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RulesAndLegislationCommittee,2020-02-06,"*Rules & Legislation Committee
Meeting Minutes - FINAL
February 6, 2020
4.16
Subject:
City Attorney Informational Report
From:
Council President Kaplan
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From The Office Of The City
Attorney, Including The Following Information:1) When A Member Of A City Commission
Has A Complaint Of Misconduct By City Personnel, To Whom Should Such A Complaint
Be Submitted? Who Will Investigate Such Allegations? To Whom Will Any Result Be
Provided For Resolution? 2) When A Member Of The Public Has A Complaint About
Alleged Misconduct By The Mayor And/Or Administrator, What Are The Options For The
City Council To Take When We Receive Such A Complaint? By Whom Are Such
Complaints To Be Investigated And Responded? What Is The Appropriate Method For A
Member Of The Public To Submit Such Complaints And To Whom? 3) Does The City
Attorneys Office Have A Responsibility To Admonish Other City Elected Officials When
There Is A Concern About Violation Of The City Charter? If This Duty Or Power Of The
City Attorney Exists - Does This Apply To All City Officers Or Only Specific Ones? 4) Do
City Council Members Have An Attorney-Client Relationship With The City Attorney? 5)
What Are The Requirements For The ""State Of The City Address"" Per The City Charter?
What Is The Method For Noticing And Posting For Such A Meeting? What Is The Public
Comment Method And Rules? Who Is Responsible For Ensurinf Compliance With The
Section Of The Charter Requiring The Mayor To Deliver A Specified State Of The City
Address? When We Receive Complaints About Non-Compliance With This Section,
What Powers And Authorities Does The Council Have To Remedy And Respond? To
Whom Should Such Issues Be Referred For Investigation And Potential Remedy?; On
The March 26, 2020 Rules And Legislation Committee Agenda
20-0177
This item will be placed on Non Consent.
A
motion was made that this matter be Scheduled to go before the *Rules &
Legislation Committee, to be heard 3/26/2020. The motion carried by the
following vote:
Aye: 4 - Kalb, Kaplan, Thao, and McElhaney
NO VOTE: 0
City of Oakland
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