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RESOLUTION NO. 26 - 08
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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PROHIBITING COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM
ENGAGING IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES AT THE CIVIC CENTER
AND WHILE REPRESENTING THE CITY IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY
WHEREAS, California Government Code section 3207 authorizes the City to adopt rules prohibiting
officers and employees from engaging in political activities during working hours and prohibiting political
activities on the premises of the City; and
WHEREAS, consistent with this authority, the City Council wishes to adopt a policy to prohibit City
Council members from engaging in political activities at the Civic Center and while acting in an official
capacity .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that members of the City Council of the City of Dublin
shall not engage in political activities relating to local, state, or federal elections at the Dublin Civic Center or
while representing the City in an official capacity as a member of the City Council. For the purposes of this
resolution, "representing the City in an official capacity" shall be limited to those circumstances in which the
City Council has delegated the authority to a member of the City Council to act on behalf of the City or to
represent the City.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of February, 2008, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Hildenbrand, Oravetz, Scholz, and Mayor Lockhart
NOES: None
ABSENT: Vice Mayor Sbranti
ABSTAIN: None
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Reso No. 26-08, Adopted 2/19/08, Item No. 7.2
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