HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 114-92RESOLUTION NO. 114-92
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES
FOR FILING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS, REBUTTAL
ARGUMENTS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE AND
DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN
IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS.
W~EREAS, a Special Municipal Election is to be held in
the City of Bakersfield, California, on November 3, 1992, which
there will be submitted to the voters the following measure:
MEASURE "A"
Shall Section 67 of the Bakersfield City
Charter be amended to change the years
of the General Municipal Election from
odd to even-numbered years for election of
members of the Council?
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE~ DECLARE, DETERMINEAND ORDER
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council authorizes Mayor
Clarence Medders and assenting Councilmembers and, dissenting
Councilmember Edwards, to file written arguments regarding the City
Measure as specified above in accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3,
Division 5 of the Elections Code of the State of California and to
change the argument until and including the date fixed by the City
Clerk after which no arguments for or against the City Measure may
be submitted to the City Clerk.
SECTION 2. That pursuant to Section 4015.5 and 5014.5
of the Election Code of the State of California, when the Clerk has
selected the arguments for and against the measure which will be
printed and distributed to the voters, the Clerk shall send copies
of the argument in favor of the measure to the authors of the
argument against, and copies of the argument against to the authors
of the argument in favor. The authors may prepare and submit
rebuttal arguments not exceeding 250 words. The rebuttal arguments
shall be filed with the City Clerk not more than 10 days after the
final date for filing direct arguments. 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.
ORiGiNAL
for the
repealed.
SECTION 3. That all previous resolutions providing
filing of rebuttal arguments for City Measures are
SECTION 4. That the provisions of Section 2 shall
apply at the next ensuing municipal election and at each municipal
election after that time.
SECTION 5. That the City Council directs the City
Clerk to transmit a copy of the measure to the City Attorney. The
City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure
showing the effect of the measure on the existing law and the
operation of the measure. The impartial analysis shall be filed by
the date set by the City Clerk for the filing of primary arguments.
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall Certify to the
passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book
of original Resolutions.
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OR;GINAL
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed
and adopted by the Council of the si9%~ of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on June 24, , by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: E~.WAROS, D,~MOND. SMITH, 8RUNNI, ~'E~SG..~ SALVAG6~O
NOES; COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN'
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED June 24-+, 1992
CLARENCE E. MEDDERS
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
LAWRENCE M. LUNARDINI /~'~
CITY ATTORNEY of the City of Bakersfield
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REBUTARG. R ES
6/24/92
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OR;G:NAL