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HomeMy WebLinkAbout73-118RESOLUTION 73-118 AMENDING SECTION 5 OF RESOLUTION NO. 58-281 WHEREAS, on November 3, 1958 the City Council passed and adopted Resolution No. 58-281 revising and establishing the Basic Compensation Plan for employees of the City of Santa Aha; and WHEREAS, the City Council has from time to time amended this Resolution; and WHEREAS, it is now desired to amend Section 5 relative to Beginning Rates to allow a new employee to be hired as high as step C within the appropriate salary range, instead of the current step B limitation, contingent upon department head recommendation and justification and City Manager authorization; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That Section 5 of Resolution 58-281 is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 5: Beginning Rates. A new employee of the City of Santa Ana shall be paid the rate shown as step A in the schedule allocated to the class of employment for which he or she has been hired. In special instances where such new employee possesses unique and exceptional educational training and/or experience qualificatiorg the department head, under whom the employee will serve, may submit a written request and justification to the City Manager for authorization to place such new employee on step B or step C within the allocated schedule; provided that such employee shall be assigned such salary step upon the commencement of his or her service in the position or employment to which the schedule applies and such assignment having once been made shall remain in effect until the said employee shall be entitled to advance to the next salary step in accordance with the further provisions of this resolution. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this Resolution shall take effect as of the 16th day of October, 1973. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 15 day of October , 1973. CLERK OF THE COUNCIL STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS CITY OF SANTA ANA ) I, Florence I. Malone, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Aha; that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 15 day of October ., 1973~ and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Griset, ~Tard, Yarnamoto, Patterson, Evans NOES, COUNCILMEN: Garthe. ABSENT, COUNCILMEN None Markel CLERK OF THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 73-119 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING THE DEPART- MENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO NEGOTIATE THE PURCHASE OF THE WATER SYSTEM IN SANTA ANA OWNED BY THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana has established and operates a system for the public distribution of water for domestic purposes; and WHEREAS, Southern California Water Company operates a water system within the boundaries of the City for the same purposes; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa has determined that all water service to the public within its boundaries should be rendered by the City; and WHEREAS, the City has a power of eminent domain by which to acquire the water system of Southern California Water Com- pany and in order to carry out that policy of the City it is necessary that the City acquire the aforementioned properties of Southern California Water Company, whether or not that Company is willing to sell such property; and WHEREAS, in a letter dated October 4, 1973, to the City of Santa Ana from C. L. Stuart, Vice President of the Southern California Water Company and in a proposed resolution attached to that letter, it is requested that the City pass a resolu- tion mentioning that it will, if necessary, exercise its power of eminent domain. Said letter and suggested resolution are attached hereto and incorporated by this reference as Exhi- bit A as if fully set forth herein; and WHEREAS, this resolution is not to be interpreted as being a condemnation resolution; and WHEREAS, Council has been informed that the Southern California Water Company will not enter into negotiations regarding the acquisition of any of its property prior to the passage of a resolution of this nature and has specifically requested the passage of a resolution of this nature; and WHEREAS, the City Council is aware of Government Code Section 7267.5 prohibiting public entities from taking any type of coercive action towards compelling an agreement of the price to be paid for property and expressly disclaims any desire to use this resolution as a method of complusion, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Santa Ana finds and determines that, in lieu of immediately initiat- ing litigation for the condemnation of such property, the City Officials are hereby instructed to explore the possibi- lities of effecting the acquisition of the aforementioned properties of Southern California Water Company through a negotiated transaction rather than as a result of litigation, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Officials are instructed in the course of such negotiations, to state the the City has the power of condemnation with respect to the aforementioned properties of Southern California Water RESOLUTION NO. 73-119 PAGE TWO Company and to notify Southern California Water Company of the determination of the City, expressed in this resolu- tion, to resort to the legal enforcement of the City's right of eminent domain if it is not possible to arrive at a negotiated acquisition by the City of these properties, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Santa Ana further determines that it will, if necessary, exercise its power of eminent domain to condemn and acquire the aforemen- tioned water system properties of Southern California Water Company. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 15 day of October , 1973. ATTEST: CLERK OF THE COUNCIL 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; that the fore- going Resolution was introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 15 day of October , 1973, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES, NOES, ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: COUNCILMEN: COUNCILMEN: Evans, Griset, Markel, Garthe, Yarnarnoto, Patterson, Ward None None CLERK OF THE COUNCIL 3/88 DUE TO POOR coNDITION ORIGINAL DESTROYED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY October 4, 1973 Mr. Walter B. Schraub Head, Water Engineering Section Engineering Division City of Santa Aha Department of Public Works 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Aha, California 92701 Dear Mr. Schraub: As we discussed at the meeting held in my office on Tuesday, October 2, with you and Mr. Roswell Jones, Engineer with James M. Montgomery, Consulting Engineers, Inc., I am enclosing with this letter a sample resolution which the City Council of the City of Santa Aha should adopt before we have any definitive discussions about the acquisition of our water system within the City limits. Very truly yours, SODTHEP~I CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY C. L. Stuart Vice President CLS/sp Enclosures