HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 3621 RESOLUTION NO. 3621
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA,
RECITING THE FACT OF THE CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
HELD IN THE CITY OF DOWNEY WITH THE GENERAL STATE ELECTION ON
NOVEMBER 7, 1978, DECLARING THE RESULT THEREOF AND SUCH OTHER
MATTERS AS ARE PROVIDED BY LAW
WHEREAS, a consolidated special municipal election was held and conducted in
the City of Downey, County of Los Angeles, State of California, on Tuesday, the 7th
day of November, 1978, as required by law; and
WHEREAS, notice of said election was duly and regularily given in time, form
and manner as provided by law; and that in all respects said election was held and
conducted and the votes cast thereat, received and canvassed and the returns made
and declared in time, form and manner as required by the provisions of the Elections
Code of the State of California for the holding of consolidated special elections
in cities; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 3588, adopted on the 22nd day of August,
1978, the Registrar- Recorder of the County of Los Angeles canvassed the returns of
said election and has certified the results to this City Council, said results are
received, attached and made a part hereof as "Exhibit A ".
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Downey, California, does
resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That said consolidated special municipal election was held for
the purpose of voting on three Charter Amendments, to wit:
Three (3) amendments to the Charter of the City of Downey.
SECTION 2. That the whole number of votes cast in said City was 28,685.
SECTION 3. That the Charter Amendments voted for at said election are
as follows:
DOWNEY CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 2: (Proposition GG)
Shall proposed Charter Amendment No. 2 amending Section 512 of Article V
of the Charter, providing for either the publication of an ordinance
after its adoption or in lieu thereof the publication and posting of a
summary of the ordinance prior to and subsequent to the adoption of the
ordinance be ratified.
DOWNEY CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 3: (Proposition HH)
Shall proposed Charter Amendment No. 3 amending Section 1211 of Article XII
of the Charter, providing that contracts for public works in excess of the
amount of $7,500.00 be let to the lowest responsible bidder and work or
material costing less than $15,000.00 may be performed without calling for
bids when authorized by the City Council and providing these amounts may
be raised by not more than the increase in the Construction Cost Index by
a 2/3 vote of the City Council be ratified.
SECTION 4. That the number of votes given at each precinct and the number
of votes given in the City to each of the amendments above described were as listed
in "Exhibit A ", attached.
SECTION 5. The City Council does declare and determine that:
(a) Downey City Charter Amendment No. 2 (Proposition GG) was voted for
inclusion in the Downey City Charter; and,
(b) Downey City Charter Amendment No. 3 (Proposition HH) was voted for
inclusion in the Downey City Charter.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall enter on the records of the City Council
of said City a statement of the result of said election.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of December , 1978
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William L. Greene, Mayor
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Downey, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 12th
day of December , 1978, by the following vote:
AYES: 3 Council Members: Jackman, Mackaig, Greene
NOES: 0 Council Members: None
ABSENT: 2 Council Members: Miller, Swearingen
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EXHIBIT "A"
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
I, LEONARD PANISH, Registrar- Recorder of the County of
Los Angeles, State of California, do hereby certify that the
attached is a true and correct Canvass of the Votes Cast For and
Against PROPOSITIONS FF, GG AND HH FOR THE CITY OF DOWNEY SPECIAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION consolidated with the General Election held in
the City of Downey on November 7, 1978.
I further certify'that the total Ballots Cast at the
City of Downey Special Municipal Election is as follows:
PRECINCT ABSENTEE TOTAL
BALLOTS CAST BALLOTS CAST BALLOTS CAST
27,794 891 28,685
I further certify that the total of the votes cast on
said Propositions FF, GG and HH is as follows:
PROPOSITION FF YES NO
Precinct Vote 10,099 11,151
Absentee Vote 347 303
TOTAL VOTE 10,446 11,454
PROPOSITION GG
Precinct Vote 12,080 7,746
Absentee Vote 438 162
TOTAL VOTE 12,518 7,908
PROPOSITION HH YES NO
Precinct Vote 12,090 8,864
Absentee Vote 370 263
TOTAL VOTE 12,460 9,127
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal this 30th day of November, 1978.
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SECTION 2. The proposed amendments to the Charter
of said City submitted to the voters .shall be as follows:
Downey City Charter Amendment No. 1.
Shall Sections 500 and 501 of Article V of the Downey
City charter be amended to read as follows: t.
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ARTICLE V
CITY COUNCIL
• Section 500'. CITY COUNCIL. TERMS. The elective
officers of the City shall consist of a City Council of five
members, elected by the electors of the City at large from each of
the five districts referred to in Article XIII of this Charter,
and at the times and in the manner provided in this Charter. Each
member of the City Council shall serve for a term of four years
and until his 'successor qualifies.
• The office of Councilman from District No. 1 shall be
• • designated Office No. 1.
The office of Councilman from District No. 2 shall be
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The office of Councilman from District No. 3 shall be
designated Office No. 3.
The office of Councilman from District No. 4 shall be
designated Office No. 4.
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• The office of Councilman from District No. 5 shall be designated
Office No. 5.
The five members of the City Council in office at the time this
Charter takes effect shall continue in office representing their respective
districts until the expiration of their respective terms and until their
- successors are elected and qualified. The three members of the City Council
elected from districts numbers one, three and five shall be elected at the
general municipal election held in April, 1980 and each fourth year there-
after. The two members of the City Council elected from'districts number
two and four shall be elected at the general municipal election held in
• April, 1982 and each fourth year thereafter.
