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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 17-81RESOLUTION NO. 17-81 RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD DECLARING THE RESULTS OF CANVASS OF RETURNS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMAN IN THE FIRST, THIRD, FOURTH AND SEVENTH WARDS IN THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AND THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR MEASURES "A" THROUGH "I," HELD ON THE 3d DAY OF MARCH, 1981. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the City Council does hereby find, deter- mine, and declare as follows: a. That pursuant to applicable law, a General Municipal Election was held in the City of Bakersfield on the 3d day of March, 1981, for the purpose of electing a Coucilman in the First, Third, Fourth and Seventh Wards; and b. That said election was held and conducted in conformity 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 d. That the City Council does hereby accept the canvass of record of said election as certified by said County Clerk and does hereby resolve, determine, and declare.the results of said General Municipal Election as follows: WARD 1: Vernon David Strong Larry Wandick 758 317 WARD 3: Arthur L. "Art" Rockoff Robert "Rob" Miller G. Tony Ramirez 943 713 230 WARD' 4: Don Ratty Benjamin David Phipps Jack J. Duncan Henry Lee Crisp Robinson 838 644 339 50 W~RD' 7: James J. Barton Mary Ann Rohde 591 231 e. That the City Council does hereby declare the following persons to-?be elected to the office of City Councilman for a full term of four years, as follows: WARD 1: WARD 3: WARD 4: WARD 7: VERNON DAVID STRONG ARTHUR L. "ART" ROCKOFF DON RATTY JAMES J. BARTON SECTION 2: That the City Council does hereby find, deter- mine, and declare as follows: a. That pursuant to applicable law, a Special Municipal Election was held and conducted in said City on the 3d day.of March, 1981; and b. That said election was held and conducted in conformity 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 pro- posed amendments to the Charter of the City of Bakersfield: MEASURE "A" Whether Sections 2, 3, and 11.1 of the City Charter should be amended and Sections 4 through 11 be repealed to remove outdated boundary descrip- tions of the seven wards of the City and provide for establishment of such ward boundaries by ordinance, consistent with the Constitution and California law? MEASURE "B" Whether Sections 15, 17, 19, 20(if) and 43 of the City Char. ter should be amended and Section 20.1 repealed, deleting the surplusage relating to the terms of the first City Council and Mayor to take office; to eliminate the unconstitutional residency requirement for election of Council members and Mayor; to provide for meetings of the Council at times set by ordinance; to add the Mayor as an officer empowered to call special meetings of the Council and to make U. S. citizen- ship eligibility requirements for City officers and employees consistent with the Constitution? MEASURE "C" Whether Sections 44, 46 and 47 of the City Charter should be repealed, deleting the oath of office which differs from the specific oath required by the California Constitution; deleting the unnecessary provision regarding applicability of certain state statutes to officers of. the City and deleting a provision relating to hours of work otherwise fully covered by law? MEASURE "D" Whether Sections 54 and 56 of the City Charter should be repealed to make the annual equalization of real property assessments con- sistent with present law and practice under which the City transferred to the County of Kern the Council's duty to sit as a Board of Equalization and to make the authority of the Council to make a tax levy consistent with the constitutional amendment accomplished by Proposition 137 MEASURE "E" Whether Sections 68 and 69 of the City Charter should be amended to provide for declaration of candidacy and petition for nomination for elective office on forms specified by ordinance or the State Elections Code, thus deleting wordy forms contained in the Charter? MEASURE "F" Whether Sections 109, 113.9 and 113.10 of the City Charter should be repealed to remove unnecessary provisions relating to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission and to incurring of bonded indebtedness, subjects covered by state law? MEASURE "G" Whether Sections 142 and 144 of the City Charter should be 'repealed ta eliminate provisions for minimumwages, limiting hours and conditions of employment for City employees, which have been pre'empted by federal and state law? MEASURE "H" Whether Article XI of the City Charter should be repealed to remove obsolete provisions pertain- ing to the control and management by a City Board of Education over public schools in the Bakersfield School District, which are no longer under the jurisdiction of the City. MEASURE "I" Whether Sections (183)1 through (242)22 of the City Charter should be repealed and amended by adoption of a new Article XIII, to eliminate the separate, existing civil service commissions and provisions for civil service for the City Fire Department, Miscellaneous Departments and Police Department and to provide in lieu thereof for the creation of a single civil service com- mission and provisions for civil service for all officers and employees of the City of Bakersfield excepting elective officers, the City Manager and members of boards, committees and commissions? 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. e. That the Statement of Election Results relating to said special election is attached hereto as Exhibit "A," and by this reference incorporated herein. 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 the results of said Special Municipal Election to be as follows: MEASURES: FOR: A'G~INST: MEASURE "A" 5,986 1,901 MEASURE "B" 5,321 2,502 MEASURE "C" 5,300 2,456 MEASURE "D" 5,251 2,474 MEASURE "E" 5,877 1,780 MEASURE "F" 5 , 476 2 , 127 MEASURE "G" 5,392 2,289 MEASURE "H" 5,842 1,839 MEASURE "I" 3,277 4,695 SECTION 3: of this resolution. That the City Clerk shall certify the adoption o0o 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 the llth day of March, 1981, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN BARTON, CHRISTENSEN, MEANS,-/::~;Z;~.,, PAYNE, RATTY, STRONG NOES: COUNCILM~EN_ ~O ABsENt: couNc,,~EN: ~ i ~ ,F- ABSTAINING: COUNCILMEN: CITY C of the Council of the City of Bakersfield APPPjOV~E~thzs lit_ ~_~y of March, 1981 APPROVED as to form: CIT C: of 'Bakersfield J .. I ji't I~