office from time to time. A majority of current members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time until a quorum is obtained. Affirmative action may be taken by the Agency upon majority vote of the quorum of the Agency there present and voting. Section 6. Manner of Voting. The voting on formal resolutions, matters pertaining to any Federal, state, county, or city agency, and on such other matters as may be requested by a majority of the Agency members shall be roll call , and the ayes and noes and members present and not voting shall be entered upon the minutes of such meeting, except on the election of officers, which may be by ballot. -4- ARTICLE IV - AMENDMENTS Section 1 . Amendments to Bylaws. These Bylaws of the Agency shall be amended only by a resolution approved by a majority of the members of the Agency at a regular or special meeting. Dated: AUQ 13 9985 A15301/#005 -5-