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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 16-48RESOLUTION 'NO. 16-48 ' ~'FHERE~S, the California State Legislature has placed a constitutional amendment known as PropOsition No. 18 on the November 2rid general election ballot, which amendment would require the State to reimburse cities, counties and districts for tax revenues lost as a result of the'thousand-dollar veteranS' exemption. and welfare exemption, and Y,fi-F~.i.~EiS, these'exemptions,. vzhich were voted by the people of the entire state, have caused an increasingly heavy burden on the local property taxpayer, and i:fitERE&S, the State is in a better position to assmine the burden of these. exemptions because they ~vill thereby be borne by the entire population of the State, rather than the property tax- payers alone who constitute only about 49'j~/ of the people of the State, and ~XERE&S, the passage of Proposition No. 18 will result in an annual Saving to local property taxpayers of the State of about twenty million dollars, and V~IERE~S, the passage of ~his constitutional amendment will have no effect on the status of the veterans' and welfare exemptions. NOW~ TKEREFOi~ BE IT 1-tESOLVE'D that the Council of the City of Bakersfield does hereby urge the voters to approve Proposition No. 18 at the General Election, and that appropriate publicity be given to this action of the Council by furnishing copies of this Resolution to the. press and radio stations of the .City. - .......... -o0o I ~EP~Y C~TI~Y that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2~th day of 0ctober~ 1948, by the following vote: AYES: CARNAK!S, CROSS, KUEHN, .RYDER, S}EMON, VANDERLEi, VERCAMMEN NOES: _~ ....................... ~- .................... C io Clerk o~ the Council of, the City of Bakersfield. the Cmty of Ba~ersfmeld '~'/iIEEAS, the City of Bakersfiold,.'In the CoLtory of Kern, State of California, has at s!l tines mentioned heroin been and no~.v is a municipal corporation of the State of California, containing a popu- lation of more time il~ee thousand five handred and fewer than fifty thousand inhabitants ss ascertairied by the last precedi~' census taken under the authority of Co~ress of the United States-, and is now and has been ever space the tv.~er~tieth 'day of ~anuary, 191~, orgsa~ized, existing and acting under a freeholders" charter adopted under and by virtue of Section 3 Ar~ict~ XI' of the Constitution of the State of California, v,~hich charter v~as duly ratified 'by the qualified electors of said city at' an election held for that purpose on the fifth day of ~Iay~ 1914,- and appreved by the ~egislature of the State of. California, on the twentieth day of ~snua~ys 191~! and .~7~Pa&S, on the 30th day of ~&ugust, 1948,, the legislative body' of the City of Bakersfield~ to witc the City Council~ on its onn motion passed a resolution to submit to the electors of said cit~ at a spe,clal electiox~ to be held 1-'~ovomber 2, 19¢8~ a proposed amendment to the City Charter of the City of ~BakersfieldI~ a~ inm~.ediately thereafter on said 30th day of Auguste 1948~ the City Council'of the City o£ Bakersfield duly and regularly called' a special election for the purpose of voting on said proposed amendment, to be culled an~t held on the 2~d day of November, 1948~ ~vhich said date was fixed by the said City Council of the City of Bakersfield c.s the time for voting. on said amendment as propOSed,- uhich said special election was duly and regularly consolidated uith the general State electio~ to be '~eld on said date; and V~?Ja~$~ said proposed amendment uas published on the fourteenth d~y of September, 1948~ in each edition of The Bakersfield Ca!l tfo~ntan~. a ne~spaper of general circ~AlStion printed and published in the City of Bakersfield, and haVix~ a general circulation therein~ the said paper being the official newspaper of the City of Bakersfield~ and Said publication wee nmde at the time end in the manner presc~i.bed in Section 8 of -Article XI' of the Constitution of the State of Caltfornia~ ~'~E.AS~ said "election was d~ly called ~nd regularly held on the 2rid day of N0ve~ber~ 194'~ which said date of the election ~?as not less than forty nor more than sixty days after the completion of the advertising in said Official ne~spaper of said proposed amendments and at said election the said proposed ~anendmont to said Charter was voted upon by ~'the qu:alifi~l electors of the City of Bakersfield, and at said election a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon voted in favor of ratifying and did ratify said proposed amendment to said Clmrter~ said proposed amendment so ratified being in the words and figures ms' fol!ows~ to Wit~ That Sub-section (i) of Section (1F~) tl of the Charter of the City of Bakersfield~ be amended to read as follows= (i) Deductio~ for normal sad dependent contributions shell be based on the entire compensation of a member, al~ uTn.~.~EaS, in accordance .with the lav.~ in such eases made and provided, the Board of Supervisors of the. County of Earn caused the Cerk of said County to canvass the returns of ~aid eleCtion~ and said Clerk did duly and regularly canvass the returns of said election and on the 23rd day of I~'ovember~ 1948~ did certify the results of said canvass-to. the- City Council of the-City of Bakersfield', and on the 29th day of November, 1948~ the said City Council did duly find, determine and declare the. result of said special etection~ as determined from the Canvass of the retumnc therefor aforesaid to be that $ majority of the qualified electors of said city Voting. thereon had voted in favor of' and ratified said amendment to the charter of the City of 'Bakersfield as-heroinabove last set forth, and alleged to have been so ratified; and %r2Y~EAS~ that the foregoing is true is shovm by the cortifieate · Of ~ake Vsnderleit Hayor of the City of Bakersfield~ and Irvin~ Deputy Clerk of said City~ ~whose certificate is. in words and figures as fellows~ te wits State of California ) CoUnty of Eernl ) ss City of Bakorsfield This is to certify that we,. Jake Vanderiei.~ 'Hayor of the City of Bakersfield~ and Earinn $. Irvin, Deputy Clerk of the City of BakerSfield~ have compared the forOgoing proposed and ratified amend- ment to tho Charter of the City o~ Bakersfield with the o~lginsl pro- posed amendment submitted to th~ qualified electors of the said City of Bakersfield at ~ special election held v~'thin the City of· Bakersfield on ~vember '2~ 1~8~ and find that the foregoing is ~ full, true..~ correct and exact copy of said amendment. We further certify that. the ~acts set forth in the preamble precedin~ said amendment to said charter~ and the matters set forth therein are and each of them is true~. IN UXT'~t~$S ~:~H~.~0F we have hereunto set our hands and caused the corporate seal of the City of Bakersfield tO be attached this 3rd day ef ~anuary, 1949. A~ WHERE&~, the said amendment to the Charter of the City of BakerSfield so ratified as bereinbefore set forth has been duly presented and ~submitted to the ~egis!atu~'e of the State of Cali- fornia~ for approval or reJection~. v~ithout power of alteration or amendment, all in accordance with Section 8 of article XI of the Constitution of the State of California~ NO~T~ TIEPJ-iFOR~, DE IT RESOLVED BY T~ 5E~Y&TE~ TE COEUP~RIY'YG (a majority of all members elected to eaoh house voting for the adoption of this resolution and o~ncurPinS therein)~ That the said amendment to the Charter' of the City ~f BaI~ersfie!d heroin set forth as presented and su~ittsd to and ratified and adopted by the q~lified elec~rs of the City of Baksrsfie!d~ be and the is hereby adopted as a ~vhole for ~d as an areeminent ~ the said Charter of the City of ~Bakersfie!d.