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
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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 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
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