HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 1561 RESOLUTION No. 1561
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH SUBMITTING A
PROPOSITION TO THE VOTERS FOR THE ADOPT-
ION OF AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
SALARY OF CITY COUNCILPEN.
E EREAS, the people of the City of Huntington Beach
T'
did di
, b y Ordinance No. 317, which 1s now codified as Section
1121 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code , fix the compensa-
tion of members of the City Council at $50.00 per month, said
ordinance having been adopted by the qualified voters of said
city at a General, Municipal :election held on the 9th day of
April, 1928; and
WHEREAS, said compensation for the members of the City
Council has not been changed, and the time necessary to be de-
voted to, and the expense incidental to the work of the City
Council has materially increased; and
' HEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach has not only
increased tremendously in area , but also in population, and
the time necessary for the City Councilmen to devote to city
business has materially increased; and
WHEREAS, in order to chan;o-e the coti.pensation of the
City Council, it will be necessary to submit the proposition
to the qualified voters of said city:
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
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the City of Huntington Beach that at the General Municipal
Election to be held in the City of Huntington Beach on April
10, 1962, there shall be submitted to the qualified electors
of said City, a proposition to adopt an ordinance amending
Section 1121 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code to fix
the compensation of each nember of the City Council of said
city, in the sum of $125.00 per month.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the ordinance submitted
to the voters shall read in words and figures, as follows:
ORDINANCE No.
AN ORDINANCE OF TF3 CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH RELATING TO THE C01,1PENSATION OF
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AIENDING
SECTION 1121 OF TI-� HUiTTINGTON BEACH
ORDINANCE CODE.
The People of the City of Huntington Beach do ordain
as follows:
Section 1. That Section 1121 of the Huntington
Beach Ordinance Code be and the same is hereby
amended to read in words and figures, as follows:
Section 1121. Compensation of City Councilmen:
Each member of the City Council , regularly serv-
ing in that capacity, on and after the canvass
of the ballots at the General Municipal Election
to be held in April, 1962, shall receive , as full
compensation for the services rendered by him in
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his official capacity as such, the sum of
a125.00 per month.
Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify to
the adoption of this ordinance and cause the
same to be published by one insertion in the
Huntington Beach Nei-is, a weekly newspaper pub-
lished, printed and circulated in the City of
Huntington Beach, Orange County, California,
and this ordinance shall take effect and be in
force at the time provided by law.
BE IT FJRTER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be , and
he is hereby instructed to cause the proposition for the
adoption of said ordinance to be printed on the ballot to
be used at the General 1,11unicipal Election of .April loth,1962,
and that said proposition be printed on the ballot in sub-
stantially the following form:
"SHALL THE ORDTXANCE FI=G T S I1 THLY
COMPENSATTOJ AT TIE RATE OF 9S,.,0® PER
MOT'dTH FOR EACH 11M,131ER OF THE CITY COt7NCIL YES
SERVING IN TH T CAPACITY AFTER THE CAN-
VASS OF T1E BALLOTS OF THE GENERAL M1JNICI-
PAL ELECTION, IN APRIL, 1962, BE ADOPTED?" NO
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
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of Huntington Beach, California, at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 15th day of January, 1962.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
Cit lerk
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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 meeting thereof held on the 15th day of January,
1962, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Lambert, Stewart, Gisler
NOES: Councilmen:
Wells
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Waite
City Clerk and -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach, California