HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 7694 (Election 1988)RESOLUTION NO. 76g4
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL:
1) CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL, AND
SUBMITTING THE SAME TO THE ELECTORS OF SAID
CITY AND ORDERING THE PUBLICATION THEREOF;
2) REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CONSOLIDATE
WITH ANY OTHER ELECTION CONDUCTED ON THE SAME DATE;
3) REQUESTING ELECTION SERVICES BY THE COUNTY CLERK.
4) REQUESTING THE CITY CLERK TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL
ANALYSIS OF SAID MEASURE.
WHEREAS, it is the determination of the City Council of the
City of San Rafael that a Special Municipal Election be held on Tuesday,
June 7, 1988 at which election the issue to be presented to the voters
shall be:
Submission to the qualified electors of the following Measure,
to wit:
CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
APPOINTED CITY ATTORNEY
MEASURE C
Shall the Charter of the City of San Rafael be
amended so as to make the Office of City Attorney
appointive instead of elective, effective at
12:00 Midnight the day prior to the general /YES/
municipal election in 1991? The text of said
amendment to Section 1 and Section 11 of Article
VI of the Charter is set forth in Section A of /NO/
Resolution No. 7694 , passed by the City Council
of the City of San Rafael on Monday, March 7,
1988, and is now on file in the office of the
City Clerk.
WHEREAS, consistent with prior Council policy, rebuttals shall
not be received to ballot arguments; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Rafael may request
the Board of Supervisors of the County of Marin to consolidate the
Special Municipal Election with any other election conducted on the
same date; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Rafael may request
election services by the County Clerk of Marin County, California;
and
WHEREAS, California Elections Code Section 5011 provides that
the governing body may direct preparation by the City Clerk of an
impartial analysis of said Measure.
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NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the Council of the City
of San Rafael that pursuant to the requirements of laws of the State
of California there is called and ordered held in the City of San
Rafael, County of Marin, State of California, on Tuesday, June 7,
1988, a Special Municipal Election of the qualified electors of San
Rafael.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Marin, is hereby requested to:
1) Consolidate said election with any other election conducted
on the same day;
2) Authorize and direct the County Clerk, at City expense, to
provide the following election services and to canvass the results
of said election:
Provide Voter Indexes
Provide Voter Count by Precinct
Provide Drayage and Rental of Polling Places
Provide Printing of Sample and Official Ballots
Provide Printing of Measures and Arguments
Appoint and Notify Election Officers
Mail Sample Ballots and Polling Place Notification
Provide Precinct Supplies
Provide Training of Precinct Workers
Provide Processing of Absentee Ballots
Provide Central Counting
Provide Canvass of Votes Cast
Provide such other services as are necessary to conduct
the Special Municipal Election
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, as follows;
SECTION A
The Council of the City of San Rafael, California, on its own
motion, hereby proposes that the Charter of the City of San Rafael,
California, be amended by amending Sections 1 and 11 of Article VI,
which amendments shall be effective at 12:00 Midnight the day prior
to the General Municipal Election in 1991, so as to make the Office
of City Attorney appointive rather than elective, as follows:
Section 1 of Article VI be amended so as to delete therefrom
the following words: "a city attorney".
Section 11 of Article VI be amended so as to insert between
the words "a chief of police" and the words "a city treasurer"
the following: "a city attorney".
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SECTION B
The Council of the City of San Rafael proposes to, and does
on its own motion, submit to the qualified electors of the City of
San Rafael, California, at the Special Municipal Election to be held
on the 7th day of June, 1988, the proposal to amend the Charter of
the City of San Rafael, Calfornia, as set forth in Section A, above.
SECTION C
Consistent with prior Council policy, rebuttals shall not be
received to ballot arguments.
SECTION D
The City Clerk of the City of San Rafael is hereby ordered and
directed to cause said amendment to be published once, not less than
40, and not more than 60, days prior to the date of the Special Munici-
pal Election to be held on the 7th day of June, 1988, in the Marin
Independent Journal, the official newspaper of said City, in each
edition thereof during the day of publication, said newspaper being
a newspaper of general circulation published at least six days a
week in said City of San Rafael, California.
SECTION E
Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 5011, the City
Council of the City of San Rafael hereby directs preparation by the
City Clerk of an impartial analysis of said Measure.
SECTION F
The order of the City Council calling for the Special Municipal
Election shall be effective March 7, 1988.
SECTION G
The City Clerk is directed to submit a certified copy of this
Resolution to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Marin.
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael,
California, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly
and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the
Council of said City held on the 7th day of March 1988,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:Breiner, Thayer & Mayor Mulryan
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:Frugoli
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:Boro
JEANN LEONCINI4Ci y Clerk
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