HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 19-80RESOLUTION NO. '19180
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF
KERN TO ORDER THE CONSOLIDATION OF TWO CITY ELECTIONS,
TO-WIT: THE NOMINATING MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE
OFFICE OF MAYOR AND THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE
CITY AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD, WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CONSOLIDATED
PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1980,
SETTING 'FORTH THE LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR AND THE
EXACT FORM OF THE MEASURE TO BE VOTED UPON AT SUCH
ELECTIONS AS THE SAME ARE TO APPEAR ON THE BALLOT.
WHEREAS, Section 23302 of the Elections Code of the State
of California provides that whenever an election called by a city
for the submission of any proposition or office to be filled is to
be consolidated with a statewide election, and such proposition or
office to be filled is to appear upon the same ballot as that pro-
vided for such statewide election, the city shall at least 74 days
prior to the date of the election, file with the Board of Supervisors,
and a copy with the County Clerk, a resolution requesting such con-
solidation and setting forth the exact form of any proposition or
office to be voted upon at such election, as the same are to appear
on the ballot; and
WHEREAS, on the 5th day of March, 1980, this Council did
pass and adopt Resolution No. calling the Nominating Municipal
Election For the Office of Mayor, to be held in the City of Bakersfield
on Tuesday, the 3d day of June, 1980; and
WHEREAS, on the 5th day of March, 1980, this Council did
pass and adopt Resolution No. calling a Special Municipal
Election to be held in the City of Bakersfield on Tuesday, the 3d
day of June, 1980, for the purpose of submitting to the electors of
said City, an amendment to the Charter of the City of Bakersfield
set forth in said Resolution; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council that the two
elections above specified be consolidated with the State of California
Consolidated Primary Election to be held on Tuesday, the 3d day of
June, 1980.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City
of BakerSfield as follows:
1. That the Board of Supervisors of the 'County of Kern is
hereby requested to make an order, pursuant to Section 23302 of the
Elections Code of the State of California, consolidating both the
Nominating Municipal Election For The Office of Mayor and the Special
Municipal Election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified
electors of the City an amendment to the Bakersfield City Charter,
both called for June 3, 1980, with the State of California Consoli-
dated Primary Election to be held on the same date.
2. That the list of candidates for the office of Mayor of
the City of Bakersfield, as the same is to appear on the ballot,
shall be as follows:
MAYOR
Charles H. Dodge
Retired Sheriff
Gary Gibson
Businessman
VOTE FOR ONE
Alfred Leon
Florist
Arthur L. Rockoff
Certified Public Accountant
Mary K. Shell
Writer
3. That the form of the City of Bakersfield measure to
be voted upon at said consolidated election, as the same is to appear
on the ballot, is as follows:
Shall Section 47.1 of the charter of
the City of Bakersfield be amended to provide YES
that the prohibition against continuation in
service of temporary employees beyond 120 .........
working days a year shall not apply to
temporary employees under federal or state-
funded programs? NO
4. That said Board of Supervisors is further requested
to provide that within the City of Bakersfield, the election pre-
cincts, polling places and voting booths shall, in every case,
be the same and there shall be only one set of election officers
in each of the precincts established in the City for said consoli-
dated city elections and the Consolidated Primary Election and
that the exact form of the measure to be voted upon, and the office
to be filled shall be as set forth in each ballot to be used at
said elections within the City of Bakersfield.
5. Said Board of Supervisors of Kern County is further
requested to cause the listof candidates for Mayor of the City of
Bakersfield and the measure to be printed upon each of the ballots
to be used in the City of Bakersfield at said Municipal Nominating
Election and Special Municipal Election for charter amendment con-
solidated as requested, within the City,'including absent voter
ballots. Said Board is further requested to cause to be set forth
said office and measure on all sample ballots relating to both City
elections called and consolidated, and to mail to the qualified
electors within the City said sample ballots and voters pamphlets
and arguments if any relating to said elections, all in the time
and in the form required by law and to provide absent voter ballots
for said consolidated elections for use by electors of the City of
Bakersfield who may be entitled thereto in the manner provided by
law.
6. That the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kern
is hereby authorized to canvass or cause to be canvassed the returns
of said Nominating Municipal Election for Mayor and the Special
Municipal Election for Charter Amendment, and are requested to
certify the results of the canvass of said returns to the Council
of the City of Bakersfield, who shall thereupon declare the results
thereof.
7. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit
and file certified copies of this resolution with the Board of
Supervisors of Kern County and the County Clerk of Kern County, as
required by Section 23302 of the Elections Code of the State of
California.
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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 the5th day of March, 1980, by the' following
vote:
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APPROVED as to form:
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