REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Consider Rescission of Various Council Policies
Report
BACKGROUND
At the April 23, 2018 Governance Committee meeting, the Committee adopted its workplan which focuses primarily on updating the City's Policies and Procedures Manual. At the Committee meeting, staff reported that a thorough review of the City of Santa Clara Council Policy Manual was conducted to identify obsolete policies that needed to be updated or rescinded and to determine if new policies needed to be developed. Existing policies were reviewed and categorized in the Governance Committee Work Plan Matrix, which categorizes policies in five review categories: maintain status quo, further review, legal review, administrative in nature, or rescission.
DISCUSSION
Through the Governance Committee Work Plan Matrix, staff identified the six policies and procedures for immediate rescission: P&P 010 City Council Meetings Video Tapes (Attachment 2), P&P 012 Electronic Organizers (Attachment 3), P&P 013 Fireworks Display Permit (Attachment 4), P&P 021 Public Requests for Photocopies of Agenda Items (Attachment 5), P&P 023 Recreational Bonfires (Attachment 6), and P&P 026 Sale of Used Fire Helmets or Police Equipment as Mementos (Attachment 7). As detailed in the Governance Committee Report, the primary reasons for rescission are that these policies are obsolete, regulated by the County, superseded by State regulation, or contradict the Santa Clara City Code (Attachment 11).
After discussion, the Governance Committee voted unanimously to approve the staff recommendation to recommend to the City Council to adopt a resolution to rescind the six policies and procedures.
Resolution No. 6619 (Attachment 13) has been added as an additional attachment to this report, as P&P 026 Sale of Used Fire Helmets or Police Equipment as Mementos was adopted by this resolution; in order to rescind P&P 026, Resolution No. 6619 will need to be repealed in its entirety.
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