Ordinance No. 1079355
ORDINANCE NO. 1079
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
CALIFORNIA, REPEALING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER AS BEING OUTDATED,
INCONSISTENT WITH THE CITY CHARTER, OR CONTRARY TO BEST LEGAL
PRACTICES.
WHEREAS, the Municipal Code of the City of Cypress contains provisions
relating to the hiring, supervision, and termination of the position of the City Manager;
and
WHEREAS, current law defines the position of City Manager as an "at will"
employee of the City Council, and serving at the pleasure of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the current language of certain provisions of the Municipal Code are
at variance with the language of the Cypress City Charter, and the provisions of the City
Charter shall, under law, prevail over the provisions of the Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, in order to up -date the Municipal Code to best legal practices under
the law and to eliminate language variances between the City Charter and the Municipal
Code the following repealing ordinance shall be adopted.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Cypress does hereby ordain
as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 -8, of Chapter 2, of the Cypress Municipal Code, the first
complete sentence thereof, shall be repealed, in its entirety.
Section 2. Section 2 -10, of Chapter 2, of the Cypress Municipal Code is
hereby repealed, in its entirety.
Section 3. Section 2 -11, of Chapter 2, of the Cypress Municipal Code is
hereby repealed, in its entirety.
Section 4. Publication. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this ordinance, and shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof
in the records of the proceedings of the City Council at which the same is passed and
adopted. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its final
passage and adoption, and within fifteen (15) full days after its final passage, the City
Clerk shall cause it to be published in a newspaper of general circulation and shall post
the same at City Hall, the Police Department and the Community Center.
FIRST READING at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on
the 26th day of June, 2006 and finally adopted and order posted at a regular meeting held
on the 10th day July, 2006.
ATTEST:
MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DENISE BASHAM, Acting City Clerk of the City of Cypress DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing was duly adopted at a regularly scheduled meeting of said
City Council held on the 10`h day of July, 2006, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: McCoy, McGill, Seymore and Luebben
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Sondhi
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS