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Council Chamber, Civic Center
Huntington Beach, California
Tuesday, April 19, 1966
Mayor Shipley called the regular adjourned meeting of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach to order at 7:00 P.M.
The.Pledge of Allegiance was given by all present in the Council
Chamber.
ROLL CALL
Councilmen Present: Gisler, Stewart, Lambert, Shipley
Councilmen Absent: Welch
,STATEMENT OF THE CITY CLERK - CER.TIFICATION .OF CANVASS OF ELECTION
The Clerk read the'Statement of the City Clerk certifying the canvass
of ballots of -the General Municipal Election of April 12, 1966.
On motion by Lambert, second Gisler, Council received the Statement of
the City Clerk for canvass of the General Municipal Election held
April 12, 1966.. Motion carried.
There being no errors in the canvass of the General Municipal.Election
of Aril 12, 1966, the Clerk read Resolution No. 2354 - " A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTIN.GTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, STATING
THE RESULT OF THE CANVASS OF ELECTION RETURNS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION HELD APRIL 12, 19662 AS CERTIFIED TO THEM BY THE CITY CLERK."
On .motion by Lambert,.second Gisler, Resolution No. 2354 was passed
and adopted and ordered spread in full in the minutes by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Gisler, Stewart, Lambert, Shipley
NOES:: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: Welch
RESOLUTION NO. 2354
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA
STATING THE -RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF
ELECTION RETURNS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION HELD APRIL 12th, 1966, AS CERT-
IFIED BY THE CITY CLERK.
Page #2 - Minutes, April 19, l9hti
WHEREAS; the City Council of the City' of Huntington Beach,
California. did by Resolution 2343, duly and regularly adopted at a
regular meeting of said Council, call for and provide for the hold-
ing of the General Municipal Election within said City of Huntington
Beach on the 12th daN of April, 1966; and
WHEREAS ri6fi'c`P nt' said PlPr lion was duly and regularly
given in time, form"and manner as provided by law, and said election
was held on said date at the polling places designated in Resolution
No, 2343, passed 'arid 'adopted by the City Council March 21st, 1966.
and the votes cast thereat were canvassed and the returns thereof
made by the City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach at the time
and in the manner and form provided by law; and
WHEREAS,,_ Laic] -Cjty:;Counc it has duly assembled at its usual
place of meeting to receive the certification of the returns of said
election as determi.ned by the City Clerk conducting said canvass for,
and by the order ,ol •th:e Ci•t.y Council;
NOW THEREFORE.. the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach, California, does hereby resolve, determine and order as follows:
Section 1,. That the General Municipal Election for the
election of members of the.City Counc i.l , and for the election of a
City Attorney, was -duly held on April 12th, 1966. and the votes cast
at said election were dulN and rPgularly canvassed and the returns
thereof made at the time and in the form and manner required by law.
Section 2. That the absent voter ballots have been duly
canvassed and counted as rPqu.ired by law, and the result of such
count is hereinafter stated That the City Council has received the
returns of said Plection, as canvassed by the City Clerk at their
direction and on their behalf, and this City Council finds that the
total number of votes cast in Pach of the respective election pre-
cincts establ.isbPd for said election for members of the City Council.,
and for City Attorney. and the number of votes therein for eat h
candidate for said offices. the total number of absentee votes cast
in each of the Yesppc tier NIP( tion precincts for each candidate for
said offices, and the number of 1;otes therein for Pach candidate for
said offices, the total number of absentee votes cast at said election
upon said candidates for said offices, and the total number of votes
cast in said city upon said candidates for said offices, are as
follows:
Names of Persons
Voted for Office CONSOLIDATED PRECINCTS
of., COUNCILMAN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29�
Robert M. Lambert
40
5o
4o
93
55
34
42
40
38
6o
Roger Anderson
4
8
6
33
17
11
7
8
31
76
George Edward Arnold
8
24
11
14
7
15
10
6
4
4
T.W. (Ted) Bartlett
113
150 119
299
189
110
ill
134
?5
8o
Roy D. Bryant
18
35
28
51
45
27
28
26
to
16
David L. Clark, Jr.
7
6
3
9
2
3
2
5
6
13
Alvin M. (Al) Coen
49
41
31
86
61
40
22
57
94
247
Robert J. Findley
7
15
8
32
12
12
8
26
24
38
N. Jobn (Jack) Green
62
35
3o
89
60
35
54
46
88
239
Bert Harding, Jr.
