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RESOLUTION NO. _51SS(CCS)
(C2ty Counc2l Series)
A RESOLUTION OP THE CITY COUNCIL-
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA SETTING
A GENERAL MU~ICIPAL ELECTION DATE
FOR THE 10TH DAY OF APRIL, 1919 M~D
PROPOSING THAT PROPOSITION "A", AU
AMENDMENT TO SECTIOn 1110 OF THE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AND -THAT PROPOSITION "B", CONCERNING
THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
GOVERNING BOARD, BE SUBMITTED TO THE
QUALIFJED ELECTORS AT THAT ELECTION.
Charter, general rnunic1pal elections for the filllng of elec-
WHEREAS, by Section 1400 of the Santa Monica City
each odd numbered year; and
t1ve offices shall be held on the second Tuesday in April in
imEREAS, three Council seats are to be filled; and
hereinafter referred to-as Proposition "A"; and
WOralng changes and correcting minor grammatlcal errors, all
ellminating or clarifying references to gender,.2naking certain
cular modificat1ons ln personnel and employment pract~ces,
WHEREAS, the Personnel Board has ~ecommended parti-
Santa Monica; and
must be- submitted to the quallfied electors of the C~ty of
of the Santa Honica Municipal Charter, known as Proposition nA"
WHEREAS, the suggested amendments to Section 1110
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WHEREAS, unqer exj9ting law, the Santa Monica School
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Dlstrlct and the Community College District are governed by
the same governing board; and
WH~AS, Cili1~hla Senate Bill No. 2100, Chapter 334,
Statutes of 1978,~ e.~~l.na,tes.: any heretofore eXlsting legal
barriers to the establishment of a separate governing board for
the Community College Dlstr"lct; an9.'
WHEREAS, the dutles and responsibilities of the
Governing Board of the Santa Monica School District and the
Co~unity College District have become increasingly complex
and tlme consuming; and
WHEREAS, California Senate Bill No. 2100 authorizes
the City Council of the City of Santa Monica to place by res-
olution on the ballot, herein referred to as Proposition liB",
the question of whether the City Charter, Artlcle IX, Section
900 et. seq., should be,amended to allow the~formation of a
separate governlng board for the Community College Dlstrict.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Clty Council of the City of
Santa Monica does hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. A general municlpal election shall be
held In the Clty of Santa Monica on the 10th day of April, 1979.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to Callfornia Elections Code
Sectlons 22830 and 22835, the City Clerk, not earlier than
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the 89th no~ later than the 75th day before the electlo~ shall
publlSh a notice of the election pursuant to Callfornia Government
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Code Sectlon 6061. The notice shall be pUblisbed ln The
Evening Outlook, the offlcial newspaper of the City of
Santa Nonlca. It shall be headed IINotJ..ce of El.ectionll, and
shall contain astat~nt of:
(a) The tlme of ~~e election;
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The offlces to be filled, specifying
· ful,l ~te-;,rm or s4ort~_ ~rm, as the case
may be;
A synopsis of ballot measures herein called Propositions IIA"
and "BII shall be published pursuant to Government Code Sectl.on
34458.
SEC~ON 3. The polls for sald election shall be
open at 7:00 A.M. on the day_of said election and shall remain
open continuously from sald time until ~:OO P.M. on the same
day pihen said polis shall.be closed, except as provided in
Section - 5734 of the Electlons Code of the.'~tate of Californla.
SECTION 4. The following measures are to he submitted
to the quallfl.ed electors of the City of Santa Monica.
a. Proposit.1on "A" relative to the afl:lendment
of Sect.1on 1110 of the Charter of the City of Santa .Mon.1ca to
read as follows:
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SECTION 1110. SUSPENSION, DEMOTION AND DISMISSAL.
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?he City Council and all officers hav.1ng appointive
author.1ty are vested with the ri~ht to exercise the d2sciplinary
and removal powers hereinafter provided.
An employee serving a probatlonary period in an office,
position or employment, shall be suijject to removal therefrom
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An employee, other than one Servlng a probationary perlod,
holding a posltion in the Classifled Servlce shall be subJect to
1) suspenslon without pay for a perlod of not exCeed1ng thirty (30)
days~in anyone (1) calendar year; 2) to demotion, or removal from
hiS/her position for mlsconduct, incompetency, inefficiency or for
failure to observe the rules or regulat10ns of the department, office
or agency, or to co-operate reasonably with hiS/her superior or
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fellow e~ployees but subject to the r1ght of the employee to appeal
to the Personnel Board 1n the manner set forth here1n.
