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Home My WebLink AboutRES NO 146-88RESOLUTION NO.146-88 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD DECLARING THE RESULTS OF CANVASS OF RETURNS OF THE NOMINATING MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR AND SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR A CHARTER AMENDMENT, MEASURE "D", AT THE STATE DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION HELD ON THE 7TH DAY OF JUNE, 1988. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows: SECTION 1. That the City Council does hereby find, determine and declare as follows: a. That pursuant to applicable law, a Special Municipal Election was held and conducted in said City on the 7th day of June, 1988; and b. That said election was held and conducted in confor- mity with all applicable provisions of law; and c. That said Special Municipal Election was held for the purpose of submitting to the voters of said City the following proposed amendment to the Charter of the City of Bakersfield: CITY OF BAKERSFIELD MEASURE "D" Shall Section 3 of the Charter of the City of Bakersfield be amended to add an eighth ward, to be created by Mayor and councilpersons by altering existing ward boundaries, the councilperson for which will be selected at a special election; shall Section 14 of the Charter of the City of Bakersfield be amended to refer to eight councilpersons and eight wards, in conformance with the amendment to Section 3 and to delete provisions restricting Mayor's right to vote on legislative matters to situations of tie votes of the Council; shall Section 20 of the City Charter be amended to provide that the Mayor shall promote the City, be a full-time position of not less than 40 hours per week, and receive an annual salary of forty-two thousand dollars ($42,000.00) adjusted annually in reference to the Consumer Price Index; to provide that each fiscal year the Council appropriate not less than twelve thousand dollars ($12,000.00) for the general promotion of the City, including reception and enter- tainment of public guests, to provide that the Mayor be provided a furnished office at City Hall and a vehicle for the conduct of his official duties, to specify that the Mayor be provided a full-time secretary and an aide with a furnished office whose position shall not be civil service, whose salary shall be set by ordinance of the Council, and who shall be selected by and serve at the will of the Mayor; shall Section 33.3 of the City Charter be amended to provide that six, rather than five, votes of the Council are required for appro- val of any resolution authorizing revenue bonds;~ and shall Section 37.5 of the Charter of the City of Bakersfield be amended to provide that the City Manager may be removed by the affirmative votes of five, rather than four, members of the Council. d. That pursuant to direction of the City Council, the County Clerk of the County of Kern has heretofore conducted a can- vass of the results thereof and has filed with said City Council a certificate relating thereto which has been examined and is hereby accepted by this City Council; and e. That the Statement of Election Results relating to said Special Election is attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and by this reference incorporated herein. SECTION 2. That the City Council does hereby find, determine, and declare as follows: a. That pursuant to applicable law, a Nominating Municipal Election was held and conducted in said City on the 7th day of June, 1988 for the purpose of electing a Mayor; and b. That said election was held and conducted in confor- mity with all applicable provisions of law; and c. That pursuant to direction of the City Council, the County Clerk of the County of Kern has heretofore conducted a can- vass of the results thereof and has filed with said City Council a certificate relating thereto which has been examined and is hereby accepted by this City Council; and - 2 - d. That the City Council does hereby accept the canvass of record of said elections as certified by said County Clerk and does hereby resolve, determine and declare the results of said Nominating Election as follows: Ranelle Wallace Mark Dickerson Clarence E. Medders Thomas A. Payne 6,383 2,336 12,086 11,940 e. That the following persons have been nominated, and are hereby determined to be, Candidates for the Office of Mayor at the General Election to be held on November 8, 1988: Thomas A. Payne Clarence E. Medders f. That the City Council does hereby accept the canvass of record of said Special Municipal Election as certified by said County Clerk and does hereby declare that 9,326 votes were cast in favor of the adoption of said amendment and 21,719 votes were cast against adoption of said amendment and that said amendment is hereby declared not to have carried, passed or been adopted. SECTION 3. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to enter this resolution in full in the minutes of this City Council, which entry shall constitute the City Clerk'$ Statement of the result of the election. SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this resolution. .......... o0o .......... - 3 - I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on __ July 6, 1988 , by the following vote: DeputyCITY CLERK and Ex Offici~ '~lerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED July 6, 1988 MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED as to form: CITY ATTORNEY of-the-C~ty of Bakersfield AJS/meg Attachment Exhibit "A" R RES 5 RESULTSl 6/29/88 - 4 - RUSSELL C. GROV[ Assistant County Clerk - Recor0er WILLIAM W. BURKE Chief Deputy Clerk JEANE PETZOLT Chief Deputy Recorder HUGH DENTON Chief Deputy Registrar BARBARA J. JARRETT Asst, Chief Deputy Clerk GALE S. ENSTAD COUNTY CLZRK -- RECORDER CLERK':- OFFICE Room 210 £LECT~ONS DIVISION Jushc~ Building 1215 Truxtun Avenue Room 44 Bakersheld, Cahtorma 93301 RECORDER'S OFFICE 3elephone t805) 861-2181 Hall of Records 1655 Chester Avenue BakersfielP, California 93301 June 21, 1988 Carol Williams, City Clerk CITY OF BAKERSFIELD 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 Dear Carol: Attached is a Statement of Vote and Certification, by the County Clerk-Recorder, of the June 7, 1988 Consolidated Primary Election. a copy of the results the of Very truly yours, Chief Deputy Registrar HD/sld Enclosures EXHIBIT A CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY CLERK TO RESULT OF THE CANVASS OF THE CONSOLIDATED PRIMARY ELECTION HELD JUNE 7, 1988 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss COUNTY OF KERN ) I, GALE S. ENSTAD, County Clerk-Recorder, County of Kern, State of California, HEREBY CERTIFY that I have canvassed the returns of the vote cast in said County at the Consolidated Primary of votes cast for correct. Election held on June 7, 1988 and that the whole number cast for each candidate and the whole number of votes and against each measure as shown are full, true and IN WITNESS WHEREOF I do hereby set my hand and the Official Seal of the County of Kern this J/~l~day of June, 1988. County Clerk-Recorder BY: RUSSELL C. GROVE Assistant County Clerk-Recorder County of Kern State of California Sea1 T T T T C N 0 $ U N T T T Y R N U T 2~lrCON$ PCT-291 ~'~ ~56 33.8 6~ 17 ?E 8e 78 154 . 293-C0#$ ~T ~95 5~?---104--1~.~ ......... ?~---- ~----1: ....... 9. 299-CONS PCT g99 ,77 1~2 27.6 19 tl 11: . ~o,~o. ,c,_~o, ......,,---~- -~.~ ....!~~--!~--,~---~-~ ...., ~90-~AIL£D "CT 390 10 0 ~0.0 1 I 1, 5 c ;' ( c 66-£1 '72-CON