HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 5556 RESOLUTION NO. 5556
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY,
CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS
REGARDING A MEASURE AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY
TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS
WHEREAS, a Special Municipal Election is to be held in the City of
Downey, California on November 3, 1992, at which there will be submitted to
the voters the following measure:
Shall Ordinance No. 944 be adopted, which approves the Utility
Users Tax as a special tax and requires the money received from the
Utility Users Tax to be (1) deposited into a special fund of the
City; (2) accounted for separately from other taxes and revenue;
and (3) used only for public safety services?
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA, DOES
RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council, being the legislative body of the City
of Downey, hereby authorizes
Council Member Barbara J. Riley to prepare a written argument in
favor of the measure; and
Council Member Robert S. Brazelton to prepare a written argument in
opposition to the measure,
as members of said body as specified above in accordance with Article 4,
Chapter 3, Division 5 of the Elections Code of the State of California and to
change the argument until and including the date fixed by the City Clerk after
which no arguments for or against the City measure may be submitted to the
City Clerk.
SECTION 2. That the City Council directs the City Clerk to transmit a
copy of the measure to the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall prepare an
impartial analysis of the measure showing the effect of the measure on the
existing law and the operation of the measure. The impartial analysis shall
be filed by the date set by the City Clerk for the filing of primary
arguments.
SECTION 3. Resolution No. 5551, adopted on April 28, 1992, is hereby
amended to provide that the language of the ballot measure specified in such
Resolution shall be replaced with the following ballot measure and the City
Clerk shall note this change on Resolution No. 5551:
Shall Ordinance No. 944 be adopted, which approves the Utility
Users Tax as a special tax and requires the money received from the
Utility Users Tax to be (1) deposited into a special fund of the
City; (2) accounted for separately from other taxes and revenue;
and (3) used only for public safety services?
Resolution No. 5556
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SECTION 4. That 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 this 12th day of May, 1992.
Ba • • a --J. .den, Mayor
ATTEST:
City CeT
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City
Council of the City of Downey at a regular meeting held on the 12th day of
May, 1992, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: 3 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Cormack, Riley, Hayden
NOES: 2 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Boggs, Brazelton
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
City Clerk
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