Ordinance No. 1007 - Amending Section 2.08.070(B) of Rosemead Municipal Code Relating to the Chief of PoliceORDINANCE NO. 1007
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION
2.08.070(B) OF THE ROSEMEAD MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings. The City Council finds and determines as follows:
To make the Municipal Code consistent with the City's provision of law enforcement as being
provided by contract approved by the City Council with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Department and not by a City Police Department with a City employed Chief of Police, the City
Council desires to amend the Municipal Code to remove reference to that position in Section
2.08.070(B).
SECTION 2. Environmental Review. The City Council exercises its independent judgment and
finds that this Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA")
pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3: (1) Section
15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical
change in the environment); (2) Section 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in
Section 15378), because the subject regulations have no potential for resulting in any significant
physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly, and (3) Section 15321 (the Ordinance
addresses administrative procedures for City Manager duties).
SECTION 3. Amendment. Section 2.08.070(B) is amended to remove the words "the Chief of
Police," to be read as follows:
B. To appoint, promote, discipline, demote and remove all heads of departments and all
subordinate officers and employees of the City except the City Clerk and the City Attorney; to
transfer employees from one department to another; and to consolidate or combine offices,
positions, departments or units under his or her jurisdiction;
SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional or invalid or
ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or
effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection,
subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance irrespective of the fact that
one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be
declared unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective. To this end, the provisions of this Ordinance
are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. Publication. The City Clerk is directed to certify to the adoption of this ordinance
and publish in accordance with law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 8th day of February, 2022.
APPROVED TO FORM:
Ra el Richman, City Attorney
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CITY OF ROSEMEAD )
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ATTEST:
Erick Hernandez, City Clerk
I, Ericka Hernandez, City Clerk of the City of Rosemead, County of Los Angeles, State of
California, hereby attest to the above signature and certify that Ordinance No. 1007 was introduced
on January 25, 2022 and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rosemead at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 8th day of February, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES: ARMENTA, CLARK, DANG, LOW, TANG
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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Ericka Hernandez, City Clerk