2012-15 RESOLUTION NO. 2012- 15
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND
TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING CITY DEPARTMENT
HEADS AS THE OFFICIALS TO PREPARE SUMMARIES OF
ORDINANCES WHEN INDICATED, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AS
THE OFFICIAL TO APPROVE SUCH SUMMARIES, FOR
PUBLICATION IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 36933 (a) required that ordinances approved by
the City Council be published at least one in a newspaper of general circulation published and
circulated in the City; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 36933 (c) (1) permits the City Council to
publish a summary of proposed ordinances or proposed amendments to existing ordinances; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 36933 (c) (1) required that the summary shall be
prepared by an official designated by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, when summaries are published instead of the full ordinance, Government
Code Section 36933 (c) (1) requires that specific procedures must be followed; and
WHEREAS, the alternative of publishing a summary instead of the full ordinance can
result in significant cost savings when an ordinance is lengthy.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND
TERRACE, CALIFORNIA DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. When it is determined to be cost effective to publish summaries of
ordinances instead of the full ordinance, City Department Heads will prepare ordinance
summaries and the City Attorney will provide final approval of prepared summaries, in accord
with Government Code Section 36933.
SECTION 2. In accord with Government Code Section 36933 (c) (1), a summary shall
be published in a newspaper of general circulation and a certified copy of the full text of the
proposed ordinance or proposed amendment shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk at
least five days prior to the City Council Meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment
is to be adopted. Within 15 days after the adoption of the ordinance or amendment, a summary
of the ordinance shall be published with the names of those Councilmembers voting for or
against the Ordinance, and the City Clerk shall post a certified copy of the full text of the
adopted Ordinance in the posting locations that have been designated by the City Council.
SECTION 3. When the ordinance summary is published, the City Clerk shall include a
link to the full ordinance on the City Website and shall indicate same in published summary.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution
and enter it into the book of resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of March, 2012.
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Mayor of the City of Grand Terrace
ATTEST:
ty-ClerkbT th4 City of GrIN
Terrace
I, TRACEY R. MARTINEZ, CITY CLERK of the City of Grand Terrace, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace held on the 13' day of March, 2012 by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers McNaboe, Sandoval and Hays; Mayor Pro Tem
Garcia and Mayor Stauckievitz
NOES: Hone
ABSENT: Hone
ABSTAIN: None
Tracey R. artnez, City C e k
APPROVED AS ORM:
City Attorney
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