HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2025-23 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-23
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
CALLING FOR AND ORDERING THE HOLDING OF A SPECIAL ELECTION ON
TUESDAY, June 10th , 2025, FOR SUBMISSION TO VOTERS AN INITIATIVE
ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING
NEW SECTION 2.03.100, ENTITLED "PUBLIC OPERATION OF LIBRARY SERVICES"
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority provided by statute, a petition has been filed with the
legislative body of the City of Huntington Beach, California, signed by more than 10 percent of
the number of registered voters of the city to submit a proposed ordinance relating to selection
and use of library materials; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Registrar of Voters examined the records of registration
and ascertained that the petition is signed by the requisite number of voters, and has so certified;
and
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WHEREAS, the City Council has not voted in favor of the adoption of the ordinance; and
WHEREAS,the City Council is authorized and directed by statute to submit the proposed
ordinance to the voters,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the State of California
relating to charter cities, there is called and ordered to be held in the City of Huntington Beach,
California, on Tuesday, June 10th , 2025, a Special Municipal Election for the purpose of
submitting the following proposed ordinance:
Shall the Ordinance to Amend the Huntington Beach YES
Municipal Code by Adding New Section 2.30.100,
Entitled"Public Operation of Library Services" be
adopted? NO
SECTION 2. That the text of the ordinance submitted to the voters is attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
SECTION 3. That the vote requirement for the measure to pass is a majority (50%+1) of
the votes cast.
SECTION 4. That the ballots to be used at the election shall be in form and content as
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required by law.
SECTION 5. That the vote centers shall be open at seven o'clock a.m. of the day of the
election and shall remain open continuously from that time until 8:00 o'clock p.m. of the same
day when the vote centers shall be closed,pursuant to Elections Code § 10242, except as
otherwise provided in the Elections Code of the State of California.
SECTION 6. That in all particulars not recited in this resolution,the election shall be held
and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections.
SECTION 7. That notice of the time and place of holding the election is given and the
City Clerk is authorized, instructed and directed to give further or additional notice of the
election, in time, form and manner as required by law.
SECTION 8. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on March 4th , 2025.
Mayor
ATTEST: APPR VED AS TO r ORM:
City Clerk City Attorney
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Exhibit"A"
The People of the City of Huntington Beach do hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1:
New Section 2.30.100 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is added to read as follows:
2.30.100 Public Operation of Library Services
No public library owned or operated by the City as of March 19, 2024, or
hereafter owned or operated by the City, shall be sold, leased, exchanged or otherwise
transferred or disposed of, nor shall any service provided by the Huntington Beach Public
Library as of March 19, 2024, be operated or managed by a private contractor that
employs library staff to achieve cost savings and/or any proposal that would change the
wholesale management of any Huntington Beach library unless: (1) such service was
outsourced to a private organization or operated pursuant to a managed services
agreement with a private entity during any period from January 1, 2018 through March
19, 2024; (2)the City declares a fiscal emergency pursuant to Article XIIIC, Section 2(b)
of the California Constitution; or (3) it is authorized by the affirmative votes of at least a
majority of the total membership of the City Council and by the affirmative vote of at
least a majority of the electors voting on such proposition at a general or special election
at which such proposition is submitted.
Any contract to change the wholesale management or outsource library
management and operations services to a private contractor entered into between March
19, 2024 and the adoption of this Section 2.30.100, shall be considered void or shall be
immediately canceled to the extent permitted by law.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, LISA LANE BARNES, 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 at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a Regular meeting thereof held on March 4, 2025 by the following vote:
AYES: Twining, Kennedy, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, Strickland,
Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: . None
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California