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5256FOLLOWS: ORDINANCE NO. 5256 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ADDING NEW SECTION 1.04.997 TO CHAPTER 1.04 OF TITLE 1 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING A BUDGET ADVISORY COMMISSION. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS SECTION 1. That a new Section 1.04.997 be, and the same is hereby, added to Chapter 1.04 of Title 1 of the Anaheim Municipal Code to read as follows: 111.04.997 BUDGET ADVISORY COMMISSION .010 ESTABLISHMENT The Budget Advisory Commission is hereby established pursuant to Section 900 of the Charter of the City of Anaheim. .020 MEMBERSHIP The Budget Advisory Commission shall consist of ten (10) members, none of whom shall hold any paid office or employment in the City government and at least five (5) of whom shall be residents of the City of Anaheim. .030 APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL The members of the Budget Advisory Commission shall be appointed by the City Council and shall be subject to removal at any time by motion of the City Council adopted by the affirmative votes of a majority of the entire City Council. .040 TERM OF APPOINTMENT Each member of the Commission shall serve for a term of four years and until his or her respective successor is appointed and qualified; provided, however, that the terms of the Commission members first appointed shall expire as designated by the City Council at the time of their appointments as follows: Two on the thirtieth day of June of the first year following appointment; Two on the thirtieth day of June of the second year following appointment; Three on the thirtieth day of June of the third year following appointment; and Three on the thirtieth day of June of the fourth year following appointment. .050 VACANCIES Any vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term of a Commission member shall be filled by appointment by the City Council for the remainder of such term. .060 ORGANIZATION, MEETINGS AND PROCEDURES .010 The Commission shall, not later than fifteen (15) days following the effective date of this Section, and annually at its first regular meeting following the first day of July in each year thereafter, hold a meeting duly called and noticed by the City Clerk as may be required by law to elect a Chairman and Vice -Chairman and to conduct such other business as may be necessary. .020 The Commission shall meet regularly at least once each month and shall hold such other meetings as from time to time shall be called in the manner and form required by law. Meetings shall be conducted in accordance with Section 904 of the Anaheim City Charter. Regular meeting dates and times shall be established by the Commission. A majority of the total number of members of the Commission then in office shall constitute a quorum. .030 The meetings and procedures of the Commission shall be subject to and governed by the resolutions and ordinances of the City Council establishing rules and regulations for City boards and commissions. .040 The Commission shall have the power to appoint subcommittees of less than a quorum of the Commission to perform tasks within the scope of the Commission's responsibility and to make reports and recommendations for consideration by the Commission. .070 APPROPRIATIONS The City Council shall include in its annual budget such appropriations of funds as, in its opinion, shall be sufficient for the efficient and proper functioning of the Commission. 2 6 .080 NO COMPENSATION Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation. .090 POWERS AND DUTIES The Budget Advisory Commission is an advisory body to the City Council and, as such, shall have the power and duty to: .010 Review the annual budget proposed by the City Manager pursuant to Section 1201 of the City Charter. .020 Hold public meetings concerning the proposed annual budget and make recommendations regarding said budget to the City Council in conjunction with, and prior to the conclusion of, the public hearing thereon required pursuant to Section 1202 of the City Charter. .030 Act in an advisory capacity to the City Council in matters pertaining to short- and long-range financial planning and funding of City activities. .040 Review the City's general fund, capital improvement program, and special funds budgets, including review of policies and procedures, timeframes, format, and specific allocation proposals. Emphasis of the Commission shall be on programs and/or major expenditures, not on line item detail. .050 Review proposals and make recommendations regarding new and increased revenue sources. .060 Review proposals and make recommendations regarding service delivery alternatives. .070 Explore alternative approaches for financing future capital improvement projects. .080 Perform such additional duties and functions as may be required from time to time by specific action and direction of the City Council. .090 Receive such administrative support, assistance and information from the City Manager, or such other appointed officers or employees of the City as directed by the City Manager, as may from time to time reasonably be requested by the Commission for purposes of performing the duties and functions specified herein; provided, however, any 3 h such requests must be consistent with the City Charter and all City ordinances, resolutions, policies and rules, including any limitations contained in the City Charter which are otherwise applicable to the City Council or its members. It is not the purpose of the Commission to advise on regular or routine financial administration, nor to become involved in other than the financial impact of the projects or programs the Commission is specifically requested to review. It is intended that the Commission act in an advisory capacity to the City Council only and that the Commission not be vested with final authority in the establishment of priorities or the expenditure of funds nor that it direct City staff to conduct costly analyses of projects unless specifically so directed and approved by the City Council. SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this ordinance of the Code, hereby adopted, be declared for any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the Council that it would have passed all other portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid. THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 24th day of September, 1991 ATTEST: CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM JLW:lm I:\DOCS\ORDRES\031BUDAD.12 4 W STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 5256 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 10th day of September, 1991, and that the same was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 24th day of September, 1991, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Simpson, Daly, Pickler, Ehrle and Hunter NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Ordinance No. 5256 on the 25th day of September, 1991. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 25th day of September, 1991. CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM (SEAL) I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of Ordinance No. 5256 and was published once in the Anaheim Bulletin on the 4th day of October, 1991. CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM