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City Counc11 Meet~ng 2-28-84
Santa Mon~ca, Cal~forn1a
RESOLUTION NUMBER 6832{CCS}
(C~ty Counc~l Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA CALLING
AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE HOLDING OF A SPECIAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1984
WHEREAS
the C1ty Council deslres to subm1t, pursuant to
Government Code Sect10n 34459, a proposed amendment to the C1ty
Charter; and
WHEREAS, Elections Code Sect10n 17050 author~zes the City
Counc11 to provide that all ballots cast at the Special Mun~cipal
Elect~on be counted at a central counting place; and
WHEREAS, Elections Code Sect~on 5011 authorizes the City
Council to dlrect the c~ty clerk to transmlt a measure appear~ng
on the ballot to the city attorney to prepare an impart~al
analys1s,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A special mun~c~pal election shall be held in
the City of Santa Monica on June 5, 1984, wh~ch ~s the elect~on
required to place a measure before the voters subm1tted by the
City Council.
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SECTION 2. The ballots to be used at the Spec1al Mun~c~pal
Elect10n shall be both as to form and matter contained therein
such as may be requ1red by law.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk 1S author1zed, 1nstructed, and
d~rected to procure and furnish any and all offic1al ballots,
notices, pr1nted matter and all suppl1es, equipment, and
parapherna11a that may be necessary in order to properly and
lawfully conduct the Special Municipal Elect1on.
SECTION 4. The polls for the Special Mun1c1pal Election
shall open at 7:00 a.m. of the day of the elect10n and shall
remain open continuously unt1l 8:00 p.m. of the same day when the
polls shall be closed except as prov1ded in Elect10ns Code
Section 14301.
SECTION 5. The not1ce of the time and place of hold1ng of
the Spec1al Municipal Election 1S hereby given and the C1ty Clerk
1S authorized, 1nstructed and d1rected to give such further or
additional not1ce of the elect10n in the t1me, form, and manner
requ~red by law.
SECTION 6. Pursuant to Elect10ns Code Sect10n 17050,
ballots cast by voters at the Special Munic1pal Election shall be
counted at a central place. Santa Mon1ca City Hall is designated
as the central place to count ballots. Not1ce of the central
count~ng place ~s hereby g~ven, and the City Clerk is authorized,
~nstructed and d~rected to g1ve such further or additional not~ce
of the central counting place 1n the time, form, and manner
required by law.
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SECTION
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At the Special Mun~cipal Election, the
following
proposit10n shall be subm1tted to the qualified
electors of the C1ty of Santa Monica:
PROPOSITION " ". Shall Sect10n
602 of the City Charter be amended
to increase the monthly
reimbursement for councilmembers YES
from $50 per month for
counc11members and $150 per month
for the Mayor to $300 per month
for the Mayor and counc11members
and to prov1de that the C~ty
Council may 1ncrease the $300 by NO
ord1nance not to exceed the
amounts pa1d councilmembers under
state law in general law c1t1es of
the same populat10n as the C1ty of
Santa Monica?
The City Clerk shall cause the text of the propos~tion, wh~ch is
conta1ned in Exhibit 1 attached hereto and 1ncorporated by
reference, to be mailed to all qua11fied voters w1th the sample
ballot. In add1t10n to other not1ces and pub11cations requ1red
by law, the City Clerk, not less than 40 days and not more than
60 days before the Spec1al Mun1clpal Election, shall cause the
text of the proposit10n to be publ1shed once 1n the off1cial
newspaper
and in each edition thereof during the day of
pub11cation.
SECTION 8.
Pursuant to Elections Code Section 5011, the
C1ty Clerk 1S directed to transmit a copy of the each measure to
be submitted to the voters to the City Attorney and the City
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Attorney 1S dlrected to prepare an impartial analysis of each
measure ~n accordance w1th the prov1slons of Elect10ns Code
Section SOll.
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In all part~culars not rec1ted in this
Resolutlon, the Speclal Municipal Election shall be held and
conducted as provided by law for holding municipal electlons in
the city of Santa Monlca.
SECTION 10. The C1ty Clerk 1S directed to send a copy of
this Resolution to the Board of Superv~sors of the County of Los
Angeles and to the Registrar of Voters.
SECTION 11 .
In the event the Special Municlpal Election
lS consolidated with the Statewlde General Elect~on on the same
date, the provisions of this Resolut~on applicable only 1n the
event the elect~on ~s conducted by the C1ty shall be of no force
or effect.
SECTION 12. The C1ty Clerk shall cert~fy to the adoption
of th~s Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall
be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Robert M. Myers
Clty Attorney
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EXHIBIT 1
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PROPOSAL BY CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
TO BE SUBMITTED TO VOTERS
OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
Sect~an 602 of Article VI of the City Charter of the C1ty
of Santa Monica shall be amended to read as follows:
Section 602. C~~nsation. The
members of the City Council shall receive no
compensation for their services as such, but
shall receive reimbursement for necessary
travel and other expenses when on official
duty out of the City on order of the City
Counc~l and, in addition:
(a) Until the municipal election at
wh~ch members of the City Council are elected
follow~ng the date of adoption of this
Section, the Mayor shall receive the sum of
$150.00 per month, which amount shall be
deemed reimbursement of out-Of-pocket
expend1tures and costs imposed upon him or
her as serv~ng as Mayor, and all other
members of the City Council shall receive the
sum of $50.00 per month, which amount shall
be deemed to be re1mbursement for
out-of-pocket expenditures and costs imposed
upon them in serving as members of the City
Council.
(b) After the munic~pal election at
which members of the City Council are elected
follow1ng the date of adoption of this
Section, all members of the City Council
shall receive the sum of $300.00 per month.
which amount shall be deemed reimbursement
for out-of-pocket expenditures and costs
imposed upon them in serving as members of
the City Council. By ordinance duly adopted
by the City Council. the amount of the
monthly reimbursement may be increased to an
amount equal to the base salary that could be
adopted by ordinance of a general law city of
the same population as the City of Santa
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Monica. In addition, by ord1nance duly
adopted by the City Council, the amount of
the monthly reimbursement may be increased by
an amount equal to five percent for each
calendar year from the operative date of the
last adjustment of the salary in effect when
the ordinance is adopted.
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS
28th
DAY
OF February
, 1 984 .
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MAYOR
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
NO. 6832(CCS).WAS DULY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AT A MEETING THEREOF HELD ON
February 28
. 1984 BY THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL VOTE:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Conn, Epstein, Jennings, Press,
Zane and Mayor. Edwards
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Reed
ABSENT:
COUNCILHEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILHEMBERS: None
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK