HomeMy WebLinkAbout58-193RESOLUTION N0.58-193 ORDERING THAT PROPOSITION BE SUB-
~!~ITTED TO THE E~------C~RS OF THE CI TY AT A SPECIAL ~iUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE CALLED FOR SAID PROPOSITION A/~D TO BE HELD
ON NOVE~BER 4TH, 1958, TO A~,~ND SECTION 402 OF THE CHARTER
OF THE CITY 02' SAif£A ANA TO INCREASE fTHE BALARY OF COUNCIL-
~{EN FR0~,~ ~i75.00 TO ~125.00 PER NONTH
'~IEREAS, the size of the City of Sa~ ta Ana has considerably
increased and t~e problems confronting the City Government have be-
come more numerous and more complex ~ th each passing month, so that
the demands upon the time of the members of the City Council and the
requirements of attendance at meetings of various sorts have nearly
doubled in the past two years, requiring expenditures for transporta-
tion and for other things which must be paid by the Council members
from their.a~funds so t~at the exist~nag salar]r~ of ~75.00 per month is
no longer adequate, sufficient or, in fact, any compensation for the
services now rendered by Councilmen;
NOW, ~EREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: %/act the City Council on its
own motion hereby authorizes mud directs that a proposition be sub-
mitted to ~ne electors of the City proposing amendment of Section 40a
of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana to provide a monthly compensa-
tion of each member of the City Council of ~12~.00 instead of the
present ~$7~.00, and that said section be amended so that the ssuue will
read as follows:
"Section 40a. CITY COLr~CIL: CO~PENSATION OF ~'~ERS.
Each member of the City Council shall receive as compen-
sation for his services as such a monthly salary in the
suz~ of One Hundred Twenty-~ive Dollars (~;12~.00 . Further,
)
each member of the City Council shall receive reimburse-
~aent for required travel and other expenses while on offi-
cial business outside the City as authorized and approved by
the City Council.
Absence of a member of the City Council from all regular and
special n~etings of the City Council during any calendar
month shall render him ineligible to receive t~%e 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 ~lectors of the City be in
the words and figures as follows:
Shall the Charter of the City of sacra Ana be )
amended by amending Section 402 thereof to pro-) YES
vide tl~at each member of the City Council shall)
receive as compensation for his services a )
monthly salary in the sum of ~[;12~.007 ) NO
The Clerk of the Council is hereby directed to print the
proposed a~mendment to the Charter of the City of Santa Aua once
in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, and in all the
editions thereof issued d~ring the day of publication, not less
th~a 4.0 days nor more than 60 days before said election; to publish
notice inviting arguments against said proposition; to cause said
a~endment to be printed in t~pe of riot le ss th~a 10-point together
with arguments for and against said proposition, and cause a copy
thereof enclosed in an envelope wit]~ sample ballot to be mailed to
each Voter; to publish a ?~otice of "i~easure To Be Voted On" and to
publish notice that a copy of said proposed ~endment may be had by
registered electors on ~p~ plics, tion thereof, all as required by law.
BE IT ?UR'i~ER RESOLVED: That the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Orsa ge be and it is hereby requested to grant permission
for, and to order, consolidation of the Special Election to be called
and held in the ~ity of Ssa ta Ana on ~ovember 4, i 9~8, with the State-
wide general election to be held on said date. Said Board of Super-
visors is hereby autho~ized to canvas the returns of said Special
Election which it is hereby requested to consolidate with said State-
wide general election and said elections shall be held in all re-
soects as if there were only one election, and only one form of ballot
shall be used.
BE IT ~UR~qER RESOLVED: That said Board of Supervisors is
authorized to form the precincts within the City of Santa Ana, to fix
the polling places, appoint the precinct boards and provide for the
expenses of said election; that the election officers serving at said
consolidated election shall receive as compensation for their services,
the sum fixed by said Board of Supervisors; that the polls shall be
open between the hours of y o'clock ~..~. and 7 o~clock P.N.; that the
voting precincts, polling places and election boards shall be those
named and established bj· said Board of Supervisors for the Statewide
General Election to be held November 4, 19~8.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of t e Citer of Santa
Ana at its regular meeting held on the
ATTEST:
CL.,~RK OF THE COUNCIL
4th /da>7 of Au us / i
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA AN';, )
I, E~YA HUNTER, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the
Council of the City of Ss~ta ~aa; that the foregoing Resolutio~ was
regularly introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on
on the ~th day of August , 1958, and was at said meeting regu-
larly passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit:
YES,
COUNCIL~EN: Royal E. Hubbard, Stanley C. Gould, Jr.,
A. A. Hall, Dale H. Heinly
~OES,. C 0UNCI LMJ~N: None
ABSE ~'T, COUNCIL~,~{EN: J. Ogden Markel
CLERK OF T~E COUNCIL
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