CCP213 Ethics TrainingCITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO.
COUNCIL POLICY
Subject: Effective Policy
Page Date Number
COMMISSION/COMMITTEE
ETHICS TRAINING 1 of 1 8/6/2008 213
It is a policy of the City Council to support Ethics Training requirements established
by Assembly Bill 1234. Therefore, all appointed members to San Juan Capistrano
standing Commissions and Committees who by policy are reimbursed for meeting
attendance or expenses or receive any form of compensation for their service, shall
complete all state mandated ethics training requirements and file certificate of completions
with the City Clerk within established deadlines.
The following procedures will be followed for all those required to complete state
mandated ethics training within the established deadline:
1. The City Clerk shall report non-compliance status within 5 working days of the
compliance deadline to the following offices:
a. City Council Members: Notified by written correspondence with copies to the
City Manager, City Attorney, and Commission/Committee Secretary.
b. Finance: All meeting attendance reimbursement shall cease during a period
of non-compliance. Reimbursement may resume (but not paid during the
period of non-compliance) when compliance is obtained.
2. Noncompliant commission/committee members may not attend conferences or
training (except ethics training) at the City's expense during the period of non-
compliance.
3. Should noncompliance continue for 30 days, without substantiated extenuating
circumstances such as illness, disability, family tragedy, etc. the City Clerk is
directed to bring the matter to the City Council to consider removing the
commissioner/committee member from office.
a. Substantiation: Commission/Committee members may contact a City
Council Member, Commission Secretary, or the City Clerk with substantiation
of extenuating circumstances.
Training deadlines may be temporarily postponed for noncompliant
commission/committee members who are temporarily unable to fulfill their duties, including
attending scheduled meetings, due illness, disability, family tragedy, and such that prevent
completing training. Training must be completed within 30 -days of returning to service.