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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.
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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
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Ci Y Clerk of the City of Arcadia
SIGNED AND APPROVED this
18th :day -of U<2:ust 1970.
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Mayor of the City of Arcadia
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City Cl3rk
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