33
49
35
79
57
52
39
46
53
53
Arthur Jan Ho
2
8
5
9
12
10
8
6
22
12
Glenn C. Jones
11
23
6
12
12
9
10
3
18
32
Henry S. Kaufman
91
lo2
94
228
121
74
67
90
71
217
John J. Mangano
14
10
11
16
11
15
12
12
31
42
Julious L. Manley
4
28
15
34
26
33
24
16
4
3
Armand J. (Jay) Mastroianni
28
50
41
22
20
11
41
41
Phillip L. Miller
3
5
0
3
3
0
2
1
Obie A. Moore
10
37
9
12
13
13
6
7
Russell J. Reilly
>
7
14
6
3?
2?
13
46
25
Charles L. Stone
26
77
33
17
12
24
38
123
John F. Thompson
18
40
24
31
27
24
7
13
Norman Visca
4
5
4
4
4
4
15
18
William F. Wamhoff, Jr.
0'
1
2
0
0
2
2
4
Lorraine Miller Webb
5
50
76
45
57
59
45
51
51
Thomas W. Welch
_
5
35
30
16
17
14
10
76
Lyndon A. (Pinky) Wells,
Sr4
29
72
40
54
42
41
7
5
Alvin E. Zeidman
6
4
1
3
2
5
15
19
Zoe Ralph
D. K. Artichoke
Names of Persons
Voted for Office
of: CITY ATTCRNEY
lame D. (Jerry) Plunkett 97 77 131 90 69 89 77 84 202
E. Dale Bush 75 102 78 244 151 108 71 113 119 162
?erry Mason
Con Lawson
Jeorge Shibata
43
23
43
44
14
39
4o
35
43
69
25
30
27
38
47
47
43
74
42
28
13
24
17
to
17
13
29
11
17
14
6
7
9
28
8
8
19
23
6
4
9
3
3
9
3
5
15
8
4
7
1
7
12
3
5
5
7
54
34
49
4o
12
61
25
65
97
82
32
36
20
54
73
33
19
42
32
6
2
7
8
5
7
6
13
26
19
8
17
6
20
11
11
11
10
4
9
3
11
10
3
7
2
7
5
5
2
2
6
3
8
6
8
5
6
96
80
lot
131
115
145
71
77
27
56
26
45
25
22
83
56
59
59
77
25
20
25
34
11
33
18
24
11
25
12
19
13
16
40
29
32
71
26
73
50
78
135
67
109
52
79
27
45
30
39
24
37
82
47
54
38
81
43
25
17
19
7
18
17
28
40
42
21
11
10
15
30
10
15
13
13
15
8
7
12
5
16
4
15
12
15
7
9
3
4
14
13
6
12
7
14
15
15
23
18
24
11
23
13
14
8
16
14
17
21
18
18
22
20
84
29
39
81
46
70
27
77
64
75
26
39
29
43
90
53
51
72
81
33
5
9
21
13
25
13
14
10
21
15
20
14
19
44
30
28
27
63
9
4
6
1
1
11
6
25
25
3o
14
19
to
6o
8
12
6
12
6
39
26
45
23
15
26
31
16
17
34
8
26
1
18
30
21
53
33
25
1
0
3
2
1
3
3
6
4
5
4
2
3
1
1
4
2
1
4
4
4
5
6
2
9
7
9
7
14
4
16
15
22
11
22
9
14
13
18
11
26
19
7
17
12
9
12
5
5
9
5
14
13
10
12
47
18
41
51
45
8o
43
61
29
61
25
40
28
30
23
16
69
45
56
53
96
7
10
3
9
4
8
2
12
46
6
7
1
3
6
7
7
8
9
9
11
6
8
7
6
11
5
17
7
6
5
12
8
4
17
to
to
8
12
2
0
0
2
1
3
1
0
1
4
24
1
0
0
0
1
0
3
1
34
25
26
41
18
39
29
48
51
47
22
23
26
2?
60
22
24
35
27
22
7
9
11
14
16
7
20
25
25
15
6
12
12
35
14
12
31
23
2
5
2
1
1
3
3
12
33
12
3
6
4
20
11
6
7
4
6
8
11
23
8
7
13
11
15
2
3
4
5
8
12
7
11
14
10
13
1
92
58
73
99
111
107
74
89
78
66
38
51
37
69
86
74
?1
79
76
91
6o
95
101
27
93
36
95
94
123
57
59
45
54
123
64
76
113
111
1
1
1
Absentee Total
30-A 30-B 31 32 .33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Votes Votes
Lambert �
42
35
35
41
31
15
22
4o
16
46
28
41
33
LF5
29
27
49
34
32
31
17
1947
Anderson
18
35
18
7
11
9
18
7
5
14
16
9
7
7
7
14
12
24
12
11
1
764
Arnold
5
3
2
1
6
2
1
4
5
6
7
7
3
3
2
0
3
6
1
2
0
288
Bartlett
60
63
45
70
34
20
21
36
28
46
30
18
27
26
32
25
33
27
13
19
32
2945
Bryant
3
8
9
8
8
3
12
7
1
7
3
7
8
6
2
5
7
9
3
1
2
600
Clerk
9
10
20
1
6
5
39
8
12
5
8
10
4
3
5
12
2
6
12
2.
