R-10451City Council Meeting: 1-26-2010
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER ioasi (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DECLARING A VACANCY
ON THE CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, Mayor Ken Genser passed away on January 9, 2010, after decades
of devoted public service; and
WHEREAS, Ken Censer's death leaves a vacancy on the City Council; and
WHEREAS, City Charter Section 603 governs the filling of vacancies on the City
Council; and
WHEREAS, Section 603 provides that the City Council may fill a vacancy on the
City Council by appointment but must do so within thirty (30) days of declaring the office
vacant; and
WHEREAS, in order to start the appointment period, the City Council must
declare the existence of the vacancy.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AND DECLARE AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. The death of Mayor Ken Genser has created a vacancy on the
Santa Monica City Council:
SECTION 2. Mayor Censer's office is hereby declared vacant.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Adopted.and approved this 26th day of January, 2010.
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Ri~cha~d Bloom; Interim Chair
I, Maria Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution No. 10451 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of
the Santa Monica City Council held on the 26th day of January, 2010, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Bloom, Davis, Holbrook, McKeown, Shriver
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members:. Mayor Pro Tem O'Connor
ATTEST:
Maria M. Stewart, ity Clerk