HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 3306 RESOLUTION NO. 3306
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING SECTION 8 OF RESOLUTION
NO . 3164 RELATIVE TO CONDUCT OF COUNCIL MEETINGS
AT WHICH THE ELECTION OF MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO
TEMPORE IS HELD
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby
amend Section 8 of Resolution No . 3164 to read as follows :
8 . NOMINATION AND ELECTION. Nomination and election for
the offices of mayor and mayor pro tempore pursuant to Section
504 of the Charter, shall follow the following procedure :
(a) At the time set for nomination and election, the
mayor and mayor pro tempore shall vacate their respective offices as
such, and the City Clerk or other presiding officer shall call
the Council to order and proceed to conduct an election for the
office of mayor.
(b ) Any member may nominate any other member, no seconds
being required, and nominations shall be open until a motion to
close shall be adopted.
(c ) The vote shall then be conducted on the nominees
by secret ballot and if no nominee secures a majority of votes
cast , the two nominees with the highest number of votes shall be
voted on by secret ballot .
(d) All votes on nominees shall be by secret ballot .
(e) No write-in votes shall be counted and any such
write-in votes shall be considered as failure to vote .
(f) In case of a tie for the second highest vote, run-off
ballots on such tie nominees shall be cast to break the tie . The
tie is broken when one tie nominee receives the highest number of
votes cast on such ballot . When such tie is broken, a vote shall
be taken on the nominee who has the highest vote and the tie-
breaking nominee .
(g) In case of a tie of more than two (2) nominees for
the highest vote, a vote shall be taken on such tie nominees,
eliminating all others .
(h) All run-off or tie-breaking ballots are subject to
the same elimination rules as apply to the first ballot .
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(i ) Successive ballots shall be cast until a nominee
is elected.
(j ) A nominee shall be elected at any time such nominee
has a majority of votes cast on any ballot in which all nominees
eligible for a final ballot are in competition.
(k) Each member shall be entitled to nominate one
nominee for each office. No member shall nominate himself.
(1) A mayor pro tempore shall then be selected by the
same process as set forth in this section for the office of mayor.
(m) The mayor and mayor pro tempore following such
proper election, shall serve for terms of one year and until such
time as their successors have been elected and qualified and
installed. The annual election of mayor and mayor pro tempore
shall be held at the time specified in Section 504 of the Charter,
or, in years when no general or special municipal election is
held, at the second regular council meeting in April .
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 5th
day of April 1971 .
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Res. No. 3306
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 seven; 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 5th
day of April 19 71 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
McCracken, Bartlett, Gibbs, Green, Coen, Matney
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Shipley
City Clerk and -officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California