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I t <br /> CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> Date: November 23, 2010 <br /> To: City Council Rules and Communications Committee <br /> From: Stephen Hollister, ty`I4tanager <br /> By: Marian I- Ianda, City Clerk N tL) <br /> Subject: DISCUSSION REGARDING REVISIONS TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS <br /> HANDBOOK <br /> SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION <br /> The City Clerk's Office has updated and made minor revisions to the Councilmembers <br /> Handbook, last issued in 2002. Committee tnembers are requested to review and recommend <br /> approval of the updated Handbook to the City Council. <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> The original City of San Leandro Councilmembers Handbook was adopted by the Council in <br /> 1998, and last revised in 2002. The purpose for creating the handbook was two -fold: 1) to <br /> acquaint newly- elected Councilmembers with Council procedures, and 2) to document certain <br /> Council - specific guidelines and policies not otherwise included in the City Charter, Municipal <br /> • Code or Administrative Code. The intent of the City Council Policy Committee (which later <br /> became the Rules and Communications Committee) in creating the Councilmembers Handbook <br /> was to commit to writing the basic standards of Council operations, and to make this information <br /> readily available to all, not just through "word of mouth" or institutional memory. The <br /> Committee also intended that the Handbook become a living document —one that always reflects <br /> the current Council's standards. <br /> The draft revised Councilmembers Handbook incorporates the amendments adopted by the City <br /> Council since 2002, as well as changes to procedures and practices that have occurred since the <br /> last revision. <br /> The following is a summary of the significant changes to the Handbook, by section: <br /> Section I —City Council <br /> • Terms of Office revised to conform with 2004 Charter amendment <br /> • Powers of the Council, Reimbursement for Expenses, Non Interference with Administrative <br /> Service subsections moved from Section II <br />