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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA RES 001ITEM III (A) REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RESOLUTION NO. 1 A RI;:1OL,U i' i (");: OF THE P.1Li'1 DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADOPTING AGENCY BYLAWS WHEREAS, it is dcsira'Jle that the Palm Desert RcdeveloDt:cnt Agency adopt rules and regulations governing its operations in the form of bylaws of the Agency; and i 1HEP:EAS, certain bylaws for the Agency have been presented to the Agency, a copy of which is attached hereto and :narked Exhibit "A" NOW, TH.E E:O E, BE IT RESOLVED by the Palm Desert Redevelopment agency that the bylaws attached hereto as Exhibit "A" are hereby adopted and approved as the bylaws for the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 5th day of December 1974, by the following vote: AYES: Aston; Benson; Brush; McPherson; Clark NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: RES. NO1 BY-LAWS BY LA:dS OF TILE PALM I)ESI:I:T REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ► ly CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA ARTICLE I - THE AGENCY Section 1. Name of Agency. The name of the Agency shall be the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency. Section 2. Seal of Agency. The seal of the Agency shall be in the fora of a circle and shall bear the name of the Agency and the year of its organization. Section 3. Office of the Agency. The office of the Agency shall be at City Hall, City of Palm Desert, California, or such other place as the Agency may from time to time designate. ARTICLE II - OFFICERS Section I. Officers. The officers of the Agency shall be a Chairman, a Vice -Chairman, a Secretary and a Treasurer. Section 2. Chairman. The Chairman shall be the Mayor. He shall preside at all meetings of the Agency. At each meeting the Chairman shall submit such recommendations and information as he may consider proper concerning the business affairs and policies of the Agency. He shall sign all deeds and other instruments made by the Agency. Section 3. Vice -Chairman. The Vice -Chairman shall be the Vice Mayor. He shall perform the duties of the Chairman in the absence or incapacity of the Chairman; and in case of resignation or death of the Chairman, the Vice -Chairman shall perform such duties as are imposed on the Chairman. Section 4. Secretary. The Agency shall appoint the Secretary. The Secretary shall keep the records of the Agency, shall act as Secretary of the meetings of the governing board of the Agency and record all votes, and shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Agency and shall perform all duties incident to his office. RES. NO. 1 -'BY-LAWS The secretary shall keep in safe custody the scal of the Agency and shall have power to affix such seal to all contracts and instruments authorized to be executed by the governing hoard of t:he Agency. Section 5. Treasurer. The Treasurer of the Agency shall be the Treasurer of the City of Palm Desert. The Treasurer of the Agency shall have the care and custody of all funds of the Agency and shall deposit the same in the name of the Agency in such bank or banks as the Agency may select. The Treasurer, Chairman and Executive Director of the Agency shall sign all orders and checks for the payment of money and shall pay and disburse such moneys under the direction of the governing board of the Agency. Section 6. Term of Office. The Chairman, Vice -Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the Agency shall hold such offices only during the period for which they are the Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Treasurer of the City of Palm Desert, respectively, and upon their ceasing to hold such offices, their successors in such City offices shall automatically succeed to the corresponding office of the Agency. ARTICLE III - EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS Section 1. Executive Director. The Agency'shall appoint an Executive Director who shall be the chief executive of the Agency. The Executive Director shall be charged with the administration and management of the Agency subject to direction from the Agency. The Executive Director shall execute all agree- ments entered into on behalf of the Agency. The Executive Director shall have the authority to contract on the Agency's behalf without prior Agency approval for goods and services to be furnished to the Agency when the contract price for such goods and services does not exceed Twenty -Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00). Any such action shall be brought to the attention of the Board at its next meeting. Section 2. Other Employees. The Agency may hire from time to time such employees and agents as it deems necessary to fulfill its objectives and programs. 2 RES. NO. 1 - BY-LAWS ARTICLE TV - NEET] i; S Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the governing board of the Agency shall be held on the second Thursday in April in the regular meeting place of the governing board of the Agency. (In the event such date shall fall on a legal holiday, the annual meeting shall be held the next succeeding business day.) Section 2. Regular Meeting. Regular meetings may be held without official notice on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at :00 P.M. in the regular meeting place of the governing board of the Agency. (In the event a regular meeting shall be a legal holiday, said meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day.) Section 3. Other Meetings. Other meetings may be called by the Chairman or by any two members of the governing board of the Agency by written notice to all members delivered at least 24 hours before the called meeting. Section 4. Quorum. The powers of the Agency shall be vested in the governing board thereof. Three members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting .its business and exercising its powers, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time until a quorum is obtained. Action may be taken by the governing board of the Agency upon a vote of a majority of a quorum, unless a higher vote is required by law. Section 5. Order of Business. At the regular meetings of the governing board the following shall be the order of business: 1. Roll call. 2. Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting. 3. Unfinished business. 4. New business. 5.. Adjournment. Section 6. t canner of Voting. The voting on formal resolutions, matters relating to any federal, state, county or city agency and on such other matters as may be requested by a majority of the members of the governing hoard of the Agency, 3 RES. NO. 1 - BY-LAWS shall be by roll call, and the ayes and noes, and members present and not voting, shall be entered upon the minutes of such meeting. Section 7. Robert's Rules of Order. All rules of order not herein provided for shall be determined in accordance with "Robert's Rules of Order." Failure to comply with any provi- sion of Robert's Rules of Order shall not invalidate any action of the Agency. ARTICLE V - £'1ME:`'.D`•tENTS Section 1. Amendments to Bylaws. The bylaws of the Agency shall be amended only with the approval of at least three of the members of the governing board of the Agency at a regular or a special meeting of the Agency. 4 RES. NO. 1 BY-LAWS