The term of each member of the City Council shall commence on
the first Tuesday following election. Ties in voting among candidates
for office shall be settled by the casting of lots.
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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 office he is a candidate and from which
he is elected or appointed at the time of filing his nominating papers or
equivalent declaration of and has been so for a period of not
less than 30 days next preceding such date of filing.
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• A person shall be eligible to hold office for a designated Council
District only so long as he remains a resident of
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Downey_City Charter Amendment No. 2. Shall Section
512 of Article V r of the Downey City Charter be amended to read as
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Section 512. • ORDINANCES. ENACTMENT. PUBLICATION.
In addition to such other acts of the City Council as are required
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by this Charter to be by ordinance, every act of the City Council
establishing a fine or other penalty, or granting a franchise,
shall be by ordinance'.
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• The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be substan-
tially as follows: "The City Council of the City of Downey does
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The City Clerk shall cause each ordinance to be pub-
lished at least once in the official newspaper within fifteen days
after its adoption.
As an alternative to the publication of an ordinance as
specified herein, the City Clerk may cause a summary of a proposed
ordinance to be prepared_ and published in the official newspaper
and post a copy of such summary with a copy of the full text of
the proposed ordinance at least ten days prior to the date it is
to be submitted to the City .Council for adoption, and the publica-
tion in the official newspaper of a summary of any ordinance
adopted by the City Council and a posting of a certified copy of
the full text of such adopted ordinance in the office of the City
Clerk along with the names of the Council members voting for and
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against the ordinances within fifteen days after the date of its
adoption. '
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DOWNEY CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 3
== Shall Section 1211 of the Downey Charter be amended to
read as follows: .
"Section 1211. Contracts on Public Works.
:Except, as hereinafter expressly provided, every con-
tract involving an expenditure of more than Seven
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) for the
construction or improvement (excluding maintenance and
repair) of ,public buildings, works, streets, drains,
sewers, utilities, parks and playgrounds, and each
separate purchase of materials or supplies for the same,
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where the expenditure required for such purchase shall
• exceed the sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred
($7,500.00), shall be let to the lowest responsible
bidder after notice by publication in the official
newspaper by two (2) or more insertions, the first of
which shall be at least ten (10) days before the time
for opening bids.
The City Council may reject any and all bids
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presented and may readvertise in its discretion. After
rejecting bids, or if no bids are received, or without
advertising for bids if the total amount of the contract
or project is Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) or
less, then the City Council may declare and determine
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that in its opinion, the work in may be per-
formed better or more economically by the City with its
own employees, or that the materials or supplies may be
purchased at a lower price in the open market, and after
the adoption of • a resolution to this effect by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the total members of
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the City Council, it may proceed to have said work done
or such materials or supplies purchased in the manner
stated, without further observance of the provisions of
this Section. Such contracts may be let and such
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purchases made without advertising for bids if such work
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or the purchase of such materials or supplies shall be
deemed by the City Council to be urgent necessity for
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be authorized by the affirmative vote of at least
• two-thirds of the total membership of the City Council.
The limitations as provided in this Section may be
increased by adoption of a resolution by the affirmative
vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the total members of the
City Council provided, however, that such increase shall
not be greater in percentagp than the percentage change
in the construction cost index of the Los Angeles
Metropolitan Area as reported by the Engineering News
Record from the effective date of this section to the
date of the change.
Projects for the extension, construction or improve-
ment of any public utility system operated by the City
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or for the purchase of sup or equipment for any
such project or any such utility may be excepted from .
- requirements of 'this Section by the affirmative
— .. vote of a majority of the total members of the City
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. SECTION 3.. That the foregoing ..proposals hereby submit
ted shall appear upon the ballots for said general Municipal ..
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election in substantially the following form: •
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:Article V, providing that councilmen : YES
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:V. of the Charter, providing for : YES
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:ordinance be ratified. :. NO
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- • :amending Section 1211 of Article XII : •
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' : • .. :the amount $7,500.00 be let to the • '
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•• . : bids whun authorized by the City :
:Council and providing these amounts :
:may be raised by not more than the increase: .
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SECTION 4: That the polls for said election shall be
opened at seven o'clock A.M. of the day of said election and shall
remain open continuously . from said time until eight o'clock P.M.
of the same day, when said polls shall be closed, except as
provided in Section 14301 of the Elections Code of the State of
California. •
SECTION 5. That the special election hereby .called for
the date hereinbefore specified shall be and is hereby ordered
consolidated with the statewide General election . to be held on
said date, and within said city the precincts, polling places and
officers of election for the special Municipal election hereby
called shall be the same as those provided for said statewide
General election. The Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County
-- is hereby requested to order the consolidation of the special
Municipal election hereby called with said statewide General
election, and the Registrar of Voters is hereby authorized to
canvass the returns of said special Municipal election, and said
elections shall be held in all respects as if there were only one
election, and only one form of ballot, namely, the ballots used at
said general State election, shall be used. Said Registrar of
. • Voters shall certify-the results of the canvass of the returns of
said special Municipal election to the City Council of said city
which .shall thereafter declare the results thereof. A proposition
submitted by this resolution shall be designated on the ballot by
a letter printed on the left margin of the square containing the
description of the measure, as provided in Section 10219 of the
Elections Code.
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