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ORDINANCE NO. NS -2936
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.
Ordinance No. NS -2936
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ADOPTED this 16th day of Januarv, 2018.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carv4lho,
City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
Benavides, Martinez Pulido, Sarmiento,
Solorio Tinalero Villegas (7)
None (0)
None (0)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers None (0)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that the
attached Ordinance No. NS -2936 to be the original ordinance adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Ana on January 16, 2018, and that said ordinance was
published in accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date: l A3 W,9
Maria D. Huizar
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
Ordinance No. NS -2936
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