HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 01-56 ' E.SOL T O,'N No..z-se
RESOLUTION '~F' THE COUNCIL OF THE CZTY OF
.BAKERSFIE DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO SUB-
MIT CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF BAKERSFYELD AMENDING SECTIONS 1~ AND
20, AND ADDING A NEW SECTION TO BE DESIGNATED
AS SECTION 20.1; FIXING THE TIME OF THE ELEC-
TION AT WHICH. SAID PROPOSED AMENDMENTS SHALL
BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS; AND DIRECTING
THE CITY CLERK T.0 PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE ELEC-
TION'.
~EAS, the .CounCili~Of the' City of Bakersfield is desirous
of submitting certain amendments to the Charter ofthe City of
Bakersfield to the electorsof the City of Bakersfield, in the
manner required .by Section 8 of Article XI Of the Constitution of
the State of California, at a special municipal election to be held
in the City of Bakersfield and to be consolidated with the State
Consolidated Direct'~Primary Election. and Presidential Primary Election
to be held on the 5th day of June, 1956, and
WHEREAS, the specific amendments desired to be submitted are
as follows~
PROPOSITION· NO. 1
LegislatiVe Powerq
Section 14.~ The legislative powers of the city, except
as resetwed to the peoplelby this. charter, shall be vested
in a council of seven members, one to be elected from each
of the seven wards of the city'by the electors thereof, and
a mayor elected from the city at large. The mayor shall
have the right to vote on all matters when the vote of the
council results in a tie..
pROPOSITION NO .'. 2
Mayor an,~ ~ice-Pres~dent of Council
Section20 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
this charter to _the contrary, the provisions of this section
shall govern as.:~o the office of mayor. The-mayor shall be
-eleg~:ed by.;:-4ml~!~alifie~ e-lectors of the-'Ci~y'at.'the'time
and places of votingforMembers of the Assembly, and shall
hold his office four years from and after the first Monday
after the first day of January subsequent tohis election,
and until his successor is elected and qualified, unless
sooner removed from office hy recall or otherwise. The mode
of nomination, and-election of the mayor.shall be as set forth
1.
in this charter for ~he nominat'ion and election of other
elective officers of the city, except as hereinafter
specifically provided.
.' (b) The mayor shall be the chief executive ~nd'the
'official head of the city for all .legislative, policy,
and ceremonial purposes, land shall execute all legal
inst~.mnents and documentS, and shall preside at all meet-
ingS'0f the council. The mayor shall.not be-vested with
administrative authority.
': (c) The mayor shall devote such time as may be neces-
sary to properly =and efficiently discharge the duties of
hi~i~offtce, andshall receive an annual salary of Six
ThOusand Dollars ($6,000.00), payable in equal monthly
installments. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the
council shall appropriate a sum of money not to exceed
Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) for the'reception
and entertainment of public guests by the mayor.
~ (d) Art office adjacent to the~office of the' City Clerk
shall be provided for the mayor for the conduct of his
official duties.
(e) Secretarial services 'shall be furnished to the
mayor from the office of the City Clerk, in the discharge
of his official duties.
(f) ~The mayor shall be a resident of the city .for
three years next preceding his election and an elector
therein. In all other respects, his qualifications shall
betas set forth in Section 17 of'this charter.
(g) The office of mayor shall be first in order of
precedence on the municipal ballot and shall be separately
designated.
(h) All nominating petitions for the office of mayor
shall be filed with the City Clerk within the time prescribed
by ordinance of the council, but in no event later than ~
twenty-five days priorto the last day for filing with the
Board oflSupervisOrslof Kern County, the resolution of the
city council requesting consolidation of local election with
+the State election. ·The election proclamation shall be made
as set forth inSection 78 of this charter. In all other
respects theproVisions. of State law regulating State primary
elections, shall apply. '
(i) The form of declaration of candidacy, the nomination
petition. and the requirement's of certificate, shall be sub-
stantially the same as required by this charter for other
elective officers of the city.
.......... ~J)~ The nOmlinating~and~general'e!leetionsfor the office
of mayor ·shall be held concurrently· with the State primary
and State general elections, respectively.
(k) At the first meeting and-upon assuming the duties of
the office of councilman, each new council shall elect one
of its members vice-president.of the council.
(1) During the temporary absence or disability of
the mayor, the vice-president of the council shall act
as mayor pro tempore. ..z.::
(m) If a vacancy !shall occur in the office of mayor,
the council shall appoint a person, who may or may not be
a member of the .council, to fill such vacancy, for the
u~nexpired term, within fifteen (15) days of'~he time that
the council shall be notified of such vacancy. In the event
a member of the council is appointed to fill such vacancy,
the resulting vacancy on said council shall be filled in
accordance with Section 16 of this charter.
PROPOSITION N0. ~
Election o_if First Mayor
Section 20.1 (a) Concurrently with these amendments
to ~the charter, there shall be submitted to the electors
of the city the names of the candidates for the office of
mayor to be first elected, in conjunction with and pursuant
to said charter amendments, and his qualifications and mode
of nomination and election shall be as provided in these
amendments to the charter, and said mayor first elected
shall qualify a~d thereafter assume the duties of his office
on the first Monday following receipt of official notifica-
tion by the City+Clerk, Iof the ratification of the said
amendments by the State Legislature, and said mayor shall
hold office until the first-Monday after the first day of
January, 1961, and until his successor is elected and qualified,
unless sooner removed from office by recall or otherwise.
(b)' In the event the first mayor is not elected as set
forth in this section, the Council shall call A special
election to be held within ninety (90) days from and after
official notification of the ratification of said amendments,
for the purpose of filling the office of mayor for the term
ending the first Monday after the first day of January, 1961,
in which event,.all of the provisions of Article VII of
this charter, excepting Sections 66,.67 and 84, shall apply.
The .candidate who has received the highest number of votes
for such office at said special election, shall be declared
elected for said first term and shall qualify and assume the
duties of his office on the first Monday following said
declaration.
In case any two or more persons have an equal and highest+
number of votes for the office of mayor, the council shall,
within thirty (30) days, at a special meeting called for such
purpose, choose one of such persons to fill the said office
by secret ballot of the majority of all the members of the
council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of
Bakersfield, on its.ownmotion~ that the aforesaid~proposed amendments
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to the Charter of the City of B~kersfield be submitted to the
elector~,.of the 'City'. Of'~ Bakersfield as required by law, at a special
municipal election to be ~= in said City on, the 5th =day of June,
I956, which election'.shall be '~ensolidated with the State Consolidated
Direct Primary Election and Presidential Primary ElectiOn to be held
on said date.
BE IT FURTm~R RESOLV~,i.':that the City Clerk of the City of
Bakersfield be and she is .hereby directed to give notice of election
by publishing said Notice of Election in The Bakersfield Californian,
a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the
City of Bakersfield, County of Kern, State of 'California, not more
than sixty days and not less than forty days before the date of said
election, in all the-editions thereof issued on the date of publtca-
tion.
I NF. REBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ResolutiOn was passed and
adopted by the .Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meet-
ing thereof held on the 3rd day of January, 1956, by the following
VOte $
AYES: CARNAKIS, COLlINS, (;ROES. 90OLIN, EIJkFEH, SC}~DVEiTZER, SULLIVAN.
NOES: ~ · /
Clerk and E~-0fftcio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
MAYOR of the