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CITY COUNCIL RULES AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE March 2, 2006 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. San Leandro City Hall 835 East 14th Street San Leandro, California (City Manager's Large Conference Room) HIGHLIGHTS Committee Members: Vice Mayor Orval "OB" Badger, Councilmember Glenda Nardine, Councilmember Bill Stephens (arrived at 4:10 p.m.) City Staff present: John Jermanis, Jayne Williams, Steve Hollister, Marian Handa Public present: None The meeting was called to order at 4:05 p.m. by Committee Chair Badger. It was suggested that Item 2 be taken out of order, while awaiting the arrival of Committee Member Stephens. 2. Election Update City Clerk Marian Handa gave a brief update and provided a staff report to the Committee on the plans for the upcoming elections to be held in San Leandro in April and June. She reported that the April 11 Special School District Election will be heavily consolidated, with only 13 polling places, and only paper ballots will be used. For the June 6 General Municipal Election, electronic voting will be available at the polls as well as paper ballots. Ms. Handa also gave a brief update on the progress of Instant Runoff Voting, which the City of Berkeley hopes to use in its November election. 1. Discussion Regarding AB 1234 Report and Proposed Reimbursements City Attorney Jayne Williams provided a written report and draft resolution on AB 1234, the "Local Government Sunshine Bill," which was signed into law in November 2005 and became effective on January 1, 2006. Ms. Williams provided an overview of the law, which applies to all legislative bodies of local agencies and covers two areas: 1) reimbursements for travel expenses; and 2) ethics training. AB 1234 requires that the governing body adopt a reimbursement policy at a public meeting. Additionally, members must receive two hours of certified ethics training by January 2007, and every two years thereafter. Ms. Williams noted