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ORDINANCE NO. 2019-01
ADDING A NEW SECTION 2-15 TO THE DANVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE
ESTABLISHING A SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION
The Danville Town Council does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. ADDING A NEW SECTION 2-15 TO THE DANVILLE MUNICIPAL
CODE.
A new Chapter 2-15 is hereby added to the Danville Municipal Code to read as follows:
SECTION 2-15
SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION
2-15.1 Creation of Senior Advisory Commission
A Senior Advisory Commission of the Town of Danville is hereby established. The
Commission shall consist of five (5) regular members.
2-15.2 Qualifications
All members of the Commission shall have experience, training or education
demonstrating a knowledge of and interest in social services and issues relevant to adults
55 years and older.
2-15.3 Powers and Duties
Advise the Town Council on matters related to:
1. Supporting older adult residents and their process of aging in place;
2. Assessment of the Town's amenities and services in providing an age -friendly
city;
3. Assessing services and recreational opportunities available to Danville
residents and visitors of all age groups and abilities;
4. Hold public meetings, conduct surveys, and use other reasonable methods to
determine needs of the aging population and recommend actions to advocate
for those needs to the Town Council;
5. Performing such other duties and functions as may be prescribed by Town
Council.
2-15.4 Term of Office
For the initial five appointments to the Commission, two of the members shall be
appointed to two-year terms and three shall be appointed to four-year terms. All
subsequent appointments shall be for four-year terms.
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2-15.5 Time and Place of Regular Meetings
The Commission shall hold at least one regular quarterly meeting. The Commission shall
fix the time and place of its regular meetings by resolution and may call special meetings
as necessary. All meetings of the Commission are open to the public and the Commission
shall give notice of its meetings as required by law.
2-15.6 Absence from Meetings
If a member of the Commission is absent without cause from three (3) consecutive regular
meetings of the Commission, that member's office shall be vacant automatically. The
Commission shall immediately notify the Town Council of the vacancy. A member is not
absent without cause if that member's absence is (1) due to illness or (2) unavoidable, and
the member gives the Secretary of the Commission notice before the day of the regular
meeting at which the member will be absent, and giving the reason for the absence.
2-15.7 Removal or Vacancy
A member of the Commission may be removed by a majority vote of the Council. A
vacancy is filled in the same manner as the original appointment. A person appointed to
fill a vacancy serves for the remainder of the unexpired term.
2-15.8 No Compensation
Members of the Commission shall not receive compensation for their attendance at
Commission meetings, but are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses
actually incurred in the course of their duties, provided that such reimbursement shall
first be approved by the Town Council.
2-15.9 Adoption of Rules
The Commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of its business and shall keep a
public record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations.
2-15.10 Residency Requirement
All members of the Commission shall be residents of the Town of Danville.
2-15.11 Officers and their Duties
The Commission shall elect a Chair and Vice -Chair from among its members. The Chair
and the Vice -Chair serve for a term of one (1) year and until the successor of each is
appointed and qualified. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Commission, shall
appoint committees of the Commission as needed, and shall perform such additional
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duties as are necessary and incidental to the office. The Vice -Chair shall perform the
duties of the Chair on such occasions as the Chair shall be unavailable or unable to
perform such duties.
2-15.12 Brown Act and Conflicts of Interest
The Commission shall be subject to and conduct its business in compliance with the Ralph
M. Brown Act, California Government Code, Section 54950 et seq. The members of the
Commission shall be subject to the provisions of the Town's Conflict of Interest Code.
SECTION 2. CODIFICATION. Section 1 of this ordinance shall be codified in the
Danville Municipal Code.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance. The Danville Town Council hereby
declares that they would have adopted the ordinance, and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases was declared invalid.
SECTION 4. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Clerk shall have a
summary of this ordinance published twice in a newspaper of general circulation, once
within five (5) days before its adoption and once within 15 (fifteen) days after adoption.
This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after adoption.
The foregoing Ordinance was introduced on February 19, 2019 and approved and
adopted by the Danville Town Council on March 5, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Arnerich, Blackwell, Morgan, Stepper, Storer
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
I, Marie Sunseri, City Clerk of the Town of Danville, hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No. 2019-01 of said Town and that said ordinance
was published according to law.
3/6/2019
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