ORDINANCE 1386ORDINANCE NO. 1386
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE
§§ 1-6 -3 AND 1-6 -5 REGARDING CITY DEPARTMENTS AND
DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.
The city council of the city of El Segundo does ordain as follows-
SECTION 1 The City Council finds as follows
A The El Segundo Municipal Code (" ESMC) provides that the City
Council may from time to time by Ordinance designate
departments, appointive officers, or employees of the City;
B It is in the best interest of the City to list all existing City
departments in the Municipal Code and officers excluded from the
Personnel Merit System, and
C It is in the best interest of the City to eliminate the Economic
Development Department and the position of Director of Economic
Development
D It is in the best interest of the City to correct the title of the
Department and Department Head to Library and Cable Services
Department and Director of Library and Cable Services
SECTION 2 ESMC § 1 -6 -3 is amended in its entirety to read as follows
"Sec 1 -6 -3. CITY DEPARTMENTS
Effective October 1, 2005, the organization of city government consists of
the following departments
Administrative Services Department
City Administration
Fire Department
Library and Cable Services Department
Planning and Budding Safety Department
Police Department
Public Works Department
Recreation and Parks Department"
ESMC § 1 -6 -4 is amended in its entirety to read as follows
"Sec 1 -6-4 EXCLUSIONS
Those officers and members of departments in addition to department heads
and elected officers who are expressly excluded from the merit system are
Assistant City Manager
City Attorney
City Engineer
City Manager
Street Superintendent
Water and Sanitation Superintendent"
ESMC § 1 -6 -5 is amended in its entirety to read as follows
"Sec. 1 -6 -5: DEPARTMENT HEADS
For the purpose of this chapter and for the purpose of initiative Ordinance 586
and for the purpose of ordinances expanding the coverage of initiative
Ordinance 586, and not by way of limitation, effective October 1, 2005, the
term "Department Head" includes:
Chief of Police
City Manager
Director of Administrative Services
Director of Planning and Building Safety.
Director of Public Works
Director of Recreation and Parks
Fire Chief
Director of Library and Cable Services "
Repeal of any provision of the ESMC herein will not affect any penalty, forfeiture,
or liability incurred before, or preclude prosecution and imposition of penalties for
any violation occurring before, this Ordinance's effective date. Any such
repealed part will remain in full force and effect for sustaining action or
prosecuting violations occurring before the effective date of this Ordinance
If any part of this Ordinance or its application is deemed invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, the city council intends that such invalidity will not affect
the effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and, to this end, the
provisions of this Ordinance are severable
The City Clerk is directed to certify the passage and adoption of this Ordinance;
cause it to be entered into the City of El Segundo's book of original ordinances,
make a note of the passage and adoption in the records of this meeting, and,
within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption of this Ordinance, cause it
to be published or posted in accordance with California law.
This Ordinance will become effective on the thirty -first (31st) day following its
passage and adoption
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
ATTEST
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five,
that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1386 was duly introduced by said City
Council at a regular meeting held on the 16th day of August
2005, and was duly passed and adopted by said City Council, approved and
signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, all at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 6th day of September , 2005, and the
same was so passed and adopted by the following vote
AYES McDowell, Gaines, Boulgarides, Busch, Jacobson
NOES. None
ABSENT None
ABSTAIN None
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