HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 6280 2012-07-09 RESOLUTION NUMBER 6280
A RESOLUTION OF THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL
SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING WRITTEN PRIMARY
ARGUMENTS REGARDING CITY MEASURES, AND DIRECTING
THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS
OF SUCH MEASURES
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Seal Beach,
California, on November 6, 2012, at which there will be submitted to the voters
the following measures:
Shall the Seal Beach Charter be amended to eliminate YES
the municipal run-off election process? NO
Shall the Seal Beach Charter be amended to make state YES
law govern the waiting period for installation of newly NO _
elected officials?
Shall the Seal Beach Charter be amended to allow the City YES_
Council to call an election by resolution? NO
Shall the Seal Beach Charter be amended to make City
Councilmembers ineligible for appointment as City YES
Manager or as a Department Head while serving on the NO _
City Council and for three years thereafter?
Shall the Seal Beach Charter be amended to allow the YES
City Council to establish the City Manager's powers and NO
duties by ordinance?
Shall the Seal Beach Charter be amended to eliminate an YES_
obsolete article regarding the Board of Education? NO
NOW, THEREFORE, THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL DOES RESOLVE,
DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City Council authorizes all members of the City Council to
file a written argument In Favor of or Against City measure(s) not exceeding 300
words, accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s)
submitting it, in accordance with Elections Code § 9280 et seq. The arguments
may be changed or withdrawn until and including August 6, 2012, the date set by
the City Clerk (end of business day) after which no arguments for or against the
City measure may be submitted to the City Clerk.
The arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, with the printed name(s)
and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an
organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and signature
of at least one of its principal officers who is the author of the argument. The
arguments shall be accompanied by the Form of Statement To Be Filed By
Author(s) of Argument.
Section 2. If more than one argument for or more than one argument against
any measure is submitted to the City Clerk by the date set in Section 1, the City
Clerk shall select one of the arguments in favor and one of the arguments
against the measure for printing and distribution to the voters. In selecting the
argument the City Clerk shall give preference and priority, in the order named, to
the arguments of the following:
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(a) The City Council, or member or members of the City Council
authorized by the City Council.
(b) Bona fide associations of citizens.
(c) Individual voters who are eligible to vote on the measure.
Section 3. The City Council hereby directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of
the measures to the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial
analysis of each measure showing the effect of the measure on the existing law
and the operation of the measure. The impartial analysis for each measure shall
be filed by August 6, 2012, the date set by the City Clerk for the filing of primary
arguments, and such analysis shall not exceed five hundred (500) words in
length.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the Seal Beach City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 9th day of July , 2012 by the following vote:
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I, Linda Devine, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number 6280 on file in
the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at
a regular meeting held on the 9th day of July , 2012.
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