HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 12007 (Grand Jury Response Procedure)RESOLUTION NO. 12007
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN RAFAEL ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR
CITY CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESPONSES
TO GRAND JURY REPORTS
WHEREAS, pursuant to Penal Code section 933, a public agency which receives a Grand Jury
report addressing aspects of the public agency's operations, must comment on the report's findings and
recommendations contained in the report in writing to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court within
ninety (90) days; and
WHEREAS, Penal Code section 933 specifically requires that the "governing body" of the public
agency provide said response and, in order to lawfully comply, the governing body must consider and adopt
the response at a noticed public meeting pursuant to the Brown Act; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Rafael, in order to ensure compliance with these
legal requirements in a systematic and uniform manner, desires to establish a procedure for the City's
responses to Grand Jury reports;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San Rafael
hereby establishes the following procedure for its response to all Marin County Grand Jury reports to which
it must respond:
1. The City Manager and/or appropriate staff shall prepare, for City Council consideration, a draft
response to the Grand Jury report and such other materials as are necessary.
2. The City Clerk shall place the Grand Jury report response on a City Council meeting agenda.
3. The City Council shall consider the Grand Jury report response as "New Business" on its
meeting agenda.
4. The City Council shall adopt, modify or reject the draft Grand Jury report response; if the draft
response is rejected, the Council shall provide direction to staff to prepare a response consistent
with its intent.
I, Jeanne M. Leoncini, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the San Rafael City Council held on
the 17th' day of July, 2006, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cohen, Heller, Miller, Phillips and Mayor Boro
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
JE M. LEONCINI, City Clerk
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