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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING <br /> OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA <br /> <br />December 6, 1982 <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order by Vice Mayor R. W. Luxembourger at <br />1:11 p.m., in Room 147, City Council Chambers, 22 Civic Center Plaza. <br />Councilmembers present were John Acosta, Daniel E. Griset, J. Ogden <br />Markel, Patricia A. McGuigan, and Alfred C. Serrato. Also present were <br />City Manager A. J. Wilson, City Attorney Edward J. Cooper, and Clerk of <br />the Council Janice C. Guy. Mayor Gordon Bricken was absent. <br /> <br />CHARTER LANGUAGE The City Manager and Assistant <br />APRIL BALLOT City Attorney reviewed the pro- <br /> posed Charter amendments for <br /> the April, 1983 ballot, which <br />include election of Councilmembers by ward, direct election of the Mayor, <br />and terms for City board and commission members to run concurrently with <br />Council terms of office. The Assistant City Attorney presented two <br />proposals for the election of the Mayor, one which provided for the Mayor <br />as an eighth member of the legislative body with chairmanship responsibili- <br />ties, veto power, but not voting power, and a second which maintained <br />the position as currently conducted only changing method of selection. <br /> <br />By unanimous informal consent, Council agreed to place the matter of election <br />by ward on the April ballot. <br /> <br />Following discussion, MOTION was made by McGuigan, seconded by Griset, <br />to consider the proposal for election of Mayor which would include the <br />election of the Mayor at-large, as part of the seven-member council with <br />voting power, but no right to veto. <br /> <br />AYES: <br />NOES: <br />ABSENT: <br /> <br />Acosta, Griset, Luxembourger, McGuigan, Serrato <br />Markel <br />Bricken <br /> <br />By unanimous informal consent, Council agreed that candidates for Mayor <br />should have two years' prior service on the City Council. <br /> <br />MOTION was made by McGuigan, seconded by Acosta, that the Mayor's term <br />should be for two years. <br /> <br />AYES: <br />NOES: <br />ABSENT: <br /> <br />Acosta, Griset, Luxembourger, McGuigan, Serrato <br />Markel <br />Bricken <br /> <br />Lori Bassett, member of the Charter Revision Committee, reviewed the reasons <br />for the recommendations of the committee on this issue. <br /> <br />By unanimous informal consent, Council agreed to continue further discussion <br />on the proposed Charter amendments to later in the meeting. CA 129A <br /> <br />The Council recessed at 2:10 p.m., and reconvened in the Council Chambers <br />at 2:17 p.m., with the same members present. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 395 DECEMBER 6, 1982 <br /> <br /> <br />