2
345
Coen
121
lo8
69
8o
48
47
31
42
73
51
86
47
62
62
57
44
85
91
31
33
13
336o
Findley
55
47
32
32
23
13
9
23
21
41
34
13
31
32
27
23
28
22
6
17
9
1204
Green
100
91
75
66
42
31
27
39
63
44
83
49
52
5o
66
29
13.5
129
18
30
15
3119
Harding
31
22
26
11
6
6
10
17
13
13
19
10
16
13
5
6
11
10
3
11.
13
1162
Ho
33
16
10
39
3
9
3
10
11
12
8
9
4
11
7
2
10
6
2
0
1
484
Jones
20
17
18
15
14
6
13
17
12
14
24
12
14
19
14
15
9
17
11
10
9
760
Kaufman
ill
65
69
110
41
20
24
36
4o
72
67
29
44
34
53
33
?3
57
25
19
21
3247 -
Mangano
118
62
28
14
34
26
14
37
52
11
42
41
44
52
35
29
38
55
7
15
7
1359
Marley
13
3
3
1
4
5
2
2
3
8
8
3
4
2
3
4
3
7
2
5
1
538
Mastroianni
23
25
17
11
16
11,
20
14
14
35
16
17
29
24
19
20
17
22
13
6
1164
Miller
2
0
2
2
1
2
3
1
1
1
18
11
0
2
1.
6
1
3
0
1
1
130
Moore
8
15
7
1
12
11
8
12
10
19
12
9
13
8
11.
6
20
25
1
7
2
531
Reilly
17
19
20
13
6
6
14
10
5
11
9
2
8
6
7
.3
to
18
2
4
0
547
Stone
109
97
69
52
41
31
46
62
54
53
99
89
76
68
no
59
72
'73
28
28
7
26o4
Thompson
9
7
5
5
0
2
6
6
5
9
5
5
1
7
4
3
3
2
5
5
i4
508
Visea
23
13
17
3
9
7
11
13
13
8
16
29
10
12
17
11
8
8
4
3
2
472
Wamhof f.,
1
1.
1.
2
1
1
3
1
3
0
2
3
1
2
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
82
Webb
42
29
46
33
20
6
17
20
15
22
28
16
20
21
19
17
29
47
16
13
.L5
166o
Welch
23
22
3o
67
16
11
to
18
22
33
13
13
14
46
15
13
12
13
7
4
9
96o
Wells
1
7
6
1
5
2
8
2
3
4
2
2
3
3
3
3
0
1
1
2
6
548
Seidman
10
19
4
3
4
14
6
5
6
11
7
8
5
11
11,
6
11
7
7
7
3
407
Ralph
1
Artichoke
1
1
Names of Persons
Voted for Office
of: CITY ATTGR::EY
Plunkett 93 86 64 87 55 42 46 57
Bush 167 116 103 76 54 41 55 65
Perry Mason
Lawson
Shibata
54 53 74 59 8o 63 54 62 72 82
77 92 98 68 57 81 84 47 100 102
32 46 25 3712
32 28 33 4316
1.
1
1
TOTAL VOTES CAST 39895
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Section 3. That the whole
of Huntington Beach at said general
ballots, is 8,713.
number of ballots cast in the City
election, including all absentee
Section 4. The Council finds and declares that the following
named persons were elected to the respective offices indicated opposite
their names, to wit:
Alvin M,
Coen
Councilman
Henry S.
Kaufman
Councilman
N, John
Green
Councilman
T. W. Bartlett
Councilman
K. Dale
Bush
City Attorney
Section 5. The City Clerk is hereby directed to enter on the
records of the City Council a statement of the result of said election
as required by law.
Section 6. The City Clerk shall immediately make and deliver
to each of such persons elected a certification of election signed by
him and duly authenticated. He shall also impose the constitutional
oath of office and have each of said persons subscribe thereto,
whereupon they shall be inducted into the respective offices to which
they have been elected.
