A Kern County grand jury thinks that the members of the Maricopa City Council actually need to show up to their meetings in order to receive their monthly stipends.
In a report released Monday, the City and Joint Powers Committee of the grand jury recommended the Maricopa City Council change its municipal code to state that attendance at council meetings should be mandatory in order for council members to receive their $50 monthly stipend.
The committee found that council meetings are canceled if there is insufficient business requiring council action.
The report said that the committee received several emails from Maricopa announcing that the council meeting had been canceled due to a lack of business.
According to the report, Maricopa held council meetings on June 26, July 24, Aug. 14 and Sept. 11. The report does not make it clear if the city held meetings outside of those dates, but the city is supposed to hold meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month from January through October and the second Tuesday of November and December.
Most cities post meeting dates and minutes from the meetings on their website to make it easy for citizens to keep track of what the council is up to.
But the committee found that Maricopa had not updated its website since 2013.
January 14, 2019
The Bakersfield Californian
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