HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 3664 RESOLUTION NO. 3664
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, as amended by Resolution
No . 3306, 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 the 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 .
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(h) All run-off or tie-breaking ballots are subject
to the same elimination rules as apply to the first ballot .
(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 vice mayor pro tempore , following
such proper election, shall serve for a term of one year and
until such time as their successors have been elected, qualified
and installed . The annual election of the 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 , or at such time on the day of the second regular council
meeting in April as shall be publicly announced at the next
immediately preceding regular council meeting .
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd
day of April , 1973 • z4'
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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Res. No. 3664
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) se:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ERNESTINA DI FABIO, the duly appointed, qualified 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 2nd day
of April , 19 73 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Shipley, Bartlett, Gibbs, Green, Matney, Duke, Coen
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
ding City Clerk an ex-off .cio��,
Clerk of tae City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach., Calif-
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