HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-12-97 Amend Ch 2.20 Officers' Performance BondsORDINANCE NO. 12-
97 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.20
OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING
TO OFFICERS' PERFORMANCE
BONDS.WHEREAS, state law permits the City Council to provide a master bond to
cover the faithful performance of duties by its employees and officers;
and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that current bond amounts required by
the Orange Municipal Code are insufficient;
and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that a master bond can provide the
greatest protection for the City at the least
expense.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ORANGE HEREBY ORDAINS AS
FOLLOWS:SECTION
I:Section 2.20.020 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its
entirety and replaced with the
following:2.20.020 Bonds. The City Clerk, City Treasurer and Director of Finance shall,
before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, be covered by a separate bond and/or
master official bond covering the faithful performance of the: duties of their respective offices. For
the City Clerk, such bond shall be in an amount of no less than $100,000 and for the City
Treasurer and Director of Finance, such bond shall be in an amount of no less than $1,500,
000."SECTION
II:Severability. If any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
of this chapter is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter. The City Council
hereby dcclares that it would have passed this chapter, and each scction, subdivision,
paragraph,sentcnce, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that anyone (or more)
section,subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase had been declared invalid
or
SECTION III:
A summary of this Ordinance shall be published and a certified copy of the full
text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the Office of the City Clerk at least five (5) days
prior to the City Council meeting at which this Ordinance is to be adopted. A summary
of this Ordinance shall also be published once within fifteen (15) days after this
Ordinance's passage in a newspaper of general circulation, published, and circulated in
the City of Orange. The City Clerk shall post in the Office of the City Clerk a certified
copy of the full text of such adopted Ordinance along with the names of those City
Council members voting for and against the Ordinance in accordance with Government
Code Section 36933. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the
date of its final passage.
ADOPTED this 7t-h dayof_~
1997.
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Orange
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF ORANGE )
I, CASSANDRA J. CATHCART, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council
held on the 13th day of May , 1997, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said
City Council duly held on the ...2..I.tbday of M"y , 1997, was duly passed and adopted
by the following vote, to wit:AYES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: MURPHY, SLATER, COONTZ, SPURGEON, ALVAREZ NOES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE JtCrA/'
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Clerk oftM City of Orange DAD:
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