HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 3231 RESOLUTION NO. 3231
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
PROVIDING THAT THE PROPOSED DOWNEY CITY CHARTER
AMENDMENT NO. 1 BE SUBMITTED TO A VOTE OF THE QUALIFIED
ELECTORS OF SAID CITY AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON THE 13TH DAY OF APRIL, 1976
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The following Downey City Charter Amendment hereby
is proposed to be submitted to the qualified electors of the City of
Downey at the General Municipal Election to be held in said City on the
13th day of April, 1976. Said Downey City Charter Amendment is as
follows - Downey City Charter Amendment No. 1. Shall Section 501 of
the Downey Charter be amended to read as follows:
"Section 501. Eligibility. No person shall be eligible
to hold office as a member of the City Council unless he
is, at the time of filing his nominating papers or
equivalent declaration of candidacy, a resident and
qualified elector of the city and has been so for a
period of not less than 30 days next preceding such date
of filing, and a resident and qualified elector of the
district from which he is elected or appointed at the
time of filing his nominating papers or equivalent decla-
ration of candidacy and for a period of not less than 30
days next preceding such date of filing."
SECTION 2. The City Clerk hereby is authorized and directed to
publish a notice containing said proposed Downey City Charter Amendment
set forth in this Resolution, together with the date fixed in this
Resolution for the holding of said General Municipal Election, to wit:
the 13th day of April, 1976, in the Southeast News which is hereby
designated as the official newspaper of the City of Downey for the
publication of such notice.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall cause copies of the Charter
Amendment proposed by this Resolution to be printed in a convenient
pamphlet form and in type of not less than ten, and shall cause copies
to be mailed to each of the qualified electors of said City, and the
City Clerk shall to the date fixed in this Resolution for the holding of
said General Municipal Election continuously advertise in one or more
newspapers of general circulation in said City a notice that such copies
may be had upon application therefor.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of January, 1976.
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Jsph o E. DiLoreto, Mayor
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City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss.
CITY OF DOWNEY )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey held on the
12th day of January, 1976, by an affirmative vote of at least five
Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: 5 Council Members: Scotto, Winton, Jennings, Greene, DiLoreto
NOES: 0 Council Members: None
ABSENT: 0 Council Members: None _ -- --> �, F --„\, �":�
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