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SRC 1 210 112 01 7 <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS -XXX <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE SANTA ANA <br />MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 2-101 <br />CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR PRO <br />TEM TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. Chapter 2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by <br />amending Section 2-101 to read as follows: <br />"Sec. 2-101: — Organization, selection of mayor pro tem and authority to execute <br />contracts <br />"The newly elected council shall convene as set forth in the Santa Ana Charter. The newly <br />elected council shall proceed to organize, and the newly elected mayor shall immediately become <br />the presiding officer. The council shall thereafter elect a. mayor pro tem by a majority vote of the <br />council. <br />At any subsequent meeting of the council, in the absence of the mayor and the mayor pro <br />tem the clerk of the council shall call the council to order and call the roll of the members. If a <br />quorum is found to be present, the council shall,- by majority vote of those present, elect a <br />chairman of the meeting to act during the meeting or until one of the regularly designated <br />presiding officers shall appear. <br />The mayor pro tem shall have the same authority as the Mayor has to execute contracts <br />on behalf of the City Council, even in circumstances when the mayor is not absent, but where the <br />mayor cannot or will not execute a contract approved by the City Council due to legal or personal <br />reasons." <br />Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this <br />ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court <br />of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions <br />of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would <br />have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or <br />portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, <br />clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. <br />y 1 <br />J <br />