Section 7. That the City Clerk shall attest and certify to
the passage and adoption of the Resolution by a majority of the votes
of the members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Hunt-
ington Beach, California, by a vote of more than a majority of all
its members, at a regular adjourned meeting of said City Council held
on the 19th day of April, 1966.
ATTEST: /s/ Donald D. Shipley
Mayor
/s/ Paul C. Jones
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
I, PAUL C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified and acting
City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of
the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
is five; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the
affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said
City Council at a regular adjourned meeting thereof held on the
19th day of April, 1966, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Gisler, Stewart, Lambert, Shipley
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Welch
/s/ Paul C. Jones
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
Page # 6 - Minutes, April 19, 1966
OATH OF OFFICE
The City Clerk administered the Oath of Office to the newly elected
officers, as follows:
Alvin M.
Coen
Councilman
Henry S.
Kaufman
Councilman
N. John
Green
Councilman
T. W. Bartlett
Councilman
K. Dale
Bush
City Attorney
The City Clerk then issued the Certificate of Election to each of the
elected officers in accordance with the provisions of the Election
Code of the State of California.
RECESS
Mayor Shipley called a recess of the Council at 7:15 P.M.
Paul Jones
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
_ ).
Donald D. hi ey
Mayor
ATTEST:
Paul C. Jo
City Clerk
RECONVENED
The City Council was reconvened at 7:17 P.M., by City Clerk Paul C.
Jones, following recess to allow the seating of the newly elected
Councilmen and City Attorney.
CITY ATTORNEY
kP
City Attorney Bush instructed the Council concerning procedure for
election of Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tempore to serve the City. I.
k�ELECTION OF MAYOR - JAKE R. STEWART
On motion by Bartlett, second Gisler, the name of Jake R. Stewart was
placed in nomination for the office of Mayor and was approved by a
unanimous vote of the Council. Motion carried.
On motion by Green, second Coen, the name of Donald D. Shipley was
placed in nomination for the office of Mayor and when put to vote the
motion failed.
On motion by Kaufman, second Gisler, Council directed the City Clerk
to cast a unanimous vote of the Council electing Jake R. Stewart Mayor
of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach. Motion carried.
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The Clerk then turned the gavel over to Mayor Stewart and congrat-
ulated him on his appointment.
Mayor Stewart accepted the gavel and assumed charge of the meeting.
APPOINTMENT OF VICE -MAYOR - DONALD D. SHIPLEY
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Mayor Stewart called for nominations for Mayor Pro-Tempore of the
City Council.
On motion by Shipley, second Bartlett, Council determined that the
same procedure would be followed in the appointment of Mayor Pro-
Tempore. Motion carried.
On motion by Gisler, second Stewart, the name of T. W. Bartlett was
placed in nomination for the office of Mayor Pro-Tempore, and was
approved by a unanimous vote of the Council. Motion carried.
On motion by Kaufman, second Green, the name of Donald D. Shipley
was placed in nomination for Mayor Pro-Tempore and was approved by
unanimous vote of the Council. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Coen to place the name of Henry S. Kaufman in
nomination for Mayor Pro-Tempore, but said nomination was declined
by Councilman Kaufman.
On motion by Green, second Gisler, nominations for the office of
Mayor Pro-Tempore were closed. Motion carried.
On motion by Kaufman, second Coen, vote for the office of Mayor
Pro-Tempore was cast by secret ballot. Motion carried.
Mayor Stewart appointed the City Administrator and the Director of
Public Works to canvass the secret ballots cast by the Council. The
results were unanimous for Councilman Shipley.
On motion by Stewart, second Gisler, Council directed the City Clerk
to cast a unanimous vote for Councilman Shipley for Mayor Pro-Tempore.
Motion carried.
DISCUSSION - INFORMAL MEETING TIME
Mayor -Stewart called for discussion relative to the meeting time for
the Council as an informal committee -of -the -whole. Councilman Gisler
stated that he was in favor of a change.
A motion was made by Coen, second Gisler, changing the time for the
informal meeting of the Council from 7:00 A.M. on the 1st and 3rd
Mondays, to 4:30 P.M. on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month.
Motion carried,,
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INFORMAL MEETING CALLED
Mayor Stewart called an informal meeting of the Council as a
committee -of -the -whole for Monday, May 2, 1966, at 4:30 P.M. in
the Council Chamber.
On motion by Gisler, second Shipley, the regular adjourned meeting
of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach adjourned.
Motion carried.
ATTEST:
Paul C! Jones
City Clerk
Paul Jones
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
r v j
ake R. Stewart
Mayor
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