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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 1641 2014-06-23 • ORDINANCE NUMBER 1641 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA CALLING FOR AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE HOLDING OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014, FOR THE ELECTION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: 111 SECTION 1. Pursuant to §506 of the City Charter, the City Council hereby calls and orders to be held in the City of Seal Beach, California, on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, a General Municipal Election for the purpose of electing City Councilmembers for the full term of four years in Councilmanic District One, Councilmanic District Three, and Councilmanic District Five. SECTION 2. That the ballots to be used at the election shall be in form and content as required by law. SECTION 3. The City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to coordinate with the County of Orange Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk to procure and furnish any and all official ballots, notices, printed matter, and all supplies, equipment and paraphernalia that may be necessary in order to properly and lawfully conduct the election. SECTION 4. That the polls for the election shall be open at 7:00 a.m. of the day of the election and shall remain open continuously from that time until 8:00 p.m. of the same day when the polls shall be closed, pursuant to Elections Code §10242, except as provided in Elections Code §14401. SECTION 5. That in all particulars not recited in this Ordinance, the election shall be held and conducted as provided by the City Charter and other applicable law for holding municipal elections. SECTION 6. That notice of the time and place of holding the election is given and the City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to give further or additional notice of the election, in time, form, and manner as required by law. SECTION 7. In accordance with the City Charter §509 in the event no candidate for an office receives a majority (50% plus 1) of all the votes cast for such office, • there shall be a Municipal Run-off Election and the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for such office at the General Municipal Election held on November 4, 2014 shall be the only candidates for such office printed upon the ballots at the Municipal Run-off Election as certified by the County of Orange Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. Pursuant to City Charter §502, such Municipal Run-off Election for the election of officers shall be held on the last Tuesday in January in each odd-numbered year (January 27, 2015). • SECTION 8. The City Council authorizes the City Clerk to administer such election and all reasonable and actual election expenses shall be paid by the City upon presentation of a properly submitted bill. SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance, shall cause the same to be published at least three times in the official newspaper of the City of Seal Beach ten days prior to the date of the election, and entered into the book of ordinances. SECTION 10. Pursuant to City Charter §416(a), this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption. • Ordinance Number 1641 PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Seal • Beach, California, at a meeting held on the 23rd day of June • 2014. • E SE se-_, Mayo} Pro Tem ATTEST: * <: pi Cif Clerk • STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS CITY OF SEAL BEACH } I, Linda Devine, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was passed, approved and adopted by the City • Council of the City of Seal Beach at a meeting thereof held on the 23rd day of June , 2014, by the following vote: , ' AYES: Council Member- nal ad ./1 et' NOES: Council Members 97:171 , ABSENT: Council Members • ABSTAIN: Council Members and do hereby certify that Ordinance Number 1641 has been published as required by law. • City • lerk • 1