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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 5140 RESOLUTION NO. 5140 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE HOLDING OF A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON NOVEMBER 2, 1982 FOR SUBMISSION TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF SAID CITY OF A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT WHEREAS, pursuant to authority provided by Article XI of the Constitution and Title 4, Division 2 , Chapter 3 of the Government Code of the State of California, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach desires to submit to the electors of said city a proposed charter amendment relating to the holding of general municipal elections; and The City Council of said city is thereupon authorized and di- rected by statute to submit the proposed Charter amendment to the qualified voters , NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby resolve, declare, determine and order as follows : SECTION 1. That , pursuant to Article XI of the Constitution and Title 4 , Division 2, Chapter 3 of the Government Code of the State of California, there shall be, and there is hereby called and ordered held in the City of Huntington Beach, County of Orange, State of California, on Tuesday, November 2, 1982, a special mu- nicipal election of the qualified electors of said city for the purpose of submitting the following proposed Charter amendment to wit : Shall Huntington Beach City Charter sections 300 and 700 be amended to change the date for general munici- YES: pal elections from the second Tuesday in April to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year , to be con- NO . solidated with the statewide general election? ahb 7/8/82 1. SECTION 2. The proposed Charter amendment submitted to the voters shall be as follows : Section 300. CITY COUNCIL, ATTORNEY , CLERK AND TREASURER. TERMS. The elective officers of the city shall consist of a City Council of seven members, a City Clerk, a City Treasurer and a City Attorney, all to be elected from the city at large at the times and in the manner provided in this Charter and who shall serve for terms of four years and until their respective successors qualify. Subject to the provisions of this Charter, the members of the City Council in office at the time this Charter takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of their respec- tive terms and until their successors are elected and quali- fied. Four members of the City Council shall be elected at the general municipal election held in 19661 and each fourth year thereafter. Three members of the City Council shall be elected at the general municipal election held in 19681 and each fourth year thereafter. No person shall be elected as a member of the City Council for more than two consecutive terms and no person who has been a member for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected a member shall be elected to the City Council more than one further consecutive term. Subject to the provisions of this Charter, the City Clerk, City Treasurer and City Attorney in office at the time this Charter takes effect shall continue in office until the expira- tion of their respective terms and the qualification of their successors. A City Clerk and City Treasurer shall be elected at the general municipal election held in 1968, and each fourth year thereafter. A City Attorney shall be elected in 1966 , and each fourth year thereafter. The term of each member of the City Council , the City Clerk, the City Treasurer and the City Attorney shall commence on the first Monday following his election. Ties in voting among candi- dates for office shall be settled by the casting of lots . Section 700 . GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. General munici- pal elections shall be held in the city on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year. SECTION 3. That the ballots to be used at said election shall be, both as to form and matter contained therein, such as may be required by law to be used thereat. SECTION 4. That the polls for said election shall be open at 7 a.m. of the day of said election and shall remain open con- 2. i� tinuously from said time until 8 p.m. of the same day when said polls shall be closed, except as provided in section 14301 of the Elections Code of the State of California. SECTION 5. That in all particulars not recited in this resolution, said election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections in said city. SECTION 6. That notice of the time and place of holding said election is hereby given and the City Clerk is hereby au- thorized, instructed and directed to give such further or addi- tional notice of said election in time, form and manner as re- quired by law. SECTION 7. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution; shall enter the same in the book of original resolutions of said city; and shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council of said city in the minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting .thereof held on the 19th day of July 1982. Mayor Pro Tempore ATTEST: c APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Clerk City Attorney REVIEWE AND APPROVED : City Administrato 3. Res. No. 5140 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified 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 19th day of July 19 82 , by the following vote: . AYES: Councilmen: Pattinson, MacAllister, Finley NOES: Councilmen: Bailey, Kelly ABSENT: Councilmen: Mandic (Thomas out of room) City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California.