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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJULY 22,1968 I ROLL CALL ., BANNERS to \ r\'~f'~THRtFTY) ,\. if'/ ;/./.il ~iliilkoVED PROPOSED NEW CHARTER r:: { 11~ I 18:7303 MINUTES CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING JULY ~ 1968 The City Council met in an adjourned regular meeting on Monday, July 22, 1968, at 7:30 P.M. in the Conference Room of the City Hall. PRESENT: ABSENT: Councilmen Butterworth, Considine, Helms, Hage Councilman Arth The City Manager advised of the request of the new Thrifty Drug Store at Las Tunas and Santa Anita Avenue for permission to hang banners for a ten day period to publicize its grand opening. Councilman Helms MOVED to APPROVE the request, Motion seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried unanimously. As a member of the Charter Revision Committee, Councilman Butterworth opened discussion on the proposed new charter as submitted by the committee. He stated in part that the committee felt the electorate should be presented with an entirely new charter; that important substitutive changes and new wording have been recommended by the committee; that no change has been made just for the sake of change and that the new charter is an integrated document: Council then entered into a detailed review of each Article, section by section. ARTICLE I, Section 102 - INCORPORATION AND SUCCESSION - fourth line the words "the same" to be changed to one word "they". ARTICLE II, Section 201 - POWERS OF CITY - City Attorney to give further consideration to this section as there was some question as to its meaning, ARTICLE III, FORM OF GOVERNMENT - no change. ARTICLE IV, Section 400 - THE CITY COUNCIL - This section and all other section references to be redrafted by the City Attorney to reflect the consensus of the majority of the City Council that the office of the City Clerk remain elective. It was noted that although Councilman Arth was absent, he had previously expressed a similar opinion. Councilman Helms took a neutral position by noting he was new to city government. Section 401 - ELIGIBILITY - Council requested clarifi- cation of the provisions of this section relating to a councilman serving no more than two consecutive four year terms. The possibility was injected into the discussion that where a vacancy occurred and the Council made an appointment to fill out such unexpired term, could the appointee seek election to two regular terms after the expiration of the appointed term. Section 402 - COMPENSATION - no change. Section 403 - VACANCIES, FORFEITURE OF OFFICE, FILLING OF VACANCIES - sub-section 'co will be redrafted by the City Attorney to encompass a provision for the continuation of council- manic authority should all five members of a council be involved in a fatal disaster. 7-?,:b68 - 1 - ADJOURNMENT 18:7304 Under this same section the City Attorney will provide for the calling of a special election within a specified period if after Council makes one appointment to fill out an unexpired term of a councilman it becomes necessary to fill a second vacancy between regular election dates. ~ Section 404 - MAYOR - MAYOR PRO TEMPORE - no change. Section 405 - POWERS VESTED IN THE COUNCIL - no change. Section 406 - PROHIBITIONS - sub-section 'a' to be changed to read.., "city office or city employment" in two places and tbe word 'one' year to be cbanged to 'two' years in same paragraph. I Section 407 - REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL - no change. Section 408-414 - MEETINGS - no change. Sections 415-420-0RDINANCES,RESOLUTIONS,LEGAL NOTICES,no change. ARTICLE V - Section 500 - REMOVAL OF CITY MANAGER - City Attorney to check out. Council concurred that the manager should be hired by four votes of the council but were not quite in accord in the number of votes to remove him. The length of time for notice of such removal action was also delayed, The City Attorney will explore managerial contracts for longer than one year. The word "entire" to be inserted before the word "Council" in last sentence of fourth paragraph. At 10:30 P.M. Councilman Helms MOVED to adjourn the meeting to Wednesday, July 24, 1968, at 7:30 P.M. in the Conference Room. Motion seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried unanimously. ~t~" Mayor --- ATTEST ~~~~2~ I 7 -1,2.. 68 - 2 -