HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 37-56 RESOLUTION N0. 37-5G~
RESOLUTION 0F THE COD~TOZL OF T~ CiTY 0P
BAFDERSFIELD DECLARING RESULTS 0F SPECIAL
PffD~YICIPAL ELECTION B~-,j) IN SAID CIT~ ON
JUNE 5, 1956.
~,frFEREAS, this Council duly md regularly called and. provided
for the holding of a special election within the City of Bakersfield
on June 5, 1956, for the ptu, pose of submitting to the qualified·
voters of said Cit~ the following propositions:
PROPOSITION l~!'O. ]. ~ (C)
~ends Section 14 and adds subdivision (a) tb Section
~0 of 'the Bakersfield City Charter to provide for the
election of a mayor at large, to serve for a term of
four years; prescribing his duties~ prescribing the
method of filing nomination papers~ providing method
of filling vacancy, and fixing ak~auai salary at $6000°00
and necessary ezpenses not to e~ceed $1500.00o
PROPOSITION N0.2 (D)
Election of First Mayor. Adds Section 20.1 to the Charter
of the City of Bakersfield, which p~ovides that names of
candidates f;or the office of the first mayor shall be sub~
mitted to the electors concurrently with the present pro-
posed amendments to the charter, and if elected, to hold
office from the first Monday after the effective date of
these amendments, until after the first Monday after the
first day of January, 1961. Putther provides for a special
election to fill the office of mayor, to be held within
ninety days from the effective date of these s_~isndments
if mayor is not elected concurrently with these mnsn&nents
as herein provided.
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD R~ERENDUM (E)
An ordinance entitled '~An0Pdinance of tile 'City of BaZaars~
field Fixing the Salaries of CounciDaen'~, fixing said
salaries at $100.00 per month and fixing a rats of ~i~20.00
per Cay while sitting as a member of the Board of Equal-
ization, not to exceed five days, mnd while sitting to
determine the annual budget, not to exceed five days.
and
WE~EAS, by ordinances of said City and by order of the Board
of Supervisors of Kern County, sald special election was ordered
consolidatad with the State Consolidate~. Direct.. Primary Election and
Presidential Primary Election held within said city on said date, and
said Board of Supervisors was authorized to canvass the returns of
said special election and to certify the results. thereof to this
Council, and
WZHEREAS, said special election was duly held pursuant to said
orders of consolidation at the polling places prescribed for said
State Consolidated Direct Primary E~ ction and Presidential Primary
Election, and the votes cast thereat ~ere canvassed and the returns
thereof made as provided by law; end
WHERF~.S, the said Board of Supervisors and the Clerk thereof
have duly canvassed the absentee ballots.cast at said special election,
and said Board of Supervisors has adopted its resolutions stating the
results of said special election and the Clerk of said Board has
entered in the records of said Boa~d statements of said results, and
the Clerk has transmitted to the Clerk of this Council certified copies
of said resolutions and certified copies of said statements'and the
same have been presented to this Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of BakersfieldDOES
HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE, iND DECL2~E AS FOLLOWS:
1. That from the results of said special election certified
to this Council as aforesaid, it appears and this Council hereby finds
and declares that the total number of votes cast at the respective
election precincts established for said special election upon the
propositions stated in the recitals hereof and for and against said
propositions, the total number of absentee votes cast at said election
upon said propositions and for and against said propositions, and
the total number of votes cast in said city upon said propositions
and for and against said propositions, are as set forth in said
Resolutions of the Board of Supervisors of Kern County, California,
stating result of canvass of election returns of special municipal
election'of the City of Bakersfield held June'-~, 19~6,'*copies'of~which
resolutions are on file in the office of the.City Clerk. That the
total votes cast on said propositions are as follows:
Cityof Bakersfield Proposition No. 1 (C) yesg~_Z~7~7__ No~.5~.
City of Bakersfield Proposition No. 2 (D)
City of Bakersfield Referendum
(E3 fF°r the Ordinance 7_~_!
Against the Ordinance
2. That from the results of said election this Council finds
and declares that at said election a m'ajority Of the qualified electors
voting thereat voted in favor of ratifying and did ratify the follow-
ing charter amendments:
PROPOSITION NO. 1. (C). Amends Section 14 and adds sub-
division (a) to Section 20 of the Bakersfield City Charter
to provide for the election of a mayor at large, to serve
for a term of four years; presCribing his duties~ pre-
scribing the method of filing nomination papers~ providing
method cf filling vacancy, and fixing annual s§lary at
$6000.00.sn6 necessary expenses not to.excoed ~l~00.00.
PROPOSITION NO. 2 (D). Election of First Mayor. .~hdds
Section 20.1 to the Charter of the City of Bakersfield,
which provides that names of candidates for the office of
the first mayor shall be submitted to the electors con-
currently with the present proposed ~men~ments to the
charter, and if elected, to hold office from the first
Monday after the effective date of these amendments, tmtil
~fter the first Monday. after the first day of January, 1961.
Further provides for a special election to fill the.office
of mayor, to be held within ninety days from the effective
8ate of these amendments if mayor is not elected concm~rently
with these amendments as herein provided.
and that a majority of said electors voted in favor of the following
ordinance:
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD REFEREND~0M (E~ ~ An ordinance entitled
"An Ordinance of the City of Bakersfisld~Fixing the .Salaries,
of Council n", fixin~ said salaries at ~100.00 per month
me
and fixing a rate of . 20.00 per day ~-~hile sitting as a
member of t~s Board of Equalization, not to exceed five days,
and while sitting to determine the. a~.nual budget, not to
exceed five days.
3- 'That the Clerk of the Council is hereby instructed to enter
in full on the minutes of this Council the results of said election.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the:foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted. by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at' an Adjourned
Meeting thereof held on the 29th day of June, !956, by the following
vote:
AYES: CAR:~AK1S, CCL'JNS, .CY.--9(-g, ~:,OLI~, EV2!_EY,J, ~jA.:l',V:IV2C. R, SULLIMAN.
NOES: ~
Ex-0fficio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
F~a.~0R~ of the Ci';(J/~r of Bakersfield "~