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CityCouncil | 2005-08-02 | 4 | Employ Special Legal Counsel. Not adopted. Councilmember Matarrese stated that the proposed resolution was a very good start in addressing how the Council would implement its authority per Section 8-5 of the Charter and to be clear on how the Council chooses to empower the City Attorney to make decisions at a lower expenditure level and moving upi the Charter obligations are met with the concepts in the proposed resolution; the resolution should be written in said terms; the elements, e.g. threshold, are included; the direction is in terms of implementation of a Section of the Charter; reporting details do not have relevance to the Charter, are more of an expectation and work product rather than an implementation of the Charter, and should be removed from the resolution; that he does not recall discussing how the Council would incorporate Alameda Power & Telecom (AP&T). the Community Improvement Commission (CIC) and Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority (ARRA) Vice Mayor Gilmore stated that she recalled that there would be a separate discussion on AP&T; that she was not sure whether there would be a separate discussion on the ARRA and CIC. Councilmember Matarrese noted that the discussion would be about delegating authority to the Public Utilities Board (PUB ) ; the resolution should be presented in terms of clarifying and providing the procedure for implementing the Charter further stated that the proposed resolution should be written as the Council's path on how it empowers the City Attorney to engage outside counsel. Councilmember Daysog stated that the proposed resolution starts with operative clauses; pre-ambulatory clauses are needed to provide context. Mayor Johnson stated the language should restate the Charter provision and state that pursuant to the Charter, the Council has the authority and is making a delegation of its Charter authority under the particular circumstances in the resolution. Vice Mayor Gilmore inquired whether the language should state that the resolution would also apply to the CIC and ARRA. Mayor Johnson stated that the CIC and ARRA should be separate because the authority regarding outside counsel for the CIC and ARRA are under by-laws, not the Charter. Councilmember deHaan stated that a separate action would be needed. Vice Mayor Gilmore clarified that the intent is to have the same Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 4 August 2, 2005 | CityCouncil/2005-08-02.pdf |