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CityCouncil | 2020-10-20 | 9 | Department staff's assistance in going through policies; stated some policies are time- sensitive and must be compliant by a certain date. The City Manager stated staff has brought all changes to policies in an effort to be transparent. Councilmember Oddie stated majority of policies are ministerial; stated other policies need further discussion; expressed support for moving forward the ministerial policies listed as: 100, 220, 338, 1059, 804, 340, 320, 328, 1000, 1002, and 1044; stated 402 could be ministerial if immigration status was not taken out. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated the policies left are: 300, 314, 468, and 402 due to immigration status. Councilmember Oddie stated Council decided the policies would come before Council for review; Council discussion is not needed for the ministerial policies, which can be placed on the Consent Calendar or communicated back to Council; three of the four remaining policies deal with issues Council has discussed the past few months; expressed support for passing policies which comply with State law and the remaining policies going before the subcommittees for discussion and refinement. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft expressed support for Councilmember Oddie's suggestion; stated Council must move forward to comply with State law; controversial policies can be sent to the subcommittees; the propositions are not mutually exclusive. Councilmember Vella stated the subcommittees have asked for significant amount of data in reviewing policies, notwithstanding the State law requirements; if Council approves the policies, the policies should be subject to review and input by the subcommittees. The City Manager stated the subcommittees are able to review any of the policies. Councilmember Vella inquired whether the subcommittees have been made aware of the timeline for changes and alerted that the proposals have been put on the agenda. The City Manager responded the steering committee was informed that basic changes were coming forth based on State law; stated the policy manuals are approximately 700 to 800 pages long; the review process for manuals can take up to two years; the focus on specific policies is helpful. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated a return to Council by November 4th is not practical due to the short turnaround time for staff reports; in order for the subcommittee to review, meet and convene with a report back to staff takes time. Councilmember Oddie moved approval of 11 policies [100, 220, 338, 1059, 804, 340, 320, 328, 1000, 1002, and 1044], and Policy #402 without striking immigration status Regular Meeting Alameda City Council October 20, 2020 8 | CityCouncil/2020-10-20.pdf |