REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Annual Review and Approval of City's Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected and Appointed Officials
Report
DISCUSSION
This report represents Council's annual opportunity to review and revise the City's Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected and Appointed Officials (hereafter referred to as "the Code").
The Code contains a section on ethical standards and a section on conduct which describes the way officials should treat one another, City staff, constituents, and others with whom they may come in contact with while representing the City.
No changes to the Code are proposed by staff. The City's boards and commissions that meet on a regular basis completed their annual review of the Code during the months of November and December of 2018, and January 2019. The Board of Building Code Appeals and the Personnel Board, which meet only on an as-needed basis, will review the Code at a future meeting yet to be scheduled.
The Planning Commission made the following recommendation by unanimous approval:
Vice Chair Simons moved and Commissioner Howe seconded the motion to approve the Annual Review of the Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected and Appointed Officials (Code of Ethics) with a recommendation to shorten the document to no more than three pages and include an addendum of errata.
No other specific suggestions from Boards and Commissions were made to revise the Code.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378 (b) (5) in that it is a governmental organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment.
EXISTING POLICY
2018 Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected and Appointed Officials
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this report.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council agend...
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