HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 14-46 P,E~LUTION NO. 14-46
A RESOLUTION PROPOSING AMENDMENTS
TO THE CITY CHARTER .BY THE LEGISLATIVE
BODY. OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFlED,
as follows:
That the legislative body of the .City of Bakersfield proposes
amendments to the Charter of the City of Bakersfield, to wit:
PROPOSITION NO.. 1.
That Section 43 of the Cha~er of the City of Bakersfield,
entitled QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, be amended to
read as follows:
Qualifications o__f Officers and Employees
Section 43. Except as otherwise specified in this charter,
the qualifications of officers and employees of the city~ shall be
as follows: Each elective officer must be a citizen of the United
States, of the State of California, and of the City of Bakersfield,
for three years next preceding the date of his election. Residence
within the limits of any territory which has been or may hereafter
become annexed to the City of Bakersfield, shall after any such
annexation has been accomplished, be deemed and construed to have
been within the city. Appointive officers, subordinate officers,
all municipal employees and all members of any board or commission
authorized by this charter must be citizens of the United States
and residents of the City of Bakersfield, and must remain residents
of the City of Bakersfield during such appointment or service.
PROPOSITION NO. 2.
That Section 61 of the Charter of the City of Bakersfield,
entitled DEPARTMENTS, he amended to read as follows:
Departments
Section 61. The Department of Public Welfare shall include
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t-he followin~ subordinate depSrtmentsx
Public Health and Sanitation.
~ublic Charities.
Parks and Playgrounds.
· N0.twithstanding any provision in this charter or in the amend-
ments thereto to the contrary, the Council maY, by ordinance, abolish
the Department of P~blic Health and Sanitation and the office of
Health Officer provided for therein, and provide for the exercise
of the powers and duties of the Health Officer by contract with the
County of Kern through its department of health. Upon termination
of any such contract, the Council shall, by ordinance, reestablish
the Department of Health and Sanitation and the office of Health
Officer as the same existed prior to the enactment of the ordinance
abolishing the same.
PROPOSITION N0. ~.
That Section (224) 4 of the Charter of the City of Bakersfield,
entitled EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS, be amended to read as follows:
Examination of ADnlicants
Section (224) 4. All applicants for places on the Police
Department or for promotion, shall be subjected to examination, which
shall be public, competitive, and free. Such exem~netions shall be
practical in their character, and shall relate to those matters only
which will fairly test the relative capacity of the person examined
to discharge the duties of the positions to which they seek to be
appointed. Every appointee to the Police Department, at the time of
appointment, shall be not less t4an twenty-one (21) years of age,
and not more than forty-five (45) years of age and must pass the
physical tests prescribed by the Civil Service commission which shall
not be less stringent than those required of recruits to the United
States Army.
No question in any examination shall relate to political or
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religious opinions or affiliations.
I MI~RRRy 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 ~th day of August, 1956, by the follow-
ing vote:
AYES: CARNAKIS, CROSS, ,.NORRIS, RYDER, SIEMON, VANDERLEI, VERCANIiVtEN.
NOES: ____'/-/.,.~-z,...L~-- ...........................................
ABSENT: --~ ...........................................
Narian S. Irvin
City Clerk and Ex-0fficio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
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