HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1155ORDINANCE NS-1155 PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING
OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, ON THE 3RD DAY OF APRIL,
1973 FOR THE ELECTION OF FOUR MEMBERS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL, AND FOR VOTING ON A MEASURE
PROPOSING AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF SAID CITY,
GIVING NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION, DESIGNATING
POLLING PLACES, HOURS DURING WHICH THE POLLS
SHALL BE OPEN, AND APPOINTING ELECTION OFFICERS
TO SERVE AT SAID ELECTION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That a general Municipal Election is hereby
called to be held in the City of Santa Ana, California, on
April 3, 1973.
SECTION 2: That there shall be 93 voting precincts,
several of which are single State and County precincts renumbered
for said Election and the rest of which consist of consolidations
of two State and County precincts, all consisting of territory
within the City of Santa Ana.
SECTION 3: That the Precinct Board of each precinct shall
consist of one Inspector, one Judge, and two Clerks; and that
said Precinct Officers shall receive the following compensation
for their services: Inspectors, $21.00; Judges and Clerks, $18.00;
owners of privately owned polling places shall receive the sum of
$15.00 for the use of each polling place.
That the consolidated voting precincts, the polling places
thereof, and the Precinct Board for each such precinct shall be
as set out on that certain document headed "ELECTION OFFICERS AND
POLLING PLACES" on file in the office of the Clerk of the Council,
and the Boards of each such voting precinct are hereby appointed.
The Clerk of the Council is hereby authorized to find and appoint
substitutes for any election officer hereby appointed who is
unable or unwilling to act.
SECTION 4: That said Election shall be held and conducted
in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of
Santa Ana, the Constitution of the State of California, and the
provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California insofar
as the same may be applicable thereto. On the day of the Election
the polls shall be opened at 7:00 A.M. and shall be kept open until
8:00 P.M., at which time the polls shall be closed. The Clerk of
the Council shall prepare and cause to be published a NOTICE OF
ELECTION for one time; a list of names of the nominees in the order
in which they will appear on the Ballot and the respective offices
for which they are nominated once a week for two successive weeks,
at least 5 intervening days between the dates of publication; the
section of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana to be submitted
to the voters as they are proposed to be changed on a day before
the Election; a synopsis of the measure to be voted on once a week
for two successive weeks, at least 5 intervening days between the
dates of publication; a Notice that copies of the section of the
Charter of the City of Santa Aha proposed to be amended at said
Election may be obtained in the office of the Clerk of the Council
each day until the day of the Election; and a notice of election
officers and polling places for one time.
SECTION 5: The Clerk of the Council shall prepare and cause
to be printed official ballots and election supplies necessary for
the holding of said Election as required by law, and sample ballots
and polling place cards, and a pamphlet containing the proposition
to be submitted and the sections of the Charter of the City of
Santa Ana proposed to be amended showing the proposed changes,
and shall provide for the mailing of the same to each registered
elector within the City.
SECTION 6: That said General Municipal Election is held
to fill the offices for the terms as follows:
Four (4) members of the City Council, to be nominated
from Wards One, Three, Five and Seven and to be elected
by the electors of the City at large, the term of each
to begin on April 10, 1973, or as soon thereafter as
the result of said Election can be declared, and to hold
office until the second Tuesday of April, 1977.
SECTION 7: That the Clerk of the Council shall cause this
Ordinance to be published one time within fifteen (15) days of the
date of its adoption. This Ordinance, dealing with an election,
shall take effect on the day of its publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa
Ana at its regular meeting held on the ~St~ day of February, 1971.
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
MAYOR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
SS
I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the
Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana, California; that
the foregoing Ordinance was introduced to said Council at its
regular meeting held on the 5th day of February, 1972, and was
again considered at its regular meeting held on the Z0/h day of
February, 1973, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES,
NOES,
COUNCILMEN: Herrin, Evans, Griset, Yamamoto, Patterson,
Markel
COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT,
COUNCILMEN: Villa
AMES A. VCITHEt~S, CITY ATTOt~N Y
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL