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SAN LEANDRO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE <br />TITLE 1 CITY COUNCIL <br />Chapter 7 Flag Policy <br />(g) When prescribed by the City Manager, or in his/her absence the Assistant City Manager, in <br />accordance with the following guidelines: <br />(1) From the day of death until burial of any: <br />(i) City Councilmember of the City of San Leandro, past or present; <br />(ii) City employee whose death occurred during the discharge of duty; <br />(iii) City employee or retiree having served the City for 25 or more years. <br />(2) Upon authority issuing from the City Manager's Office, similar recognition may be <br />given in the case of a prominent citizen not holding or having held public office, <br />whose accomplishments and contributions to the community clearly demonstrated a <br />commitment over and beyond that which would be normally associated with the <br />performance of work. <br />(3) Flags will be lowered to half-mast as soon as practicable following notification of <br />death of the above, and will ordinarily be continued until after the conclusion of <br />burial services. In the event current notice is not given or the date of funeral is <br />unknown, as is frequently the case, flags will be lowered for 48 hours from the day <br />of notification. <br />(4) Any person having defmite knowledge of a death requiring City acknowledgment <br />should immediately advise the City Manager's Office as the central point for <br />notification of those responsible for handling our flags. Should contact with this <br />office be impracticable, the information should be given, in order, to the Director of <br />Public Works Services or to the Police Chief, who will then become responsible for <br />taking action in conformity with the policy herein outlined. <br />&1.7.115: COUNCIL ACTION. The City Council, upon notification of the death of the <br />above stated, may elect to adjourn a City Council meeting in respect of the deceased. <br />* Reference: U.S. Flag Code, adopted by the United States Congress, as amended by Congress and the President of the <br />United States. <br />Department Responsible for Revision: City Clerk Chapter 1.7 <br />11/21/2005 Page 2 <br />