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RESOLUTION NO. 3974
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
ORDERING AND FIXING MAY 9, 1967 AS THE DATE FOR
SPECIAL RECALL ELECTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 OF
ARTICLE VI OF CHARTER
WHEREAS, on March 22, 1967, eight separate petitions were filed
with the City Clerk, each demanding an election of a successor to
the Councilman named therein pursuant to the recall provisions of
section 1 of Article VI of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto,
hereinafter for brevity called the Charter", and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Charter, the City Clerk caused to be
examined and ascertained from the records of registration whether
or not said petitions were signed by the requisite number of elec-
tors entitled to vote, and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk has submitted said petitions to the
Council with her certificate dated April 3, 1967 attached to each
stating that each such petition is sufficient as filed, and
WHEREAS, the Charter provides that when any such petition so
signed has been submitted to the Council, the Council shall there-
upon order and fix a date for holding the said election not less
than thirty days nor more than forty days from the date of the
clerk's certificate to the Council that a sufficient petition has
been filed, and
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election has been yet for
May 9, 1167,
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
RESOLVE as follows
SECTION 1. Pursuant to the Charter, a special recall election
is hereby ordered and fixed to be held in the City of Palo Alto on
Tuesday, May 9, 1967, for the purpose of determining who shall
complete the term of office of each of the eight incumbent Council-
men named in the aforesaid petitions, five of whom constitute all
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of the Councilmen whose terms expire June 30, 1969, and three
of who constitute all of the Councilmen whose terms expire
June 30, 1971.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to attune notice
of said election to be published once in the PALO ALTO TINES, a
newspaper of general circulation within the City of Palo Alto, and
all editions thereof during the day of publication, said notice
to be published without delay. The City Clerk shall publish all
such other notices and do all such other things as may be required
to conduct said election.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: April 3, 1967
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Arnold, Beahrs, Comstock, Cooley, Debs, Dias, Flint, Pearson, Rohrs,
Rus, Sher, Worthington
None
Woodward
APPROVED AS TO PORK:
City Attorney
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