City Council
MEETING DATE: 8/24/2016
TITLE:
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Fourth Amendment to SunLine Joint Powers Transportation Agency Agreement
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FROM:
Charles McClendon, City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the Fourth Amendment to the SunLine Joint Powers Transportation Agency Agreement
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BACKGROUND:
In May 1977, the County of Riverside and the incorporated cities in the Coachella Valley entered into the SunLine Joint Powers Transportation Agency Agreement in order to collectively provide a public transportation system in the Coachella Valley. Since that time, the agreement was amended twice in the early 1990s related to taxicab regulation, and a third amendment was promulgated in 2013 to eliminate weighted voting.
DISCUSSION:
On May 25, 2016, the SunLine Transit Agency Board of Directors directed its staff to prepare a proposed fourth amendment to the agreement to specify that the Board of Directors may receive compensation for their attendance at Board meetings and Board subcommittee meetings. As a joint powers agency that includes the County, charter cities and general law cities, SunLine may pay compensation to its Board members consistent with the law applicable to its member agencies. The law places no limits on the compensation to members of the Board of Supervisors and City Council members in charter cities, but general law cities are subject to the limitations in Government Code section 36516. SunLine has requested that the agreement be revised to specifically authorize the Board members to receive stipends for their attendance at meetings consistent with the limitations applicable to general law cities. The amount of such stipends will be set by resolution of the SunLine Board and will be paid out of SunLine funds.
The proposed amendment is attached for your review and consideration.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
ATTACHMENTS:
Agreement