Resolution No. 5871267
RESOLUTION NO. 5871
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
CALIFORNIA, DELEGATING TO THE CITY MANAGER CERTAIN
OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
CLERK, AND REQUIRING AN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SAME TO
THE CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the City Charter of the City of Cypress, at Section 500, specifies
that the City Clerk shall be appointed by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Charter of the City of Cypress, at Section 500, specifies
that the City Clerk shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to delegate certain of its oversight functions
with respect to the City Clerk to its City Manager in the interest of efficiency of
governmental operations, lack of collective time to perform such oversight function, and
because the City Manager is charged, pursuant to City Charter § 601 and the Cypress
Municipal Code §§ 2 -12, 2 -15, 18 -4, and 18 -6, with regulating the day -to -day operations
of the City of Cypress, and its employees, under the Cypress "Council /Manager" form of
government; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to receive from the City Manager an annual
written performance evaluation, with recommendations, of the City Clerk, and,
thereafter, to conduct its own closed- session performance evaluation of the City Clerk
consistent with its Charter authority over the service and tenure of the City Clerk.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Cypress does hereby FIND,
ORDER, and RESOLVE as follows:
1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
2. The City Manager of the City of Cypress is hereby delegated all day -to-
day personnel oversight responsibility for the City Clerk, including, but not limited to,
supervising the City Clerk's performance of the duties of the office as set forth in City
Charter § 501, supervising the administration of the City's personnel rules and
regulations to the extent the same apply to the City Clerk, supervising the payroll,
benefits, leave accruals and usage, and other salary functions of the City to the extent
the same apply to the City Clerk, and to perform such other oversight responsibilities as
the City Council may assign from time -to -time.
3. The City Manager of the City of Cypress is hereby charged with the
responsibility of preparing, and then forwarding to the City Council, an annual written
performance evaluation of the City Clerk, and to cause to be scheduled with the City
Council an annual closed session during which the City Council shall consider, approve,
modify, and deliver such performance evaluation to the City Clerk.
4. The City Council expressly retains the authority, pursuant to City Charter
§ 500, over the appointment, tenure, and removal of the City Clerk, and nothing in this
resolution shall be deemed to constitute an abrogation of the same.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Cypress at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of June, 2005.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF CYPRESS
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I, JILL R. GUERTIN, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HERBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council
held on the 13th day of June, 2005, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: McCoy, Seymore, Sondhi and McGill
NOES: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Luebben
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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