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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING
SECTION 1. 04.14 OF THE COUNCIL MANUAL,
RELATING TO NOMINATION AND ELECTION
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach hereby amends
section 1.04.14 of the Council Manual to read as set for forth
herein.
Resolutions 4325 and 4330 are amended to conform herewith.
Section 1.04.14 NOMINATION AND ELECTION. Nomination and
election for the offices of mayor and mayor pro tempore 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, and if no
nominee secures a majority of votes cast, a vote shall be taken on
the two nominees with the highest number of votes .
(d) All votes on nominees shall be by roll call and may be
recorded by electronic or mechanical means.
(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 .
(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 mayor pro tempore, following such proper
election, shall serve for terms 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 first regular meeting following
delivery of a certificate of election, or , in years when no
general or special municipal election is held, at the second
regular council meeting in November .
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th
day of November, 1985.
Mayor
ATTEST: INITIATED AND APPROVED AS TO
FORM:
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City Clerk City Attorney
REVIEWED AND APPROVED:
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Res. No. 5591
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNT INGTON 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 4th day
of November 19 85 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Kelly, MacAllister, Finley, Mandic, Bailey, Green, Thomas
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California