Chapter 10.02
TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Sections:
10.02.020 Functions of the committee.
10.02.030 Membership qualifications and appointment.
10.02.040 Terms of membership—Vacancies and replacement.
10.02.070 Agendas—Order of business—Voting.
10.02.010 Purpose.
The purpose of the city of Folsom traffic safety committee (“the committee”) is to provide the city council with recommendations on policy related, traffic safety (operational) issues based on sound technical and practical criteria and to act as a sounding board for citizens’ concerns. (Ord. 911 § 2 (part), 1999)
10.02.020 Functions of the committee.
The committee shall have the following functions:
A. To adopt a comprehensive set of traffic safety guidelines for recommendation to the city council, which shall apply to all items reviewed by the committee;
B. To study and make recommendations to the city council on matters related to traffic safety;
C. To review development proposals on a voluntary basis. (Ord. 911 § 2 (part), 1999)
10.02.030 Membership qualifications and appointment.
A. The committee shall consist of 7 members, with the following membership: The police chief or his/her representative, the public works director or his/her representative, the fire chief or his/her representative, a representative from the school district, 2 at-large representatives comprised of city residents who represent a wide cross section of interests, and a third at-large representative who has demonstrated an interest in or a concern for pedestrian and bicycle safety.
B. The at-large members shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council. (Ord. 961 § 2, 2002; Ord. 940 § 3 (part), 2001; Ord. 911 § 2 (part), 1999)
10.02.040 Terms of membership—Vacancies and replacement.
A. The terms of at-large members of the committee shall be 2 years. The mayor may reappoint a member, with the approval of the city council, to additional 2 year terms.
B. The city council may remove any at-large member of the committee at any time by majority vote of all councilmembers. No public hearing shall be required prior to removal of any member of the committee and no cause for removal need be shown.
C. A vacancy in office resulting from death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or any other cause shall be filled by an appointment from the mayor in accordance with Section 10.02.030 of this Code.
D. A committee member is subject to disqualification and removal from the committee if he or she has 3 unexcused absences from any regularly scheduled meetings. (Ord. 940 § 3 (part), 2001; Ord. 911 § 2 (part), 1999)
10.02.050 Officers.
A. The officers of the committee shall be the chairperson and vice-chairperson.
B. The chairperson and the vice-chairperson shall be elected by the committee every 2 years by majority vote of the committee members. The public works representative is not eligible to serve as an officer. An officer can be replaced by majority vote of the committee at any time. No public hearing shall be required prior to removal of the officer and no cause for removal need be shown.
C. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the committee, or such other members as may be presiding in the aforementioned positions, shall not be deprived of any of the rights or privileges of any member by reason of his/her occupying the chair and may move, second, and debate from the chair, subject only to such limitations of debate as are by these rules imposed on all members.
D. The chairperson shall preside and preserve order at all regular and special meetings of the committee. The chairperson shall state every question coming before the committee, announce the decisions of the committee on all subjects, and decide all questions of order without debate, subject to an appeal to the committee on which a member shall speak but once, the chairperson having precedence in speaking on questions of order.
E. In the absence of the chairperson, the vice-chairperson shall perform the duties and obligations of the office of chairperson.
F. A secretary shall be assigned to the committee by the public works director. The secretary shall serve as staff support to the committee and shall be responsible for preparing agendas and agenda packets, scheduling meetings and meeting places, calling and recording roll, calling and recording votes, preparing summary minutes of the committee meetings, and other duties as required. The secretary shall not be an official voting member nor considered an officer of the committee.
G. The terms of office of the chairperson and vice-chairperson shall be 2 years. If no successor is named by the conclusion of any officer’s term, the officer shall continue in the office until a successor has been named. (Ord. 911 § 2 (part), 1999)
10.02.060 Meetings.
A. Regular meetings of the committee shall be held at City Hall, 50 Natoma Street, Folsom, California. Regular meetings shall be held on a day and time established by the committee. There shall be no minimum number of meetings per quarter. A regularly scheduled meeting may be canceled at any time.
B. Special meetings may be called in the manner specified by applicable state law.
C. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum. When there is no quorum at a regular meeting, the chairperson, or any member of such body, shall adjourn such meeting until the next regular meeting.
D. The chairperson or in the absence of the chairperson, the vice-chairperson, shall take the chair at the hour appointed for the meeting and shall call the committee to order. In the absence of the chairperson and vice-chairperson, the public works director or his/her representative shall call the committee to order whereupon a temporary chairperson will be elected from among the members present. Upon the arrival of the chairperson or vice-chairperson, the temporary chairperson shall relinquish the chair upon the conclusion of the item before the committee. (Ord. 911 § 2 (part), 1999)
10.02.070 Agendas—Order of business—Voting.
A. The agendas for meetings of the committee shall be prepared by the clerk/secretary of the committee. Items may be placed on an agenda by contacting the chairperson, the public works director or his/her representative, or the clerk/secretary. Agendas shall be approved by the chairperson prior to the start of the meeting. Citizens or interested parties may address the committee by having his or her specific item(s) placed on an agenda or by addressing the committee during the business from the floor portion of the meeting. Agendas shall be published as required by state law.
B. At the regular meetings of the committee, the following shall be the order of business:
1. Roll call;
2. Review of summary/minutes (if applicable);
3. Agenda of the traffic safety committee;
4. Business from the floor/good of the order;
5. Adjournment.
C. On all matters acted upon by the committee, the voting shall be a roll-call vote of the members present. The “ayes” and “noes” of the members shall be recorded upon the summary of the meeting by the clerk/secretary. All actions of the committee shall require an affirmative vote of the majority of the committee present and eligible to vote at the particular meeting where action is to take place.
D. All rules of order not herein provided shall be determined in accordance with “Roberts’ Rules of Order, Revised.”
E. The committee may adjourn any regular or special meeting to a time and place specified in the order of adjournment, whether or not a quorum has been established. If a quorum is not established, no business other than adjournment may be transacted. (Ord. 911 § 2 (part), 1999)