RES-2014-028 RESOLUTION NO. 2014 -028
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF
REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS FOR CITY MEASURES SUBMITTED
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY AT THE SPECIAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON JUNE
3, 2014
WHEREAS, a special municipal election is to be held in the City of Anaheim,
California, on June 3, 2014, at which election there will be submitted to the electors of the City the
following three (3) ballot measures proposing amendments to the Charter of the City of Anaheim:
Measure No. 1:
MEASURE Yes No
VARIOUS CITY CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
Shall the Charter be amended to: update and /or
remove outdated language; align language with state
law; allow combining offices of Treasurer and Finance
Director; adjust matters regarding boards/
commissions; authorize financial documents'
availability in non -print format; address methods of
setting City Manager's compensation; permit
delegating Treasurer's appointment to City Manager;
clarify and validate application of utility rate transfer
to retail rates; and authorize methods for sale of
municipal property?
Measure No. 2:
MEASURE Yes No
CHANGE TO TERM OF OFFICE -- MAYOR.
Shall Anaheim City Charter Sections 500 and 504 be
amended to change the term of office of the Mayor
from four years to two years, and to clarify how "eight
years of service" is determined for the purpose of
calculating teuii limits for someone serving as Mayor
by also by amending Section 503.5?
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Measure No. 4:
MEASURE Yes No
SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS. Shall Anaheim
City Charter Section 1214 be added to permit the sale,
possession and use of safe and sane fireworks in the
City of Anaheim if such activities comply with
restrictions and regulations adopted by City Council
ordinance?
WHEREAS, Section 1302 of the Charter of the City of Anaheim and Section 9282 of
the Elections Code of the State of California authorize the filing of arguments for and against the
adoption of the measures described above and for the City elections official to enclose a printed copy
of such arguments with the sample ballot provided to the electors of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby desires to authorize the filing of written rebuttal
arguments to any argument submitted for or against the adoption of the ballot measures described
above, or any of them, pursuant to Section 9285 of the Elections Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That, pursuant to Sections 9285 and 9287 of the Elections Code, when the City Clerk
has selected the arguments for and against any of the ballot measures proposing amendments to the
City Charter described above which will be printed and distributed to the electors, the City Clerk
shall send copies of the argument in favor of each ballot measure to the author(s) of the argument
against that ballot measure, and copies of the argument against each ballot measure to the author(s)
of the argument in favor of that ballot measure. The authors may prepare and submit rebuttal
arguments not exceeding 250 words. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk not
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later than 5:00 p.m. on March 11, 2014. Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as
the direct arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the direct argument which it
seeks to rebut.
SECTION 2.
That the provisions of Section 1 shall apply only to the special municipal election to
be held in the City of Anaheim on June 3, 2014.
SECTION 3.
That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and
enter it into the book of original resolutions.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Anaheim this 4th day of February 2014, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Tait, Council Members Eastman, Murray, Brandman and Kring
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
AB STAIN:None
CITY OF HEIM
By
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHE 1
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