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Colma Municipal Code Ch. 1 Organization, Functions, and General Provisions

Colma Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-18 · Colma

Cite as: Colma Municipal Code Chapter 1 · Text as of 2026-10-18

Subchapter 1.01: General

1.01.010 Title
1.01.020 Incorporation
1.01.030 Chapters
1.01.040 Number System
1.01.050 Holidays
1.01.055 Saturdays and Sundays
1.01.060 Bulletin Boards
1.01.070 Severability
1.01.080 CEQA Guidelines
1.01.090 General Municipal Elections

Subchapter 1.02: City Council and Mayor

Division One – Positions and Duties

1.02.010 City Council
1.02.020 Filling a Vacancy on the Council
1.02.030 Selection of Mayor
1.02.040 Duties of Mayor
1.02.050 Vice Mayor
1.02.060 Mayor Pro Tempore

Division Two – Time and Place of Meetings

1.02.070 Open and Public
1.02.080 Regular Meetings
1.02.090 Special Meetings
1.02.100 Emergency Meetings
1.02.110 Adjourned and Continued Meetings
1.02.120 Closed Sessions
1.02.130 Accessibility to Public Meetings

Division Three – Conduct of Meetings

1.02.140 Rules of Order and Procedure
1.02.150 Quorum
1.02.160 Council Actions
1.02.170 Agenda and Order of Business
1.02.180 Minutes
1.02.190 Oral Communication
1.02.200 Written Communications

Division Six – Accessibility to Services, Programs and Activities

1.02.300 Findings
1.02.310 Purpose
1.02.320 Applicability
1.02.330 Definitions
1.02.340 Methods of Compliance
1.02.350 Public Meeting Notices, Agendas, Minutes and Written Communications
1.02.360 Notices Generally
1.02.370 Public Forms and Application Generally
1.02.380 Equally Effective Communication
1.02.390 Request for Reasonable Accommodation – Application Requirements
1.02.400 Role and Duties of ADA Coordinator
1.02.410 Findings and Decision
1.02.420 Appeal of Determination
1.02.430 ADA Grievance Procedures; Appeal from Denial of Request for
Reasonable Accommodation

Division Seven – Proposition 218 Protest Procedures

1.02.450 Purposes
1.02.460 Definitions
1.02.470 Overview
1.02.480 Responsible Official
1.02.480 Persons Who May Submit Written Protests
1.02.500 Contents of Written Protests
1.02.510 Return of the Protest
1.02.520 Withdrawal of the Protest
1.02.530 Tabulation of Protests at the Public Hearing; Announcement
1.02.540 Confidentiality; Public Records

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Subchapter 1.03: Officers and Employees

1.03.010 Officers and Employees Authorized
1.03.015 Public Works and Planning Director
1.03.020 City Manager
1.03.030 City Attorney
1.03.040 Chief of Police
1.03.050 City Engineer
1.03.060 Building Official
1.03.070 Health Officer
1.03.080 City Planner; Zoning Administrator
1.03.090 City Clerk
1.03.100 City Treasurer
1.03.105 City Treasurer’s Duties

Subchapter 1.04: Compensation and Benefits

1.04.010 Compensations of City Council Members
1.04.020 Compensation of Officers and Employees
1.04.030 P.E.R.S. Contract

Subchapter 1.05: Enforcement

1.05.010 Misdemeanors
1.05.020 Infractions
1.05.030 Separate Offenses
1.05.040 Prohibited Acts Include Causing, Permitting and Suffering
1.05.050 City Attorney’s Authority
1.05.060 Authority of Court
1.05.070 Remedies

Subchapter 1.06: Purchasing and Contracting

Division 1: General Provisions

1.06.010 Scope
1.06.020 Purchasing System; Delegation
1.06.030 Prohibition against Splitting or Separating Projects
1.06.040 Emergencies
1.06.050 Definitions

Division 2: Authority to Make Contracts

1.06.060 General Contract Authority of the City Manager
1.06.070 Revenue-producing Contracts
1.06.080 Modifications to Contracts

