Ordinance No. 2023-09 | Amending City Council Regular Meeting Schedule | Adopted 09/11/2023
ORDINANCE NO. 2023-09
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GILROY AMENDING
SECTION 2.13 OF THE GILROY CITY CODE TO MODIFY
THE REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy currently holds regular meetings on the first and third
Mondays of each month, as specified in Section 2.13(a) of the Gilroy City Code; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and in the best interest of the City to modify
the City Code to establish the regular City Council meeting in December on the second
Monday of the month; and
WHEREAS, it is further deemed necessary and in the City's best interest to move
the regular City Council meeting for July to the last Monday of the month.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION II
Section 2.13(a) of the Gilroy City Code shall be amended as follows:
Time. Regular meetings of the city council shall be held on the first and third
Mondays of each month at 6:00 p.m. Whenever the day fixed for any regular
meeting of the council falls upon a day designated by law as a legal or
national holiday, such meeting shall be held at the same hour on the next
Monday. If said Monday is also a legal or national holiday, the council
meeting shall be held on the next weekday not a holiday following said
Monday.
In July, there shall be at least one regular meeting of the council, held on
the last Monday of the month at 6:00 p.m. If the last Monday of July is a
legal or national holiday, the meeting shall be held on the immediately
preceding weekday that is not a holiday or a Friday.
In December, there shall be at least one regular meeting of the council, held
on the second Monday of the month at 6:00 p.m. If the second Monday of
December is a legal or national holiday, the meeting shall be held on the
next weekday not a holiday.
SECTION III
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason
held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
Ordinance No. 2023-09
Amending City Council Regular Meetings
City Council Regular Meeting | September 11, 2023
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remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Gilroy hereby
declares that it would have passed and adopted this ordinance and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid o r
unconstitutional.
SECTION IV
This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption. The City Clerk is hereby
directed to publish this Ordinance or a summary thereof pursuant to Government Code
Section 36933.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 11th day of September 2023 by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ARMENDARIZ, BRACCO, CLINE,
MARQUES, TOVAR, BLANKLEY
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: HILTON
APPROVED:
Marie Blankley, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Thai Nam Pham, City Clerk
Marie Blankley (Sep 12, 2023 13:41 PDT)
Marie Blankley
CERTIFICATE OF THE CLERK
I, THAI NAM PHAM, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the
attached Ordinance No. 2023-09 is an original ordinance, or true and correct copy of a
city Ordinance, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a Regular Meeting of
said held on Council held Monday, September 11, 2023, at which meeting a quorum
was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official
Seal of the City of Gilroy this Tuesday, September 12, 2023.
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Thai Nam Pham, MMC, CPMC
City Clerk of the City of Gilroy
(Seal)