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Pd~SOLUTION 64-116 ORDERING THAT A PROPOSITION BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY AT A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE CALLED FOR SAID PROPOSITION AND TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 1964, TO AMEND SECTION 402 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA TO INCREASE THE SALARY OF THE COUNCILMEN AND OF THE MAYOR WHEREAS, the size of the City of Santa Aha has considerably increased and the problems confronting the City Government have become more numerous and more complex with each passing month, so that the de~ands upon the time of the members of the City Council and the requirements of attendance at meetings of va=bus sorts have nearly doubled in the past two years, requiring expenditures for transportation and for other things which must be paid by the Council members from their own funds so that the existing salary of $125.00 per month is no longer adequate, sufficient or, in fact, any c~pensation for the services now rendered by Councilmen; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council on its own motion hereby authorizes and directs that a propo~ion be sub- mitted to the electors of the City proposing amendment of Section 402 of the Charter of the city of Santa Aha to provide a monthly compen- sation of each member of the City Council of $250.00 and the member elected by the City Council as Mayor to receive an additional amount of $50.00 each month, and that said section be amended so that the same will read as follows: "SECTION 402. CITY COUNCIL: COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS. Each member of the City Council shall receive as compensa- tion for his services as such a monthly salary in the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00). The member elected by the City Council to fill the office of Mayor shall receive the additional amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each month said member shall fill the office of Mayor. Further, each member of the City Council shall receive reimbursement for required travel and other expenses while on official business of the city as authorized and approved by the City Council. Absence of a member of the City Council from all regular and special meetings of the City Council during any calendar month shall render him ineligible to receive the monthly salary for such a calendar month unless by permission of the City Council expressed in its official minutes." BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the proposition to be placed upon the ballot for submission to the Electors of the City be in the words and figures as follows: Shall the Charter of the City of Santa Ana be amended by a~nd~ng Section 402 thereof to provide that each member of the City Council shall receive $250.00 each month as compensation for his services and the member elected by the City Council to fill the office of Mayor shall receive an additional amount each month of $50.00? ) : : ) YES : : ) : : ) : : ) NO : : ) : : ) : : The Clerk of the Council is hereby directed to print the proposed amendment to the Charter of the city of Santa Ana once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, and in all the editions thereof issued during the day of publication, not less than 40 days nor more than 60 days before said election; to publish notice inviting arguments against said proposition; to cause said amendment to be printed in type of not less than 10-point together with arguments for and against said proposition, and cause a copy thereof