Division 4: Procedures of Selecting the Contractor for Goods and Services

1.06.160 Competitive Bidding Required
1.06.170 Open Market Acquisitions of Goods or Services

Division 5: Competitive Bidding for Goods or Services

1.06.220 Invitations for Bids and Requests for Proposals or Qualifications
1.06.230 Preferences for Local Businesses on Certain Purchases
1.06.240 Bid Deposit or Bond for Purchase of Goods or Services
1.06.250 Inspection of Supplies and Equipment

Division 6: Public Works Projects

1.06.260 Scope
1.06.270 Competitive Bidding; Selecting the Contractor
1.06.280 Informal Bids for Public Projects
1.06.290 Formal Bids for Public Projects
1.06.300 Withdrawal or Correction of Formal Bid
1.06.310 Procedures for Bid Protests
1.06.320 Non-collusion
1.06.330 Award of Bid
1.06.340 Bid Deposit or Bond
1.06.350 Substitution of Subcontractors
1.06.360 Control Procedures
1.06.370 Use of Brand Name in Specification; Offers of “Or Equals”; Testing

Subchapter 1.17: Colma Disaster Council

1.17.010 Purposes 1.17.020 Emergency Defined 1.17.030 Proclamation of Local Emergency 1.17.040 Director of Emergency Services; Order of Succession 1.17.050 Duties of the Director of Emergency Services 1.17.060 Emergency Powers of the Director 1.17.070 Requirements Pertaining to Emergency Regulations 1.17.080 Emergency Organization 1.17.090 Disaster Council Membership 1.17.100 Disaster Council Powers and Duties. 1.17.110 Expenditures 1.17.120 Violation

1.02.210 Ordinances

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1.02.240 Administrative Public Hearing

Division Four – Reconsiderations and Appeals

1.02.250 When Administrative Actions Become Final

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1.02.270 Appeal from Administrative Decision

Division Five – Validity of Actions Taken

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1.06.090 Extensions

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1.06.100 City Council Authority

Division 3: Limitations and Requirements

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1.06.190 Contracts for Goods and Services with Government Agencies, Non-

1.06.380 Supplemental Regulations

Subchapter 1.07: [Reserved]

Subchapter 1.08: [Repealed]

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Subchapter 1.09: [Repealed]

Subchapter 1.10: Sale of Surplus Property

1.10.010 Designation of Surplus Personal Property
1.10.020 Sale By Sealed Bid or Auction of Surplus Personal Property
1.10.030 Sale in Open Market of Surplus Personal Property
1.10.040 Trade-In Surplus Personal Property
1.10.050 Sale of Unserviceable Junk or Scrap Personal Property
1.10.060 Conveying Surplus Personal Property to Charitable, Nonprofit
Organizations
1.10.070 Conveying Surplus Personal Property to Other Public Agencies
1.10.080 Disposal of Unclaimed Property in the Possession of the Police Department
1.10.090 Disposal of Bicycles
1.10.100 Disposal of Weapons

Subchapter 1.11: [Reserved]

Subchapter 1.12: Administrative Hearings

1.12.010 Scope
1.12.020 Setting an Administrative Hearing
1.12.030 Selection of Administrative Hearing Officer
1.12.040 Disqualification of Hearing Officer
1.12.050 Peremptory Challenge
1.12.060 Notice of Administrative Hearing
1.12.070 Subpoenas
1.12.080 Pre-Hearing Disclosures and Conferences
1.12.090 Ex parte Communications
1.12.100 Conduct of Hearing
1.12.110 Language Assistance
1.12.120 Burden of Proof; Statement of Decision

Subchapter 1.13: [Repealed]

Subchapter 1.14: Claims Against the Town of Colma

1.14.010 Claims Required
1.14.020 Form of Claim

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1.14.060 Payment/Collection of Taxes, Assessments or Fees as Condition

1.14.070 Prohibition of Class Actions Challenging Taxes, Assessments and Fees

Subchapter 1.15: [Repealed]

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Subchapter 1.16: Police Training Public Safety Dispatcher Standards, And Reserve Police Officers

1.16.010 General Policy
1.16.020 POST Standards

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1.17.130 Severability

Subchapter 1.18: Limitations on Use of Police Vehicles

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1.18.020 Exceptions

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