11B - 2ND READ ORD MAYOR PRO AUTHORITY TO SIGN

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SRC 12/01/2017 ORDINANCE NO. NS -XXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 2-101 CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR PRO TEM TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Section 2-101 to read as follows: "Sec. 2-101. — Organization, selection of mayor pro tem and authority to execute contracts "The newly elected council shall convene as set forth in the Santa Ana Charter. The newly elected council shall proceed to organize, and the newly elected mayor shall immediately become the presiding officer. The council shall thereafter elect a mayor pro tem by a majority vote of the council. At any subsequent meeting of the council, in the absence of the mayor and the mayor pro tem the clerk of the council shall call the council to order and call the roll of the members. If a quorum is found to be present, the council shall, by majority vote of those present, elect a chairman of the meeting to act during the meeting or until one of the regularly designated presiding officers shall appear. The mayor pro tem shall have the same authority as the Mayor has to execute contracts on behalf of the City Council, even in circumstances when the mayor is not absent, but where the mayor cannot or will not execute a contract approved by the City Council due to legal or personal reasons." Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. 11 B-3