HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-12-03; City Council; CS-478; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 2.04, SECTION 2.04.040(C)(l} OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO EL...ORDINANCE NO. CS-478
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 2.04, SECTION 2.04.040(C)(l} OF
THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR THE OFFICE
OF CITY TREASURER
WHEREAS, the City Treasurer of the City of Carlsbad is an elected office; and
WHEREAS, the City Treasurer's Office is charged with designing an effective cash management
and investment program for the city and all its subsidiary entities; and
WHEREAS, the City Treasurer's duties include developing an Investment Policy for City Council
approval, arranging for banking services, forecasting all cash receipts and expenditures, investing all
inactive cash and reporting all investment activities; and
WHEREAS, eligibility to hold the office of City Treasurer currently requires a candidate to have
a four-year college degree majoring in business administration, public administration, accounting,
finance or economics; and
WHEREAS, members of the public raised concerns about the education eligibility criteria
excluding a person with equivalent or better higher-level education; and
WHEREAS, on July 16, 2024, the City Council adopted a motion directing city staff to return to
the City Council in the fall with additional clarifying language to the City Treasurer eligibility section of
the Carlsbad Municipal Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows that:
1. The above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the Title 2, Chapter 2.04, Section 2.04.040(C)(l} is amended to read as follows:
§ 2.04.040. Eligibility for office.
C. To be eligible to become a candidate for the office of City Treasurer, a person must meet the
' following minimum criteria at the time nomination papers are issued:
1. The person must have a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree majoring in business
administration, public administration, accounting, finance or economics.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption; and the City
Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a summary
of the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 19th
day of November, 2024, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 3rd day of December, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
BLACKBURN, BHAT-PATEL, ACOSTA, BURKHOLDER, LUNA.
NONE.
ABSTAIN: NONE.
ABSENT: NONE.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
KEITfl BLACKBURN, Mayor
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)