Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout1417 ORDINANCE NO. 1417 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA PROVIDING FOR THE CONTINUITY OF THE COUNCIL IN THE EVENT THAT FIVE VACANCIES EXIST ON THE COUNCIL. THE CITY COUNCIL CF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS; SECTION 1. The Arcadia Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Chapter la. to Article II to read as follows: CHAPTER la. COUNCIL CONTINUITY 2150. Pursuant to ~ 403(d) of the Arcadia City Charter, the following provisions shall govern in the event that five vacancies simultaneously exist on the City Council. Upon notification that five vacancies exist on the City Council, each of the members of the Board of Education, during an open meeting of the Board, shall appoint one person to fill one vacancy on the Council. The Board shall transmit to the City Clerk an official record of its action. Upon receipt of said record, the City Clerk shall sign and deliver to each appcintee a certificate of appointment and administer to each appointee the oath of office prescribed in the State Constitution. Upon taking the oath, each appointee shall be deemed installed as a temporary councilman. The councilmen so appointed shall serve until newly elected councilmen are installed after a special election to be conducted as herein- after set forth. Each appointee shall be a legally registered voter of the City and after accepting the appointment he shall not be eligible for election at the special election. -1- 1417 Upon notification that five vacancies exist on the City Council, the City Clerk immediately shall call a special election, which call shall have the same operative effect as a resolution or ordinance calling an election pursuant to the Elections Code. The special election shall be for the purpose of electing five council- men for the unexpired terms. The Clerk shall set the election at the earliest possible date which is compatible with the procedures of the Elections Code and the election shall be conducted in accordance with the Elections Code. In lieu of the City Council, the City Clerk shall canvass the returns, declare elected the persons having the requisite number of votes for each office, and install the newly elected officers. The City Clerk shall issue certificate of election and issue the oath in accordance with the Elections Code. SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 18th day of August , 1970, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Arth, Considine, Hage, Helms, and Butterworth None NOES: ABSENT: None ~J"'/7~ );4'~ Ci Y Clerk of the City of Arcadia SIGNED AND APPROVED this 18th :day -of U<2:ust 1970. ~~~h / Ji ) )t-.,(t-,-<~q~l.A/~ Mayor of the City of Arcadia A;7hST: "---, (- ~u:UV~ 41;/ ~/?C<!Al/ City Cl3rk -2- 1417