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1973-595 --- RESOLUTION NO. 73R-595 /- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE SUBMISSION TO THE ELECTORS OF SAID CITY OF A PROPOSAL FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF SAID CITY AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON APRIL 9, 1974. 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, a petition has been filed with the legislative body of the City of Anaheim signed by more than 15% of the registered electors submitting a proposed amendment to the Charter of said City; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim is thereupon authorized and directed by statute to submit the proposed amendment to the Charter to the qualified voters of said City; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Anaheim, California, 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, it is hereby ordered that said proposal for the amendment to the Charter of the City of Anaheim be submitted to the electors at the general municipal election to be held in said City on April 9, 1974. SECTION 2. The proposed amendment to the Charter of said City submitted to the voters shall be as follows: PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT It is proposed that Section 504 of the Charter of the City of Anaheim be amended to read as follows: Section 504. MAYOR. The Mayor shall be a regular voting member of the City Council, elected from such Council membership at each regular election of the Councilmen. ..~ (a) Duties, Term and Eligibility -- The Mayor may make and second motions and shall have a voice and vote in all proceedings. He shall be the official head of the City for ceremonial purposes. He shall have the primary, but not the exclusive responsibility for communicating the policies, programs and needs of the City government to the people, and as occasion requires, he may inform the people of any major change in policy or program. He shall perform such other duties consistent with his office as may be prescribed by this Charter or as may be imposed by the City Council. The elected Mayor shall serve for a term of two years .- ",-.. and until his successor is elected and qualified. No one shall be eligible to hold the office of Mayor, except a duly elected and qualified Councilman who has served as Councilman for two years preceding his election as Mayor. (b) Election of Mayor -- At each general City election, each incumbent Councilman may file for election to the office of Mayor. Those members of the City Council whose terms expire and are filing for re-election, may also file for the office of Mayor, in addition to filing for re-election as Councilman. Councilmen who desire to file for the office of Mayor, shall file a declaration of intention with the Office of the City Clerk at the same time and in the same manner as candidates for the office of Councilman. At the election for Mayor, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. In determining which candidate shall be elected Mayor, no write-in vote shall be counted. In preparing the ballot for the Mayor's election, the City Clerk shall have printed in large boldface type the following language: "VOTE ONLY FOR A DECLARED CANDIDATE" In case of a tie vote, the Council shall select the Mayor from the candidates tied for highest vote. In case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor, the Council shall select a Mayor from the eligible Councilmen to fill the vacancy 0 The office of Mayor shall be deemed vacant when the person holding such office no longer holds office as Councilman for any reason. (c) The City Council shall designate one of its members as Mayor Pro Tempore, who shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the City Council. The Mayor Pro Tempore shall perform the duties of the Mayor during hE absence or disability. (d) Concurrently with those amendments to the Charter, there shall be presented to the electors of the City, the names of the candidates for the office of Mayor to be first elected, in conjunction with and pursuant to said Charter amendments, and his qualifications and mode of nomination and election shall be as provided in Section S04 of the Charter as amended, and said Mayor first elected shall qualify and thereafter assume the duties of his office on the first Tuesday, following the filing with the Secretary of State of the approval of said amendment by the State Legislature, and said Mayor shall hold office until the first Tuesday following the next general muni- cipal election, and until his successor is elected and qualified, unless sooner removed from office by recall or otherwise. SECTION 3. That the foregoing proposal hereby submitted shall ~ appear upon the ballots for said general municipal election in substantially the following form: - 2 - """-",, Shall the Charter be Amended to provide for the direct election of Mayor by the people? YES NO SECTION 4. . That said proposed amendment to be so submitted to the electors of said city, as set forth in section 2 hereof, shall be advertised by publishing said proposed amendment once in the Anaheim Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation in said City, and in each edition thereof during the day of publication, said publication to be not less than forty (40) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of said general municipal election. The City Clerk shall give such other notices of the submission of said Charter amendment as may be required by law. SECTION 5. 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. SECTION 6. That this Resolution shall take effect immediately. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by me this 18th day of December, 1973. CALn~ORNIA ATTEST: Ci -/;1 /l~ ~LERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - - 3 - - - STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SSe CITY OF ANAHEIM ) - I, DENE M. DAOUST, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 73R-595 was intro- duced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 18th day of December, 1973, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Stephenson, Sneegas, Pebley, Thom and Dutton NOES: COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim approved and signed said Resolution No. 73R-595 on the 18th day of December, 1973. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 18th day of December, 1973. ~ N.))~ CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM , (SFAL) I, DENE M. DAOUST, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 73R-595 duly passed and adopted by the Anaheim City Council on December 18, 1973. 1L- )no j)~ City Clerk ---."