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Such employee shall be entitled to receive upon request,
at the office 'oP the board or pfficer taking such action, not later
than the tenth calendar day thereafter, a wrltten statement in which
shall be stated separately each of the charges against the employee
upon which suspension, demotlon or reMoval is based, a copy of which
statement shall be furnlshed by the Secretary of the Personnel Board.
The employee shall have ten (10) calendar days after the recelpt of
Such statement of charges to file an answer to such charges should
he or she desire to do so.
The answer shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk
and with the Secretary of the Personnel Board. In the answer, such
employee may request a hearing by the Personnel Board to review
such suspensio~demotion or removal Wh1Ch shall be called and
held ~s provlded for ln the rules and regulations. Hear1ngs may
be conducted informally and the rules
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of evidence need not apply. The Personnel Board shall make written
findlngs, concluslons and recommendatlons which shall state for each
charge whether or not such charge is sustained and whether Just cause
exists for d1scipline.
If, with respect to a demotlon, such Personnel Board shall
conclude that such demotion or removal was wlthout just cause, a
recommendatlon by it of relnstatement Wlthout loss of pay shall be
binding upon the appointing power who forthWlth shall order such
relnstatement and in such event the concluslons and recommendation
of the Personnel Board shall be flnal and no appeal may be taken
therefrom. If the Personnel Board concludes that such demotlon or
only and shall not be binding on the appointing power and 1n such
removal was with Just cause, any recommendation by it shall be advisory
instance and 1n the instance of a Suspension the declsion of the
appointing power shall be final and no appeal may be taken therefrom.
Vacancies created under th1s section may be fllled by the appointlng
authority by temporary-appointment pending the completion of any
proceedings taken hereunder.
A reduction in pay shall be a demotion, under thlS seetlon,
unless it 1S a part of ~ plan tp reduce salaries and wages in connec-
tion w1th a general economy or curtailment program. A fallure to
grant an lncrease to an indi~idrial at a tlme when increases are
granted generally as a p~rt of a plan to tncreasesalarles-and wages
throughout the City service shall likewise be a demotion.
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b. Proposl.t,ionUB" relative to the establl.shrnent
of a separate Board of Trustees for the Santa Monica Communl.ty
College Dl.strict as recommended for placement on the ballot at
the Santa Monl.ca City Council Meetl.ng on November 28, 1918,
Item llA.
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SECTION 5. Upon the ballots to be used at such
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regular municipal election, and l.n addition to the other matters
required by law, there shoUld be printed substantl.ally the
following:
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. PROPOSITION "A ". PERSONNEL CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
.Shall certain amendments, as proposed, to
~Section 1110 of the Charter of the City of
.Santa Monica providlng for particular modl-
.catlons and personnel and employment practices,
.eliminating or clarlfying references to gender,
.making certain wordlng changes, and correctlng
.minor grammatical errors, be adopted?
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.PROPOSITION liB". ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE
.BOARD FOR SANTA MONICA COMMUNITY DISTRICT. YES
.Shall the Charter of the City of Santa Monica
.be amended to. provide for a new, separate
.governlng board for the Community College NO
.District lnstead of having the same governing
.board for both the Santa Monica School Dlstrict
.and the community College District?
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SECTION 6. -The Mayor is hereby authorized and
dlrected to appolnt aommlttees of three members of the
City Council to prepare a ballot arg~nt on behalf of
those mernbers of the City Counell supporting the forma-
tion of a new governlng board for the Community College
and for those members of the Clty Council supporting
Proposltion "A".
SECTION 7. The_Clty Attorney is directed to
prepare an lmpartial analysls of Proposltlons "A" and "B"
herelnbefore outllned pursuant to section 5010.5 of the
Government Code of The State of California.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certlfy to the
adoption of this resolut~on and thenceforth and thereafter,
the same shall be ln full force ana effect.
APPROVED AS TO FOR1<1:
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS 12th
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December
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING RESOLUTIONJ
No. 5158 ~ WAS DULY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF HELD ON
December 12 , 1978 BY THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL VOTE:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BambrIck, Cohens Reed, Scott,
Trives, van den Steenhoven, Swink
NOES:
COUNCIlMEMBERS: None
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS: ~one
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: ~one
ATTEST: _
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